Barreled Souls Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Saco, Maine, United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Associated Venue: Barreled Souls Brewing Company

Established in 2014

Contact
743 Portland Rd, Saco, ME, 04072, United States
Description
Barreled Souls Brewing Co. is owned and operated by Chris Schofield and Matthew Mills. Chris and Matt both grew up in Wells, ME and have been friends since the fourth grade. The idea of opening a brewery together came up many times over the years, usually while imbibing on some stellar examples of the craft. The conversation got serious in the summer of 2012 and two years later Barreled Souls was open for business.

Matt and Chris set out to create the kind of beers they would want to drink and the kind of brewery they would want to spend time at. This meant focusing on making a large variety of beers, using unique ingredients and processes paired with a large, comfortable and professionally run tasting room that carries 12 varieties on draft.

The brewery operates a fifty gallon brewing system. All of the beer produced at the brewery undergoes primary fermentation in oak barrels. The fermentation system is based off of the Burton Union system, which was a method of fermenting beer developed in England in the 1800’s. The benefits of this system are really three-fold.

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6.9/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Caramel. Oily consistency. Lots of milk chocolate. Pours dark brown with good head and lacing. Lost of icing sugar, some cherries. Not bad for a barley wine. Bottle at Aslin.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2019 at 19:56

8/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Poured from bottle thanks DeMont 10/18/18 #26/900. Nice color in the glass, no head. Aroma is cherry skin, cotton candy. Taste is light cherries and marshmallow. Very different but smooth.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2019 at 15:52

7.8/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Chalumeaux with the bottle share. 10-18-2018 on the date. #26 / 900. Wow! That is different. Flavor ends on marshmallow with a slight cherry hint. It really is light drinking a cherry flavored marshmallow. T.J, thanks for sharing. Has a lot of uniqueness.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2019 at 21:19

5.5/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
16oz pour at Congdon's in Wells, comes with a donut stuck to the rim, then a clear fizzy gold with a ring of white head. Nose has honey, malt, candy. Flavor has malt, honey, candy. Beery. Finishes sweet. 6 4 5 2 10
Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2019 at 19:26

6.8/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from Air Force Hops (thanks, Chris!) poured into taster glass as part of a blind taste test. Appearance is hazy yellow/light brown with nice sparkle, finger-width white foamy head with good retention and no lacing. Aroma is lemony citrus. Taste is lemon citrus with cracker/biscuit, some astringency, mild grape/Nelson Sauvin. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with frothy texture, soft carbonation with crisp, dry finish as taste with mild yeast. Overall, aroma and taste are on the mild side and the complexity there is doesn't fully mesh well. Not enough sweet to balance the yeasty, bitter astringency.
Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2019 at 10:06

4/10
Olive nose, dead flavor. Dp
Tried on 13 Jul 2019 at 18:01

7.8/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draught @ City Hops (5/17/19). Opaque dark brown with creamy large tan head, light mocha vanilla aroma, low carbonation, bittersweet mocha taste with cardamom, rum flavor, smooth somewhat thick body, long finish. Great mouthfeel and flavor.
Tried on 10 Jul 2019 at 10:08

8/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Sampled on draft this beer poured a black color with a small foamy brown head that left good lacing. The aroma was sweet with marshmallow, alcohol and chocolate. The flavor was sweet and boozy with marshmallow, vanilla, and chocolate. A touch harsh. Very long finish. Full bodied and smooth.
Tried from Draft on 09 Jul 2019 at 16:00

6.5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can with no date date. Sat in my fridge for about 3 weeks. Flavor is sharp pineapple, bold pine, strong earth. It also displays all the alcohol. This is pretty harsh. This recipe needs work.
Tried from Can on 22 Jun 2019 at 23:12

7.5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can without any date. Aroma shows the mango and pineapple without question. All 3 fruits show equally in the flavor. Easy salinity with a light body. Pretty well-balanced overall and well made.
Tried from Can on 14 May 2019 at 23:20