ITT: Barleywines

[KevSal]

Cross posting from the DDT. This was from yamar68. This is absolutely delicious. Standard English style notes with plenty of booze and barrel and just a hint of an almost Christmas like spice from the cardamom. Really smooth with a long rich finish. I'm not usually a fan of adjuncts in BW's but this is really well integrated.

smaller format!? excited about that!

 

[sacrelicio]

Cross posting from the DDT. This was from yamar68. This is absolutely delicious. Standard English style notes with plenty of booze and barrel and just a hint of an almost Christmas like spice from the cardamom. Really smooth with a long rich finish. I'm not usually a fan of adjuncts in BW's but this is really well integrated.

I haven't had this in awhile but I may need to revisit soon, especially if they dialed the cardamom back. I like cardamom but this beer used to have a scented candle/cardamom cookie thing going on that was a little too much for me.

 

[davey101]

I haven't had this in awhile but I may need to revisit soon, especially if they dialed the cardamom back. I like cardamom but this beer used to have a scented candle/cardamom cookie thing going on that was a little too much for me.

Definitely more on the subtle side.

 

[iong516]

Anyone have the new Great yet? Working on locking down a couple... v excited

 

[Respirologist]

Had this last month. Absolutely incredible. 5/5

 

[sherm10161]

Had this last month. Absolutely incredible. 5/5

Nice to hear. Have one in the cellar.

 

[sacrelicio]

Had this last month. Absolutely incredible. 5/5

B1 is more malty and thicc than the rest if I recall correctly

 

[Respirologist]

B1 is more malty and thicc than the rest if I recall correctly

Sounds about right.

Bottle was a single original owner. Cellar stored. Was expecting it to be cardboard but it was as good if not better than Aaron

 

[hideout]

wasn't a fan of this. syrupy sweet without any real malt or hop character to balance it out. the sweetness and dark fruit reminded me of px sherry, but in a way that made me wish i was drinking px sherry instead (and significantly less than 500ml of it)

 

[AndresR]

Had this last month. Absolutely incredible. 5/5

Stored in cold temp? Or like 60-65 degree? My last one has been in the later since or was released. B2, was pretty cardboard a few years back. *fingers crossed my b1 is half as good as yours.

 

[Respirologist]

Stored in cold temp? Or like 60-65 degree? My last one has been in the later since or was released. B2, was pretty cardboard a few years back. *fingers crossed my b1 is half as good as yours.

Not stored fridge cold. Was in a basement/cellar untouched for 7+ years. Literally did not move an inch. Probably 55-65. Ya idk why this bottle was so good but it was

 

[mjlevy231]

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rip-cu...barleywine-bottle-release-tickets-54266034169
New offering from Rip Current who quietly has the best barrel program in San Diego. If anyone was coming to SD during the pickup window I wouldn't pass it up.

Also, to answer the Great question, it is much hoppier than previous years since is was <1 year in the barrel but that will fade with time. The bottles I've had were much better than draft. Not as sweet as the overly sweet 2015 batch and the blend of the two was perfect.

 

[capnmike]

BA aged in rum, bourbon, and brandy barrels...really good.

 

[AndresR]

We'll, Barleywine adjacent. I'm pretty pumped to get a hold of these.....


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[libbey]

Opened these two over the weekend with some friends.

Brew1000 is still an absolute stunner and remains one of my all time favorite offerings from Fremont. Brew2000 is also excellent but not quite on the the same tier. Both are world class barrel aged BW offerings.

 

[2plums4one]

Had this last month. Absolutely incredible. 5/5

Nice man. Mine was on its way downhill last year, thinned out a good bit and slight oxidation. I wasn't he sole owner though so storage may have had something to do with it.

 

[KevSal]

number 1 and number 2 beer in a blind tasting at AndresR place. damn man these were all fantastic!

thanks andres for a kick ass tasting

here’s the crowd first to last left to right. all winners honestly

 

[liquiddegenerate]

This is good Barleywine

 

[NClambicguy]

number 1 and number 2 beer in a blind tasting at AndresR place. damn man these were all fantastic!

thanks andres for a kick ass tasting

here’s the crowd first to last left to right. all winners honestly

Surprised to see AB wolves up that high with all the hate it seems to get.

 

[KevSal]

Surprised to see AB wolves up that high with all the hate it seems to get.

i’m as surprised as you, that’s why these blind tastings are great, ether than most, by vsoj was unanimously the best, that **** is ridiculous

 

[AndresR]

number 1 and number 2 beer in a blind tasting at AndresR place. damn man these were all fantastic!

thanks andres for a kick ass tasting

here’s the crowd first to last left to right. all winners honestly

Finished off the Massive with dinner. Damn, it was still awesome! That's my "shelfie" pick winner.

 

[Lupulin the 3rd]

Finished off the Massive with dinner. Damn, it was still awesome! That's my "shelfie" pick winner.

I’m curious how MoAS would do in that lineup.

 

[AndresR]

I’m curious how MoAS would do in that lineup.

I had one ready to go, but it was too big a bottle to open. We had plenty ans I has to draw the line.

 

[wuntrikpony]

number 1 and number 2 beer in a blind tasting at AndresR place. damn man these were all fantastic!

thanks andres for a kick ass tasting

here’s the crowd first to last left to right. all winners honestly

Would you recommend drinking the K13 now or lay it down for a while?

 

[KevSal]

Would you recommend drinking the K13 now or lay it down for a while?

i think laying it down would be a good idea, one person remarked it’s the best triple ipa he’s ever had while we talking about it, and he rated it the highest than the rest of us. looking at my notes now i wrote hoppy and underlined it
it was easily the hoppiest of the bunch. i really liked the malt character in that one, and can see if the hops died down a bit becoming really good!

and shoot we coulda really used your remarkable palate yesterday lol pick up all the nuance characters that most miss

edit: another thing worth mentioning is that i had bob a few months ago and loved it. i think all of them in an isolated incident would be fantastic. it’s just having it next to some really really good stuff makes it taste less than it normally would

 

[jmgrub]

Would you recommend drinking the K13 now or lay it down for a while?

i think laying it down would be a good idea, one person remarked it’s the best triple ipa he’s ever had while we talking about it, and he rated it the highest than the rest of us. looking at my notes now i wrote hoppy and underlined it
it was easily the hoppiest of the bunch. i really liked the malt character in that one, and can see if the hops died down a bit becoming really good!

and shoot we coulda really used your remarkable palate yesterday lol pick up all the nuance characters that most miss

edit: another thing worth mentioning is that i had bob a few months ago and loved it. i think all of them in an isolated incident would be fantastic. it’s just having it next to some really really good stuff makes it taste less than it normally would

I had it last weekend and thought it was very good, and pretty similar to K13 B1 (except rye rather than bourbon barrels). It's been a REALLY long time, but reminded me of what I remember Hi-Fi Rye tasting like.

 

[AndresR]

Would you recommend drinking the K13 now or lay it down for a while?

I recall the K13 and B.O.B. ranking way lower than anything else we opened. And yeah, layimg it down will likely really help it. Was not balanced at all.

 

[Jnorton00]

Any thoughts on the most recent Thomas Hardy's that are on the shelves now? I've been buying them but haven't got in to any of them yet.

 

[Podunkparte]

Birthday celebrated today (It's this week but this is my only day off) with prime rib followed by these perfectly paired:

Batch 2 HoG kills B1 IMO - B1 is cognac barrels, B2 being Apple Brandy

And finishing off with a bottle from Dbijnagte.

 

[sacrelicio]

Birthday celebrated today (It's this week but this is my only day off) with prime rib followed by these perfectly paired:

Batch 2 HoG kills B1 IMO - B1 is cognac barrels, B2 being Apple Brandy

And finishing off with a bottle from Dbijnagte.

What did you think of the DM? I've always liked it. On the lighter side but solid flavors.