ITT: Barleywines

[KevSal]

had Don over for thanksgiving thanks to ggfunk

there’s a lot going on here, all of it yummy

 

[liquiddegenerate]

These are tits!

 

[ChaQuiseman]

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These are tits!

Great photos, great beers and all, but COME ON - the toaster oven was right there. You were less than ten feet away from greatness.

 

[furley]

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These are tits!

i've seen tits. those are not tits.

and i tried to post only the below image, but i can't.... while tinkering, i noticed the image title.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/nice-pair-of-titmice-john-absher.html


NICE!

 

[KevSal]

i've seen tits. those are not tits.

and i tried to post only the below image, but i can't.... while tinkering, i noticed the image title.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/nice-pair-of-titmice-john-absher.html


NICE!

Spoiler: nice pair of tits posted by furley

 

[jammery]

Maybe 6 weeks ago, a friend of mine randomly showed up while I was bartending and knocked me off a mixed 4pack of Tired Hands beers. One of them was the barleywine that was discussed here a bit back. Took me a while to get the nerve to crack it open. Anyway, it’s not good but it’s not terrible and it’s not really a barleywine. When it was cold and first opened, it was bad. Berry mess up front with burnt molasses finish. It opened up and the flavors began to meld. It had a kind of berry cordial thing going that was mildly enjoyable but not what I would call barleywine. This phase convinced me to refill the glass with the rest of the fan. However, after an hour+ it was all downhill from there. Didn’t finish. Would not recommend.

 

[ilovestouts]

It’s fun when I finally feel like I can participate in here because my local released their first Barleywine today:

Fantastic base beer. All the Maris Otter and rich sweet flavors, but with a big, drying Cognac finish. Not getting a lot of port, but I didn’t have time to let the short pour warm up. I guess I will have to revisit when I crack a bottle.

 

[ggfunk]

Never heard of Fox Farm but that sounds fantastic.

 

[quirk6]

It’s fun when I finally feel like I can participate in here because my local released their first Barleywine today:

Fantastic base beer. All the Maris Otter and rich sweet flavors, but with a big, drying Cognac finish. Not getting a lot of port, but I didn’t have time to let the short pour warm up. I guess I will have to revisit when I crack a bottle.

Oh ****. Gotta go.

 

[sacrelicio]

This ***** reeeaaallll good.

 

[sacrelicio]

I think you could get some good interplay with bourbon barrels if you added corn to a barleywine grain bill. Has any brewer done this?

 

[lambandtunaphish]

It’s fun when I finally feel like I can participate in here because my local released their first Barleywine today:

Fantastic base beer. All the Maris Otter and rich sweet flavors, but with a big, drying Cognac finish. Not getting a lot of port, but I didn’t have time to let the short pour warm up. I guess I will have to revisit when I crack a bottle.

Oh ****. Gotta go.

Yeah if this lasts til Saturday I’m going for sure.

 

[Podunkparte]

Counts as life:

 

[wuntrikpony]

Counts as life

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

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This ***** reeeaaallll good.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

Canada makes good Barleywine. **** yeah.

 

[NClambicguy]

This beer doesn’t suck.

 

[davey101]

Didn't think I'd like this so much.

 

[AndresR]

Reorganized my cellar. Found a whole bunch of stuff past their prime. This is from 2009. From my first or second trip to Santa Barbara, when I used to live in LA.

Cork n cage top. From a brewery that I've never heard of at that point. No way it's still good.......

It was pretty damn good! Cork kept the carb perfectly! Crazy! Didn't see this coming. I really enjoyed it.

 

[jmgrub]

Reorganized my cellar. Found a whole bunch of stuff past their prime. This is from 2009. From my first or second trip to Santa Barbara, when I used to live in LA.

Cork n cage top. From a brewery that I've never heard of at that point. No way it's still good.......

It was pretty damn good! Cork kept the carb perfectly! Crazy! Didn't see this coming. I really enjoyed it.

Yeah, that beer was really good last time I had it (probably 6 or 7 years ago at this point). Haven't heard a peep about Telegraph recently. You know if they are still around?

EDIT: just looked. They are still around. Looks like they were acquired by Epic Brewing (US) last year.

 

[AndresR]

Last year's batch blew me away. I was excited to get this year's batch and has to open ASAP.

Liked it a lot. But memory is a really tricky thing. This didn't seem to have the depth of flavor as last years did. This years seemed to have more of an apple brandy vibe. I really enjoyed it, but last year's was a stunner. I'm planning to do a blind side by side at some point and really see how it goes.

Definitely seek it out.

 

[user 306349]

yesterday Gigantic released 30 cases of scotch BA Massive aged in Macallan barrels for almost two years, $15/ea - brewery only.

only a few weeks left of 2018 and this is making a strong charge for PNW/Portland beer of the year for me.

also, they still have bombers of 2016 BA Massive ($20/ea) and 500ml of 2017 BA Massive ($15/ea) available to-go at the brewery.

 

[AndresR]

yesterday Gigantic released 30 cases of scotch BA Massive aged in Macallan barrels for almost two years, $15/ea - brewery only.

only a few weeks left of 2018 and this is making a strong charge for PNW/Portland beer of the year for me.

also, they still have bombers of 2016 BA Massive ($20/ea) and 500ml of 2017 BA Massive ($15/ea) available to-go at the brewery.

ISO '17 Massive.

 

[Lupulin the 3rd]

Last year's batch blew me away. I was excited to get this year's batch and has to open ASAP.

Liked it a lot. But memory is a really tricky thing. This didn't seem to have the depth of flavor as last years did. This years seemed to have more of an apple brandy vibe. I really enjoyed it, but last year's was a stunner. I'm planning to do a blind side by side at some point and really see how it goes.

Definitely seek it out.

Where'd you get your bottle from?

 

[AndresR]

Where'd you get your bottle from?

Tavour. Online

 

[KevSal]

yesterday Gigantic released 30 cases of scotch BA Massive aged in Macallan barrels for almost two years, $15/ea - brewery only.

only a few weeks left of 2018 and this is making a strong charge for PNW/Portland beer of the year for me.

also, they still have bombers of 2016 BA Massive ($20/ea) and 500ml of 2017 BA Massive ($15/ea) available to-go at the brewery.

damn beer of the year scotch barely wine? interesting mix, glad to hear it works. i had darkest hour in scotch barrels and it was amazing

 

[lawson74]

At a tasting tonight and enjoyed the III barleywine by Brew Gentlemen. Amazing beer. The cinnamon/coffee b-bomb and the new Chaga-mon imperial stout aged for 31 months in Jamaican rum barrels from anchorage brewing also felt a bit like life.

 

[CoinStarChange]

At a tasting tonight and enjoyed the III barleywine by Brew Gentlemen. Amazing beer. The cinnamon/coffee b-bomb and the new Chaga-mon imperial stout aged for 31 months in Jamaican rum barrels from anchorage brewing also felt a bit like life.

Due drinking all that beer and getting fat I’ve been forced to switch to whiskey.

Photekut

 

[NClambicguy]

yesterday Gigantic released 30 cases of scotch BA Massive aged in Macallan barrels for almost two years, $15/ea - brewery only.

only a few weeks left of 2018 and this is making a strong charge for PNW/Portland beer of the year for me.

also, they still have bombers of 2016 BA Massive ($20/ea) and 500ml of 2017 BA Massive ($15/ea) available to-go at the brewery.

You offering C+S here?

 

[user 306349]

You offering C+S here?

unfortunately going into Portland is a chore for me these days but it shouldn't be too hard to find someone actually in the city to hook it up.