ITT: Barleywines

[sacrelicio]

San Diego was swimming in this last November. Seems to just rot on the shelf.

Found it at about half off, $11.xx per bottle. They had the rye and wheat whiskey clearance at about $16 a bottle, might have to swing over there and see about that.

 

[ggfunk]

Probably because it's so ******* expensive.

 

[sacrelicio]

Probably because it's so ******* expensive.

It's a great beer but not worth the prices you see it for. Hopefully more stores start dumping stock.

 

[sacrelicio]

Surprise treat last night, we had a little mini share and our guy busted this out. Spectacular flavor. Noticed that they used Lees yeast, basically tastes like a rum BA Lees.

 

[KevSal]

Oh you got it huh? Niiice

yeah along with regular twisted trace and a bunch of other awesome MN beer. appreciate the advice, you hit the nail on the head, its a drier version of TT

 

[sacrelicio]

yeah along with regular twisted trace and a bunch of other awesome MN beer. appreciate the advice, you hit the nail on the head, its a drier version of TT

After going back to TH a couple times that week I realized that it's as good as regular, maybe better.

 

[andrewdrinks]

Surprise treat last night, we had a little mini share and our guy busted this out. Spectacular flavor. Noticed that they used Lees yeast, basically tastes like a rum BA Lees.

Really excited about this

 

[Podunkparte]

Really excited about this

Me too, especially since it appeared on Tavour like a legendary Pokemon and I snagged 3.

 

[KevSal]

i got one in the fridge, damn now i’m intrigued. maybe this weekend

 

[Treebs]

Drank some barleywine with ApocalypseZombie and Beerlistman on Monday for the National Championship game.



Stand out was Hand of Glory followed by B1 Aaron. Ancient One B-Bomb was straight barrel (in a good way). We all thought it got better as it warmed up and some of the base beer started to come through. KH was obviously a shell, but has held up better than 99% of the beers its age. As an aside, Ancient One KDS was very good, but Rare 2015 is currently tasting better and 1/2 the cost (secondary).

Also had the below last night:

Great cognac barrel, minimal sweetness, tons of date and leather notes with a really dry finish.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

Surprise treat last night, we had a little mini share and our guy busted this out. Spectacular flavor. Noticed that they used Lees yeast, basically tastes like a rum BA Lees.

Really excited about this

Me too, especially since it appeared on Tavour like a legendary Pokemon and I snagged 3.

i got one in the fridge, damn now i’m intrigued. maybe this weekend

Drank a couple of pours of this at Hunahpu Day this year, and it was as good as advertised.

 

[ASUBeer]

I need to check out that Rum BA Barleywine. I’ve seen it on shelves here but it’s like a $16-20 330ml bottle and passed.

 

[KevSal]

oh **** you guys were right! this is legit
dried dark fruit bomb, this is incredible, reminds me of lock stock and two smoking barrels

 

[KevSal]

getting back into barleywine, excellent ba bwine, extra time in the bourbon.

 

[KevSal]

this is great!

 

[Locker338]

this needs a cross post in the barleywine thread!

If you say so Kevin!

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

If you say so Kevin!

That glass reminds me of how good those 30th Anniversary beers were. And holy crap we're only two years away from their 40th Anniversary.

 

[ccbstl]

2016 Perennial BA Vermilion. Sweetness has died down a bit, some dried fruit, lots of tobacco. The rye barrel is very prominent, maybe a little too much without the balancing sweetness. Still a treat.

 

[sacrelicio]

 

[KevSal]

batch 1, and delicious!

 

[libbey]

batch 1, and delicious!

Such an incredible beer. Felt like people slept on this one. It lingered on the shelf for a long time.

 

[regularjohn]

batch 1, and delicious!

What the...never even heard of this one. I'm so out of the loop.

 

[davey101]

I still don't trust the ABV on this.

 

[KevSal]

What the...never even heard of this one. I'm so out of the loop.

i got another one if you want to try it, shoot me your deets

 

[jmgrub]

sacrelicio sent me a beer I'd never heard of (Kitten Treats) from a brewery I'd never heard of (Forager). It's a bourbon BA blueberry wheatwine. Drank it last night next to 13 BCBBW and Kitten Treats killed it. Trying to rack my brain, but I think this is better than any other barleywines/wheatwines I've had this year.

 

[trickytunadicky]

sacrelicio sent me a beer I'd never heard of (Kitten Treats) from a brewery I'd never heard of (Forager). It's a bourbon BA blueberry wheatwine. Drank it last night next to 13 BCBBW and Kitten Treats killed it. Trying to rack my brain, but I think this is better than any other barleywines/wheatwines I've had this year.

Forager is awesome.

 

[jmgrub]

Forager is awesome.

Definitely want to try other stuff from them now. This beer was phenomenal!

 

[cneville1]

sacrelicio sent me a beer I'd never heard of (Kitten Treats) from a brewery I'd never heard of (Forager). It's a bourbon BA blueberry wheatwine. Drank it last night next to 13 BCBBW and Kitten Treats killed it. Trying to rack my brain, but I think this is better than any other barleywines/wheatwines I've had this year.

Holy iso

 

[sherm10161]

New Holland / Hopcat Cherry Burst Barley Feline. This actually works pretty well. Would love to try a Bourbon Barrel version, were it available.

 

[KevSal]

horus knows what’s up, this is excellent!