Central Waters Brewing Co. Brewer's Reserve: Bourbon Barrel Barleywine

Brewer's Reserve: Bourbon Barrel Barleywine

 

Central Waters Brewing Co. in Amherst, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸

Barley Wine Series
Score
7.77
ABV: 14.3% IBU: 80 Ticks: 48
An American Barleywine Ale aged in used oak bourbon barrels, this beer develops rich flavors of dark fruits and wood that deepen over time.

**2008 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal Winner**
 

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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16oz can at share. Amber pour, cloudy, thin beige head. Malty aroma, as expected, caramel, toffee and plenty of bourbon barrel. Rich malty taste, woody, tobacco and more bourbon and its prerequisite heat. Smooth and strong.

Tried from Can on 30 Jun 2021 at 03:33


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Holiday Market. Pours a clearish brown with a small bit of beige head that dissipates quickly. Prune, raisin, honey, oak and bourbon on the nose. Sweet on the palate with some mild oxidation present on the palate. Bitter citrus pith with lots of oaky bourbon and warming alcohol. Warming finish with sweet malt and bourbon, with bitter hops that linger.

Tried from Bottle from Holiday Market on 23 Aug 2020 at 01:59



6

Pyk. Acz jakies takie mocno agresywne... i przyprawowe...

Tried at Kamienica Hoża 41 on 02 Jun 2020 at 18:47



7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

2009 bottle, labeled as Bourbon Barrel Barleywine, from NickD717. Thanks!"," Dark brown color. Malt, oak, bourbon and a hint of dried fruit in the aroma. Malty sweet, oaky flavor with bourbon, orange liqour, earthy hops and dried figs. Well balanced yet very powerful. Yum!",!,

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 16:24


8.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Red bronze pour. Aroma of caramel fudge, delicious bourbon booze, vanilla, cherry, figs, caramelised malt and some coconut. Flavor of rich ripe red fruit, caramel fudge, raisin, figs, dates, bourbon booze, oaky vanilla and caramelised malt. How a bourbon ba barley wine should be, rich and decadent. Fantastic.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2019 at 21:11


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Opaque deep amber colour, small frothy off-white head, settles quickly to a thin layer.Aroma roasted malt, bourbon, vanilla, oak, raisin. Taste heavy sweet and slightly bitter, malty, bourbon, oak, vanilla, toffee, dried fruits. Sweet and prickly mouthfeel, sweet aftertaste, almost no bitterness, alcohol, lingering roastiness. Full-bodied, oily to sticky texture, flat carbonation, rich and complex, but handle with care imo too boozy, only drinkable in small sips...

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2019 at 16:22


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

01-04-19 // taster at Protokoll Berlin Unclear amber orange. Boozy sweet nose. Heavy stuff. Warming booze. Sweet but not too sweet. Minimal bourbon. Some bitterness. Wood. Warming up more bourbon and booze.

Tried on 01 Apr 2019 at 22:25