Bluegrass Bearded Pats Barleywine Style Ale

Brewed by Bluegrass Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Louisville, Kentucky USA

Serve in Snifter

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3/29/05. Poured out of 12 oz. bottle, obtained in trade from TAR on RateBeer 3/8/05. Soft, ruddy copper-brown in color. Color thins at the edges. Medium-tan head, rocky and uneven, mostly diminishing. Decent lacing-- sticky but blotchy. Nose is a bit metallic-- copper and a touch malty beneath-- not a good sign. Some golden raisin and faint caramel in there. Some English barleywine features with the subtle dried apricot and raisin nose. Taste is much better-- some butter toffee, butterscotch, dark caramel, soft bitterness, really dark dried fruit. Very lightly hazy and softly fizzy finish. "Amber" malt and some medium caramel, really fun shades of dark butterscotch that I keep fighting for. Full body with gentle carbonation thatis barely holding up the beer. It’s barely good any more, but it’s still fairly solid. Faint chocolate and dark, biscuity, bread crust notes in the finish. A bit of sappy residue-- sticky lips and a slight tingle. I like the finish quite a bit, and it tastes pretty interesting. I just wish I could get more (and different) excitement out of the nose. I’d like to try this without such rigorous aging. The metal aroma fades after the first few minutes-- thankfully-- but it still smells and tastes a bit soggy. Like the malt has gone past its peak.

2006 vintage. Damn this has gotten pretty good with age. Hazy purple pour with decent offwhite big bubble head and semisticky lacing. Sweet raisin molasses nose with mellow yeast character. Flavor is more fruity. Plum, raisin, currants, bitter almost astringent finish, but that must be the old hops. this actually gets a little worse the more I drink it. Some medicinal bandaid notes as it warms. a little oxidized, but i guess that’s my own fault. still, pretty tasty bw.

12oz bottle from local bottle shop in Arlington, VA. Pours brownish-orange semi-translucent with almost no head... What there is is so minimal as to make me wonder about the carbonation. Aroma is rich and sweet of caramel, nuts, wood, and dry malt. Taste is dry, subdued, and sweet. Nuts, toffee, and a mild bitterness that balances everything out. ABV is EXCEPTIONALLY well hidden. A nice, smooth, brew.

750ml bottle from beernbourbon. Clear amber with a light beige head. Aroma of caramel, flowers, citrus and brown sugar. Flavor is sweet bready, caramel malt with some bitter american hops and a light alcohol heat. Medium body with soft carbonation and a sweet, bitter finish. Nice American style Barley wine, a bit sweet but still very enjoyable.

Pours a beautiful ruby-copper body with a lasting ring of beige-light khaki colored head. Aromas of toffee, pine, some citrus notes. Flavor is toffee, subtle pine and lemongrass. Finish is that toffee again with a tough of bitterness and dryness that fade.

Bottle with same label as pictured, thanks for the share, it tasted of your typical barley wine with nice notes of currents and dates, it had a funny bitterign bite at the back but it was pretty decent stuff.

Bottle at dark lord day. Thanks a lot for the share. Poured light brown with small head. Not a lot of hops coming through but a little grassy/floral bite to it at the end. I enjoyed this a lot. Would have again.

12oz bottle. Looks dark. Aroma of roasted malts, a little smokiness, and some strong floral hops. Flavor more like a hoppy porter than a barleywine. Smooth texture. A pretty good beer.

From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center Denver 16/09/2010 Fruit and hop aromas. Bronze coloured fruity and strong in alcohol with a hint of bitterness in a full malt finish.

Unfiltered brown,minimal head. smells like a barleywine.taste of mollasses and brown sugar. Average mouthfeel. Not so drinkable or interesting.Tomthompson’s bottle.

Pours a rich mahogany, with a tight tan head. The nose is lots of malt sweetness, molasses, caramel and touches of chocolate. The same flavours dominate the taste and being very smooth with superbly integrated alcohol makes it very nice.