Flossmoor Station Wooden Hell

Brewed by Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Flossmoor, Illinois USA

Bomber shared by egajdzis: Thanks. Pours a murky deep amber with a tan film that’s pretty consistent. Very sweet boozy aroma- tons of sweet buttery oak, vanilla, honey, and an alcohol sting. Slick and warm feel. Very oaky and sweet flavor. Lots and lots of vanilla- almost rum-like in it’s boozy sweetness and vanilla flavors. Some tannic oak earthy undertones. Too boozy and vanilla filled- lacking nuance.

Bomber shared by egajdzis. Pours a nice deep mahogany amber with a nice foamy tight head. Aroma is big sweet caramel, big toasted malts, not too sweet or sugary, molasses, slight burnt malts, and a big barrel presence but I think there is just barely enough malt backbone to make it work- definitely lots of wood, oak, and bourbon,. but it isnt thinning or alcoholic. Flavor is the same- tons of malt backbone to make sure the bourbon and oak is in check- fruity esters, molasses, maple syrup huge toasted and caramel malts, slight char from the barrel, vanilla, and sweetish bourbon- alcohol is still kinda well hidden. I liked it.

A Mes rate. Bottle at Pre ZBF thanks to Urbs.
Rich red brown with a thin tan head. Damn, Wooden Hell is the right name for this. So SO much barrel. Far too much bourbon and loads of coconut. A good barley wine underneath obviously but this for me is what is wrong with barrel aging. Take a good beer and kill it with aggressive barrel flavours. It could have also been called bourbon hell...

Bottle at Toncatchers. Thanks to whoever brought it. Brown pour with a medium beige head. The nose is strong with fruits, hops, oak and a bit o’whiskey. Flavors were dominated by the oak, with a smattering of vanilla, roasted malts, more oak and some bourbon. The mouthfeel was smooth and creamy. Overall: An outstanding BW, I would like to get more.

Toncatchers 2. Great barleywine nose. Warm, alcohol, vanilla, smooth. Thick champagne head to all-over lace and a solid ring. Laght haze in the burnt orange glow. Sweet with caramel and vanilla. Smooth. Long smooth to clear sharp.

Bottle shared at toncatchers "nothing sour, nothing hoppy" tasting. My last one of a short night. Thanks for having me over Dennis. Very good BW with the bourbon element that I enjoy.

Nose of Sour wood, vinious notes, as well as rubbing alcohol and a pinch of sugar. Flavors were primarily sweet with fluffy yet creamy vanilla and a balancing bitterness behind it. Nicely refined indeed.

22oz bottle, thanks Bryan! Nose is super malty, with a plethora of raisins and some dark chocolate. Bold, rich flavor really dominated by that malty raisin character. A nice, stoic presence. Creamy and full in the mouth. Approaches a slightly-aged Hardy’s Ale in it’s sweet malty character. Reminds me the most of Bullfrog Oak Aged Old Toad. Paired with some pineapple, the sweetness is allayed. Bourbon comes through in the finish, and more so as it warms. Nice and really bold, but not as lush and balanced as I had hoped.