Flossmoor Station Wooden Hell

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

Honkeybra is the man. Crushed with him and Jakebra. Exploded when I opened it. As Jakebra would put it, "Door opeomopo." Complex, sweet, awesome, and amazing. Impossible to describe the complexities. A top brew. Another amazing, exhausting brew. Takes a long time to get through this bitch.

Sample from bottle thanks to whoever via urban. Alround rating: Massivly big caramalt body, sweet syrupyness, lots of toffee caramel vanilla character. Its too basic and unbalanced for me. I didnt finish the sample. Hugely suprised to see it rated this highly.

22oz wax sealed bottle. A thick, oily pour produces an opaque dark brown beer with some amber highlights and a thin off-white head. Very pretty. Aroma initially smacks you in the face with a boatload of vanilla wood tannin. As the beer warms, the malt really comes forward. Creme brulee, toffee, caramel, vanilla, dates and plums. Very little hop profile. Very little alcohol presence. The barreling is done quite well. Flavor is bordering on overly sweet but never quite crosses the line. Vanilla extract, wet wood, dark chocolate, dark fruits, hazelnuts, dark rum. Toasted caramel and toffee. Delicious. Silky and velvety mouth feel. Perfect amount of carbonation with a boozy (but not distracting) finish. I have been a bit skeptical of bourbon beers (esp. BA Barleywines) but this one is done very well. Malt and barrel in unison. Thanks Mike!

Alright... this one’s been open for over an hour now and damn... it’s dried out a lot. The confectionery sweetness up front gives way to a massively drying finish with tons of dried wood flavors. Very interesting.

Short-lived off-white head, over chestnut-brown beer. Syrupy, molasses, with some USA hops, pinewood and fuselalcohols. Vinous taste, with fusels, lots of vanilla, longlasting banana and other esters; warming up, some smokey notes. Generally sweet-liqueurous. Syrupy, viscous to oily MF, alcoholburn. Sweet, but still quite enjoyable BW. Certainly not one to go through a bottle in a couple of minutes… Thanks to MvW and Urbain for pouring!

Bottle. Hmmm this is really woody. Pours a cola brown body with a thin yellow head. Woody, turpentine, pine wood. Some residual sugars. Vanilla, dark fruits and bourbon. Interesting brew, i enjoyed this a lot.

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me. What a great gift to self!

22oz. bomber, with a big thank you to HonkeyBra for the chance to finally try this much desired beer! Pours a dark caramel brown with a thin tan head that leaves a whispy covering. Aroma is oak, bourbon, vanilla, dark fruits, and rich caramel. Flavor is WOW! Maltilicious and velvety smooth, with a near perfect blend of dark fruits, oak, bourbon, vanilla, and caramel with a lovely lingering finish. Thanks again Andy, this one did not disappoint! Please don’t let this end...

Gold waxed bomber. Bottle from inkbus27, damn dude thanks. Shared with Dalekliz and my girlfriend. Damn these are some high ratings. I’m looking forward to this. Pours rich vinious brownish blackish red with a tan ring. Nose is very intense with tons bourbon a lot of booze. The nose also has some nice oak, and vanilla. Taste is woah, really damn nice, this is really damn tasty. Lots of bourbon, sweetness and oak, vanilla and caramel malts. This is one hell of a damn good barleywine. Throat heat is nice, alcohol is noticeable but under control. Overall this is damn good.

Bottle from mdm46410. Wow, an amazing Barley Wine. The best I’ve had since I first tasted Angel’s Share. Pours a cloudy and viscous rusty brown with a small beige ring. BIG nose of bourbon, sweet malts and candied apricots. Flavor was mostly bourbon with faint hops and caramel sweetness.