Flossmoor Station Wooden Hell

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

Pours dark brownish to burgandy and is opaque. Smell is oaky and strong with welcomed alcohol and rich complex malt. Smooth oaky, creamy caramel richness in the flavor. Good rich body and dark red fruity and dark sour cherry notes as well. One of my favorites of theirs, and there were many good beers on...

Draft @ Flossmoor, pre-DLD fest. Pours a murky brown color; mostly headless. Excellent amounts of bright citrus, red fruits and fruit leather and brown sugar in the aroma. Dense, chewy brown sugar, intricate whiskey / toasted bourbon barrel character; soft texture and carbonation; beautiful blend of bourbon and dried red fruits, fruit leather. Awesome beer. Enormous finish, showing leather, dried cherries, and brown sugar; some bourbon lingering.

Draft at the brewpub. Cloudy brown with a small head. The beer has mellowed a bit as the wood and vanilla has melded. There’s some fresh caramel and grape also. Damn good barley wine.

pours dark brown, no head. aroma: wood, peat, vanilla. the sweetness of the barleywine is not muted by the smokines in the bourbon barrel aging. i would have loved more bourbon aroma and flavor to have settled in the nose and mouth. overall, i enjoyed this more than i usually enjoy barleywines.

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On tap at FoBAB 5. This barly wine poured a slightly hazy dark brown with a thin tan head. The aroma was made up of sweet caramel, bourbon, and also a touch of vanilla. The flavor contained notes of toffee, caramel, bourbon, oak, along with a bit of alcohol. The mouthfeel was full-bodied and sticky with very mild carbonation. An exceptioal brew. Hopefully this will not be the last time this is barreled.

On tap at FoBAB ’07. Dark brown with rubiness. Aged fruit aroma , bourbon. Flavor is big bourbon, red fruit, mild alc, aged notes, doughy. Thin to medium body, syrupy. Awesome.

FOBAB ’07...appearance: dark caramel brown topped off with a thin off-white head.....aroma: an evenly symbiotic nose of caramel and bourbon. simple but just so nicely done....taste: very subdued and not as in your face as others tried on this day which was perfect for this brew. very buttery and creamy. bourbony accompanied by vanilla and caramel notes. very smooth......let me have some more of this right here.

tap at the FoBAB. possibly my pick of the day. all i wrote down was "fucking awesome. toffee bourbon aroma. smooth and hot." it was indeed really smooth, and despite english barleywine’s often sucking this one was top notch. had this again at the brewery in november 08. very good, and confirms all from prior rating.