Jackie-Os Brick Kiln Barleywine

Brewed by Jackie-Os Pub and Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Athens, Ohio USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle. Pours clear dark brown with a nice creamy head leaving some lace. Aroma is malty toasted slightly sweet caramel fruity. Flavor is malty a bit roasted peppery pungent a bit boozy astringent bitter and fruity. Good bitter malty finish.

From the February 2013 3R6P tasting. +++ Sampled from a growler this beer poured a very dark brown color - almost black - with a small soapy tan head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was wood, sweet caramel, fig, cherry and fruity hops. The flavor was sweet fig, raisin, caramel, molasses, vague fruity hops and a touch of tobacco. Long wood, tobacco and cherry finish. Moderately full bodied. Well done.

Draft at brewpub (Aug.2012). Pours a hazy orange brown color with a small off white head. The aroma is on the sweet side with caramel malts and fruits dominating. Toffee, a mild nuttiness and very light smoke seemed to come through as well. The flavor was caramel malt forward with some raisins and other fruits as well. A hint of nuts integrates nicely. The alcohol was noticeable, but not distracting. A nice one to sip on as the weather gets colder.

Approximately 4 ounce sample at the Jackie O’s Public House in Athens, Ohio. The pour is a very hazed brown orange with a small tan head. The aroma is a rounded sweet malt, a bit of vanilla, and then big malt nuttiness. The taste is the nutty sweet malt, dark fruit, then turns to a sharp and harsh alcohol bite. The palate is medium to heavy bodied, low carbonation, and a dry boozy finish. Has potential.

Review from a 4 oz. taster glass. 4.0 A: Medium brown color. Short tan, creamy nitro head. 4.5 S: Big sweet neutral maltiness to start. Exceptionally fruity with raisin, currants, and plum. Caramel and toffee galore. Booze is very well hidden. Wonderful. 4.0 T: Taste is for the most part like the nose except that there’s also a light sugariness to accompany the other flavors. 4.5 M: Heavy body. Super creamy with a perfect nitro level. Velvety and smooth. 4.5 D: Good integration of flavors, easy to drink, great mouthfeel, and well balanced. Serving type: nitro-tap Reviewed on: 08-20-2012 23:01:19

On tap at Jackie O’s. Served in a sampler glass. Pours a moderately-dark brown color. Nose has sweet malt with a bit of caramel and a bit of darker malt. Flavor has a bit too much alcohol, but that’s balanced a good bit by the sweetness. Probably also tasted a bit boozy after just having had the ultra-smooth Dark Apparition on cask. Medium, full body. A slow sipper.

Growler... This beer rocks!… Pours hazy and brown with a small, creamy, off white head. The nose is the weakest link here – I’m mainly picking up toffee and minerals. Ultra full-bodied and super velvety with faint carbonation. The flavor presents some really nice roastiness and caramel malts. Finishes sweet, and then lightly bitter. This world class beer was furnished by darkguardian. Thanks, Chris!

On tap at the brewpub - Pours murky brown with a bubbly tan head. Nose is lots of doughy yeast with grainy sweetness, honey, and a not a lot of hopping. Taste is a muted caramel sweetness, with waves of breadiness, light herbal hopping, and honey. Milky finish. Velvet body, full with creamy carbonation.

Another awesome swing top courtesy of Chris. Clear brown pour with no head. Bourbon nose. Caramel and roasted malt notes. A little thin in the body.

On tap at brews. Pours a dark brown with a nice medium tan head. Very sweet malty aroma, burnt sugar. Taste is decently sweet with bready notes and a bit of raisin, body is a bit thin.