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Rogue Old Crustacean Barleywine

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94
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9353.65/5.03.65/5.011.5%70.8Snifter
Commercial Description:
An unfiltered and unrefined Barleywine. Intense, robust, malty and dark. The cognac of beers. A huge beer in a little bottle, this is a beer designed for sipping. Old Crustacean is brewed with eight ingredients, Great Western Harrington, Klages, Hugh Baird Carastan and Munich Malts, Chinook and Centennial Hops, free-range coastal water and PacMan yeast. Old Crustacean is best when aged for one year.
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 RedXIII (127), Powell, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/515/20
Feb 18, 2009    Updated: Mar 2, 2009
Bottled in 2002! Was scared but curious to see what 7 years of aging would do to this beer. I have never seen a pour like this. It was thick, brown, in a sedimented, layered murkiness like mud water. The aging has actually pushed the alcohol aroma and flavor onto the back burner (because last time I had this there was too much booze flavor). Almost no carbonation. The alcohol burn is replaced by thick amounts of caramel malt, molasses, mild hops, prunes and a slight hint of booze in the both the nose and flavor. The finish was bitter sweet. Not bad but better barley wines out there.


 nickd717 (1331), Palo Alto, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Feb 17, 2009  
On tap at Toronado for Barleywine fest ’09. Reddish-brown color with a small head. Aroma is dark fruits, sweet malt, and piney hops. Flavor is more of the same, hops characteristic of the Pacific Northwest. Full mouthfeel and alcohol on the finish.


 fidel (918), Livermore, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Feb 15, 2009  
Toronado Barleywine Fest. Pours dark reddish amber, malty, molasses, dark fruits, caramel.


 bluevegie (2184), Perth, Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/515/20
Feb 15, 2009  
Presentation was good, first in the ceramic bottle and then in the glass it poured a ruby red colour. At first all I could notice was the bitterness in the taste - wanted more malt coming through but as it warmed some chocolate notes present on the front palate then some dried fruit, don’t exactly notice the alcohol.


 travita (1887), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Feb 12, 2009  
The look is cloudy, reddish murky color, ok light tan head. The smell is fruity, alcohol, molasses, malts, prunes, and raisans. The taste is dark and dried fruits, malts, molasses, alcohol, some vegtables.


 decaturstevo (1980), decatur, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 9, 2009  
Lightly hazed brown pour with light head and lace. Dried fruit and molasses on the nose. Almost a chocolate flavor, raisins, and a very good bitter. Mouthfeel thick and full with very light carbonation. A good BW with a bitter that surprised me.


pressboxjoe (71), , New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/514/20
Feb 9, 2009  
Tasted 12/20/08, when I was having trouble accessing the site. Bottled in 2001, purchased in 2008. Hmm...is rich ruby red the same as murky brownish maroon? White, quickly dissipating head. Very strong aroma, just a million things going on. Smells of an antique shop (seriously), raspberries, blueberries, bread, red wine, fruity breakfast cereal, Flintstones vitamins. Flavor is complex, gentle (especially in comparison to nose) - cognac, cabernet, grape juice, and I’ll say cardboard too since I see someone said it below. Overall a massive chocolatey malt foundation. Uneven sparse lacing. If complexity equals quality, this is a great beer, the relative lack of carbonation notwithstanding. But for me the mutedness of the flavor, complex though it is, takes it down a notch. Not considered when rating: I left the glass on the table for awhile while I did other things, and over a few hours the smell really began to nauseate me. Next bottle I will pour in four cordial glasses to discuss with three friends for an hour.


brewmaster55 (48), , Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Feb 7, 2009  
This is a good barleywine with a lot going on, more so than some of the others I have tried. A good beer to relax with.



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