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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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 Rogueone (506), I F&ckin’ hate those guys from, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 29, 2008  
Bottle (02): Blushing brown pour with a think white ring of head. Aroma is brown sugar, spices, cinnamon and alcohol in the nose. Flavor is extremely dry, with a malty blast and alcohol very present in the finish.


 daknole (2884), Plantation, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jul 27, 2008  
Amber color, light brown head. Aromas of malt, sugar, caramel. Tongue is sweet and a bit too much actually. A small hop bite at the end helps this brew. Drinkable? Oh hell yeah. World class? Hardly.


 jeffwilliams11 (310), hooterville, Michigan, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Jul 27, 2008  
pour is dirty amber with small tan head. aroma is very malty, but also hints at the huge maltieness. incredibally bitter, especially as the beer gets warmer. very tasty.


 boFNjackson (1265), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 18, 2008    Updated: Oct 31, 2009
PIB, tap (vintage, 2006)... Poured ruby with a touch of orange and a tan head. Aroma of brown sugar malt and butterscotch. Palate is smooth and syrupy with a little bitterness and hop presence. Lots of sweet, sugary flavors like chocolate and butterscotch with bread-like malt. Touch of alcohol in the finish.


 Hank1980 (737), Athens, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Jul 17, 2008  
On tap at SF Public House. Pours a redish brown with a tight head. Aroma of malts, alchohol, nuts, spice. Taste is very malted, sweet, fruity, and nutty. Mouth was thick and syrupy. Finish was lightly bitter.


 IPAaLLtHEwAY (136), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Jul 17, 2008  
On tap. Pours a ruby brown with small head, vibrant for a barley wine. Nose is of wood, malt, nuts, and some alcohol. Flavor was a bold and boozy mixture of nuts, dark fruits, alcohol, heavy malt, and sugar. Palate was medium thick. This beer could use some aging, but overall the flavor presented were quite pleasant. Lastly, this beers complexity was evidenced by its changing flavors as the beer warmed in the glass. Last few sips bordered on a syrupy cherry-booze that was not entirely pleasant, however. Solid.


 Zinister (1199), Houston, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Jul 14, 2008  
2008 bottle. Dark amber pour with decent head. Smokey malts, nutty aromas and sweetness as well. Flavor was nuts, fruit, sweet malts and some chocolate. Alcohol was there, but I didn’t find it overwhelming.


 SudsMcDuff (1691), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/59/104/516/20
Jul 12, 2008  
drank from the ceramic bastard bottle ... 2008 . 11.5 % ... a very big bold brew .. tons of bitterness for a barleywine, but it really seems to work ... a bawdy little monkey ... wonderfully aggresive, like the starting feelings of domination ... not sure its worth it in the ceramic bottle but a very nice beer .. and even though this is a monster of a beer it really doesn’t seem overdone! .. Rogue: +1



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