Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Munster, Indiana USA

Serve in Snifter

22oz bottle, white wax, 2011 vintage. Pours a deep, copper color with a big, off-white head and lots of lacing. Aroma is malty, a little citrus hops, sweet bread. A little heavy on the palate with soft, smooth carbonation. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, toffee, a little pine hops, a little nutty, with a sweet, toffee finish. Excellent.

Bottle. 2012. Aroma is 3Fs signature hops... grapefruit, pineapple, pine... and caramel malt. Amber with a small off white head. Sweet caramel malt flavor balanced with sticky resinous citrus/ pine hops. Medium body.

22oz bottle at tasting, courtesy of Enjoyit - thanks a lot! Amber pour, nice off white head. Aroma is beautiful with buckets of American hops with aromas of pineapple and citrus. Then a gracious malt complexity of caramel, raisins and dates. Hints of passion fruit and fresh pie crust. Exactly what an American barleyed wine should smell like. The taste is very bitter and hoppy, but also has the same lovely malt profile. Raisins and figs - but not in a vulgar way that other barley wines have - it’s held back and subtle, yet present and perplexing. This is the best American barley wine I’ve had, I must say.

Bomber. 2011 Release. Pours a copper orange with ample off white head. Big bold citrus and vanilla aroma. Taste is ripe citrus and caramel vanilla mix. Nicely blended with hop bitterness. Very nice for the barley wine style!!

Bomber, pours dark red, with some orange and brown highlights. Small off-white head. Nose is big on the citrus hops, nice brown sugar, caramel malts to back it up. Taste is hoppy bordering on slight tartness: a bit of grapefruit, ripe orange. Bit of pine, good toffee and caramel notes. Clean finish. Lived up to the hype.

Fresh bottle. Lots of hops and lots of flavor, need to try to aged one.

2011 bottle shared by Josh, thanks! Pours a near clear caramel brown with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a nice combination of grassy hops and sweet grains backed by a hint of caramel. Flavor begins with grassy hops that are backed by sweet grains and caramel. Smooth.

22oz bottle split at Madison tasting. Really smooth and toasty, quite well balanced and drinkable. Resinous hoppy aftertaste. None of the malty syrupiness i generally associate with the style. Right on, world class!