Firestone
Walker Sucaba Barleywine 13% 22 oz $32.75
A- Poured and
settled a dark cola color. Shows lots of carbonation and a quick sprouting and
fading light brown head, otherwise a light brown ring around the sides. Lots of
ruby showing when held to the light. Not a lot of head retention to this at
all.
S- Carmel, lots of carmel.
Undertones of bourbon, vanilla, and coconut. had a bottle in May and the
vanilla and coconut nose was much bigger and the Carmel was a bit softer. Still
a good nose though. Alcohol is quite well hidden.
T- Syrupy
butterscotch, bourbon, touches of oak, vanilla and noticeable alcohol. Gums got
numb on first few sips of the beer.
M- Thick, syrupy
and slightly jam like. Get some notes of strawberry jam in the mouth. Bourbon
and the barrel are really apparent in the mouth as well. Bourbon alcohol finish
to this with touches of jam like qualities. Starting to turn into a malt bomb. Medium
full body and slightly more carbonation than it needed. A bit prickly at times.
O- The barrel notes
far more obvious on the nose than in the tste, which makes this a more
approachable barelywine than most. Just starting to develop the jam like qualities
that barlewines have.
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