This Barley Wine is lovingly brewed by the fantastic Galway Bay.
This tasty brew comes in a 500ml bottle and is 13.0% ABV.
Brewed in 2018 and then promptly put to sleep for 24 months. A barleywine-styled beast, aged in bourbon and vermouth casks, then slowly and carefully blended and transferred between the casks to create the perfect base then zested with a lot of orange and a little grapefruit. A tribute to one of our favourite cocktails
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Emma –
Nice beer worth a buy
John –
An aroma of smokey whisky, stewed raisins and strong port. Pours black in the glass. Definitely a collab between strange bedfellows, but I was very interested to get my hands on it when I saw it. Starts thick, smooth and velvety, with no big hit of booze at the start, which surprised me for 13%. At the beginning you get the thick, sticky, sweet grape and raisin flavours of a fortified tonic wine and in the background there's smokey and woody bourbon. On the finish the bourbon brings a warming heat and earthiness. On top of the earthiness you also get a very strong woody flavour from the barrel that is distinctly oak. It really does taste like a barrel aged Boulevardier. Deep in it's flavours, strong and complex. This is a very mature barleywine.
Michael –
Lovely, nice touch of herb/spice from the vermouth barrels. Goes down easy and hits hard.
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Harry –
This is a stunning beer. My favorite cocktail is a Vieux Carré which is quite similar to a Boulevardier in its core components. This absolutly did not dissapoint and I will be buying more. It has a stong vermouth taste with tobacco overtones. It feels rich and decadent. I would drink this in place of wine in the evenings with a good strong tobacco in my pipe
Chris –
Nice!
Erik –