Bourbon Barrel O.E. (2021)
Smog City Brewing Co.
Torrance, CA
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About This Beer
To create it, the California crew aged their burly Barleywine base for a full year in Buffalo Trace and Heaven Hill bourbon barrels.
Tasting Notes
The 14.5% ABV behemoth oozes aromas of candied nuts and sticky toffee. You’ll taste creamy caramel, sweet vanilla, and honeyed oak. A whisper of barrel char flirts with the palate on the finish, enticing you for another full-bodied sip.
Malty
Boozy
Noteworthy Ingredients
Bourbon Barrels
Reviews
4.3
588 Ratings
Mad0gg13
4.25
need more depth
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Bossbold
4.25
So smooth for its boozy ABV. Great flavors mixing well.
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Halvorsen99
5.0
Legit
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Johnfranzy
3.5
thin…too expensive…not enough barrel
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ray1283
3.5
Overoaked, nutty, boozy bitterness conflicts with sweet malt toffee flavors.
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briana220
4.5
delicious and bold.
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sherv00
4.25
nice boozy barleywine
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bess8
5.0
So rich I had to drink it over two days. But it was fantastic.
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matthew3854
4.25
great
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shane1554
4.25
Lots of oak, sweet dark fruit, and boozy!
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craig733
4.75
Phenomenal. Really well executed.
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bradwho
4.25
I loved that bourbon barrel flavour like a g.i. bourbon county. Not as strong on the bourbon flavouring but I loved it. slightly carlmely
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david11302
2.5
Very bitter. Not really my style. Not a bad taste but not to my liking.
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joe12898
4.0
it's hot for sure .. boozy
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charles1947
4.5
bil
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Westum
4.75
Semisweet bourbon soaked caramel in bottle. What’s not to love? Barleywine is life!
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inthenameofbeer
4.75
Olde English is still Old Reliable! Damn tasty as ever, toffee caramel creaminess matched perfectly with deliciously hard hitting bourbon barrel boozy notes, tons of vanilla from the barrel, nutty sweetness melted together to make barleywine s'mores. Yum
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basline
4.0
great base beer, but took me to tannic town. toffee was there, but oak is reminiscent of a 90s California Chardonnay, just too much.
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Mattd5454
5.0
Once again this beer is phenomenal!!! Oak, toffee, vanilla, carmel, booze, etc. So good. Love this beer. I have one more and hope I can hold out and age it for a few years.
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johndubo
4.25
Really smooth and warming. Quite delicious.
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ben1421
5.0
BiL!!!
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Jbright
5.0
delicious! well balanced and complex. a bit of roasted coffee, a touch of chocolate, a hint of sweet, with a bourbon
aftertaste
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Darkwind112
4.5
awesome
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Sittig00GK
2.5
Strong and tastes like it
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alex4625
5.0
It is INCREDIBLE! You can taste all the boasted flavors with all the right proportions. The pecan is very subtle, which I think is a good thing. If I see this again, I may have to get more.
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joshmergl
4.75
damn I’m
mad I only got one
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randy1067
4.5
Lovely aromas of toffee, caramel and dark fruit. Medium to thick body. Some faint boozy heat going on. Malt sweetness is well done. Even better as it warms.
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zachary2058
4.25
I was really looking forward to this and I am not disappointed. I love the light oak flavor and nuttiness I get with each sip which then turns into a warm, gentle, toffee. I feel like I could drink it while writing a book in a cabin deep in the woods.
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Dtataris
4.5
Still a big fan of this balanced bad boy.
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joel1375
4.25
Toffee with a big barrel presence in both flavor and heat. One of the better barley wines I’ve had.
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JAK408
5.0
Loved it. Nice and sweet. Vanilla, caramel and toffee dominated. Not as boozy as you'd expect, either.
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Levenrah
4.5
yep 👍🏻 a great BA Barleywine,all the expected flavors are present. Sweetness is tempered by the barrel character while maintaining the toffee and fig notes we all love.
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larry970
4.5
delish all you’d want in a barreled BW
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StefanoSPQR
5.0
caramel
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brian8674
4.0
Lacks a good flavor profile. A bit more bitterness than expected.
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mary1333
4.25
rich, bourbon flavors with sweet caramel notes and an oaky finish
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Chadbo
4.25
Sweet, toffee, brown sugar, bourbon.
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