Bourbon Barrel O.E. (2022)
Smog City Brewing Co.
Torrance, CA
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About This Beer
Three-time San Diego International Beer Festival medalist!
The California crew aged an English-style Barleywine for over a year in freshly-emptied bourbon barrels, infusing it with the layered wood and whiskey nuances.
Tasting Notes
This 13.9% ABV behemoth oozes aromas of dark fruits and sticky toffee. The taste overflows with rich bourbon caramel, fig, date, and honeyed oak. A whisper of rye bread flirts with candied nuts on the finish, enticing another chewy sip.
Sweet
Complex
Rich
Barrel Aged
Smooth
Caramelly
Noteworthy Ingredients
Bourbon Barrels
Reviews
4.2
79 Ratings
randy1067
4.5
Nice and oaky. Barrel aging is well done here.
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larry970
4.0
pretty delish I’d buy again
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julius65
1.0
god awful.
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livingston23
4.5
lovely fig complemented nicely by the barrel
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MattBarleyWiner
4.0
great
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LMcMasters
4.5
Delicious dried fruit profile with hints of caramel and bourbon on the finish. Delectable!
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eric7102
4.25
very very good. easy drinking. nose of toffee and caramel. taste starts dried fruit and malty sweetness evolves to vanilla warming touch of barrel.
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justin7440
4.5
a very sweet fig/date smell, with a slight barrel aged soy sauce aroma. taste is: alcohol, barrel flavor, caramel and fig with a hint of the charred from the barrel. It gives it, a slight bitter chocolate on the palate. when you take a bigger sip, the barrel flavor is more predominant,but, the sweetness and alcohol flavor is still a very pushy flavor.
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luisbuenav
4.5
Pours with a dark brown color, not a ton of foam. Smells like bourbon, oak, and vanilla. Medium-bodied and bubbly feel. Tastes bitter with strong malt sweetness, oak flavor, and bourbon. Well balanced and delicious, but a little intense!
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michael15308
3.75
Was good, but not at the level of Revolution and others
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darundgren
3.5
I’m just not a barleywine fan. I’m not going to rate this because I’m sure it’s good for those who like the style… that’s just not me.
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Mattd5454
4.5
Pretty good.
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thomas1018
4.25
100% life. Certified beautician
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amy11653
3.75
Bit too carbonated and bite-y (not as smooth)
for my tastes.
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kelly1843
4.25
barrel aged ~ smooth ~ rich ~ warms ~ yummy
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christopher3798
5.0
Tasty!! Worth the wait!!
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Chadbo
4.0
Caramel, toffee, brown sugar, malty, bourbon barrel.
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