Wendigo

Name: Wendigo
Brand: Anchorage Brewing Company
Rating: 4.63 (653 reviews)

Anchorage Brewing Company

Anchorage, AK

Tavour Rating

4.63

Style

Barrel Aged Barleywine

ABV

15.5%

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About This Beer

Wendigo is the top rated Barleywine in the world on Untappd. It’s ridiculously popular Omnipolloscope Barleywine base is only more elevated from a year spent in highly revered Heaven Hill and Woodford Reserve Bourbon barrels. There’s world class Barleywine, there’s top end Bourbon barrels, there’s the master crafters at Anchorage Brewing. At the center of the Venn diagram, sits Wendigo. ‘Nuff said.

Tasting Notes

Each near-still pour erupts with aromas of deep, complex cacao, oak, and roasted toffee. Bring it up to your lips, and mighty plum and fudge flavors gush onto the palate with brown sugar and sarsaparilla lingering on the back of the tongue. The finish goes on as long as the night, emanating tinges of bourbon-soaked vanilla bean and caramel.

Thick Dark Complex Rich Boozy Bourbon Barrel Aged

Noteworthy Ingredients

Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels Woodford Reserve Bourbon Barrels

Reviews

4.63

653 Ratings

corey1209

4.0

A little two sweet. Yes I know it’s a barleywine but more barrel would have been welcomed

BealsbubSudsClub

4.75

Oak, bourbon, sweet, toffee, caramel

grace

5.0

Fantastic, bourbon and smooth rich caramel.

kevin5618

5.0

Wendigo is what you say when you drink it

thomas3334

5.0

In their element

michael3297

4.0

Caramel, toffee prune not bad, little thin

SteveII

5.0

Delicious

Shehan

5.0

Yes

steve1339

4.5

Ahhhhh mayzingness. Who makes a better Bwizzle? I'll wait...

erichutt77

5.0

One of the best barleywines I’ve ever had

william2792

4.0

Tasty.

mppavese

5.0

Incredible. Anchorage Brewing doesn’t miss

bergenbeerguy

4.75

tasty

Nonchy

5.0

Omg

Jmar

4.75

Very good, drinks like a stout

chifields

4.25

Caramel, toffee and raisins, a little too sweet

zach2548

4.5

Black like midnight, and thick as hell. Toffee, chocolate, slight vanilla and plum flavors all work together really well. Pretty awesome

Hadexo

5.0

Perfect. Sweet with nice barrel presence.

Bearblitz

4.0

Solid. Would buy again

Halvorsen99

4.25

Sweet nectar of the gods

matthew3854

5.0

Amazing, one of my favorites

timbowar

5.0

Really good, solid barleywine

michael7963

5.0

Awesome

archibeers

5.0

phenomenal!

Ungertaker

4.75

The absolute best black barleywine I have ever had.

MrLiquidBread

4.5

This game sucks, so let's get F'd up. This big, thick, sticky BW is complex with subtle notes of cinnamon, caramel and some boozie brown sugar and chocolate.

Mitchsmet

4.75

😍

Magoo991

4.5

Trying to get the wax to glow though...

frank166

4.75

Does anyone do barleywines better than Anchorage?

Westum

5.0

Thick and sweet with aroma and flavors of sticky caramel, milk chocolate, raisins, figs, leather, vanilla, molasses, oak and bourbon. So gooooood!

Gabrielflc

4.75

Glows in the dark lol

Urbankaiser

5.0

Surprised everyone as best Bwine of the night.

brian2413

5.0

Life at its finest.

carlton23

4.5

ABC just knows how to make bw.

pete558

4.5

Very good but need to share. Quite sweet. Great dessert drink.

shuyang

4.0

Wonderful, dark fruit balanced by caramel sweetness

daniel5048

5.0

One of the best Barleywine. Ever

josh2156

5.0

Non adjunct BA anchorage barley wine are some of my favorites. This is amazing

beverd

4.0

Barleywine is life

brad1238

5.0

IMHO, almost as good as A Deal With the Devil. Incredible job on this one. Toffee, caramel, raisins, and barrel.

kellen53

5.0

Such a treat of a BW. That barrel>

vitaminG

4.0

Sweeeet

Rustgood

5.0

Holy crap, this is incredible. So thick and rich. Definitely sweet, but not an overly lingering, sappy sweet. Balanced. Caramel, rich bourbon and a hint of coconut that was so tasty. Love this beer

sean1147

4.0

Great beer

scott3943

4.0

Not bad! A little syrupy!

Papayaya

4.75

Awesome barley wine!

Mojiiswes

4.0

Pretty boozy. A bit too sweet.

tom11961

4.25

jsl37900

4.0

Swag

Thebrewsurfer

4.75

Good mother of god this is fire! Nose was big time sweet bourbon, toffee, vanilla, tobacco, caramel and subtle coconut. Taste matched but with some graham cracker notes. Full body with a slick and viscous feel. Long finish. Warms the belly, amazing BA barelywine.