Barleywine

We'll even look at something I didn't think would happen: an Iced Barleywine.

Barley Wine Week: Central Waters 2009

The modern difference between an English Barleywine and English Old Ale are slim.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

Indeed, the primary difference is that the Old Ale tops out around 9% ABV, whereas the Barleywine starts at 8% ABV, and where the Old Ale is singularly malty, to even out the booziness, the barleywine will have some hop balance.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

We'll even look at something I didn't think would happen: an Iced Barleywine.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

As we are bringing Barleywine Week(s) to a close (we have one more beer to go on Friday), we would be remiss if we didn't mention the New Glarus Iced Barleywine - one of the few barleywines from Wisconsin breweries: Central Waters' that we reviewed last week, and an award-winning barleywine from The Great Dane (which appears to be on-tap now, if want to hustle on down and get some).

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

The modern difference between an English Barleywine and English Old Ale are slim.

The English Barleywine and the Old Ale 2009

Flying Dog has a mixed 8-pack out right now of 7oz bottles of their "big beers" - IIPA, Tripel, Gonzo Porter and Barleywine.

What's The Point 2009

I was going to put up some tasting notes for the Dogfish Head Red & White – a beer that takes Barleywine a little more literally than most: "Malt beverage brewed with coriander & peel with pinot noir juice concentrate added with 11% aged in pinot noir barrels and 89% aged on oak staves."

Barleywine Week: Almost Done – A Delay Tactic 2009

Indeed, the primary difference is that the Old Ale tops out around 9% ABV, whereas the Barleywine starts at 8% ABV, and where the Old Ale is singularly malty, to even out the booziness, the barleywine will have some hop balance.

The English Barleywine and the Old Ale 2009

Then, if the first beer you made was really strong, like, I don't know, an Old Ale or Barleywine maybe, you can actually get a third beer out of the grains.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009