I'm a nut for barleywines. So when I saw this sitting on the shelf I simply had to bring it home to try. I chilled a single bottle for a day and opened it up.
Folks, this barleywine has encouraged me beyond words. I've made several barleywines that have tasted almost identical to this one minus the figs and dates. I called them Scottish Wee wee wee heavy ales. Or, Scottish barleywines.
It's interesting and not bad. I can't say that I'd call it something special, but my tastes still leans toward the flavor profiles of SN Bigfoot as my go-to target profile for a barleywine. Well sort of. My best barleywine recipe has the hop flavor profile you get from a Bigfoot ale, the color, and the malty smoothness. I differ in that I like to target the ABV to be around 13-14%. It's a difficult beast to brew using US-05, but it can be done. Which remindes me, I need to get brewing. I'm wanting to whip up about 2 batches of it this next week. And I need to get on it if I hope to enjoy any by next fall. These things take a long time before the bottles are ready to be opened.
Folks, this barleywine has encouraged me beyond words. I've made several barleywines that have tasted almost identical to this one minus the figs and dates. I called them Scottish Wee wee wee heavy ales. Or, Scottish barleywines.
It's interesting and not bad. I can't say that I'd call it something special, but my tastes still leans toward the flavor profiles of SN Bigfoot as my go-to target profile for a barleywine. Well sort of. My best barleywine recipe has the hop flavor profile you get from a Bigfoot ale, the color, and the malty smoothness. I differ in that I like to target the ABV to be around 13-14%. It's a difficult beast to brew using US-05, but it can be done. Which remindes me, I need to get brewing. I'm wanting to whip up about 2 batches of it this next week. And I need to get on it if I hope to enjoy any by next fall. These things take a long time before the bottles are ready to be opened.
