Bourbon Barrel Aged Colossus

Barleywine - English

This is a true Colossus of a beer. An English-style Barley Wine brewed with the finest English malts and hops, and double mashed to maximize flavor and texture. Aged for 13 months in Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels. The barrel aging gives complex notes of vanilla, coconut and charred oak, which layers on top of the beer’s flavor profile of dark fruit, tobacco and chocolate. A beer truly worthy of its name!

ABV

14.5

Rating

4.112

Rating count

632

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Alex Ek

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Lars Pedersen

Bedstefarbajer … boozy and lovely. Toffee, dried fruits, barrel … and booze

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Drikke Rikke

Gud fri mig vel.

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René Noir

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Mads Krogsgaard

Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate. A hint of coconut, especially when cold. Taste is quite Rye bread like and boozy. Abit disappointed tbh. Not that complex. Really sticky. A whole had probably been too much.

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Brian Urth

Meget tydelig duft af fadlagring, smag af fad, meget tydelig smag af bourbon, og det mest det man smager.

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Andreas Winter

Lots of barrel. Far from mellow.

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tho rup

Very dark brown no head. Sweet, rich malty carame brown sugar bready wood light vanilla rich bourbon alcohol. Medium to full body average carbonation sweet finish with warming alcohol. 050622

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Roy Heitzer

Classic BA Barley Wine. Ietwat dropperig

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Vagn Ridderberg

Lækker Barley Wine

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Sebastian Nemeth Kipling

Er ikke så tung og har meget smag af kokus

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Alexander Hansen

En hård fyr. 14.5%

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Vanessa LoKo

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Cristian Sîrbu

LCI.Hair chest growing experience. Alas, there were no real layers of coconut, vanilla, charred oak but rather one, very pervasive flavor: bourbon. Alcohol, man! Lots of it. Watered down, charred bourbon. Felt more like an impy stout than a barleywine too

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