Olde School (2013)

Tim Albert

Aged 11 years. Malt, dried fruit, raisin, light caramel nose. Dried fruit, caramel, malt, raisin, touch of citrus, light apple skin. Aged exceptionally well, really smoothed things out. Alcohol still present but well integrated.

Scott

Raisins, caramel, syrupy, dry, held up well for 10 years.

Mike Hyatt

Cellared for over 12 years. Minimal carbonation. Very pruny with butterscotch.

Ben Keller

Sam Suarez

Lou Bush IV

Craft Daddy Blog

SeanO PeLL

2gueze1cup

Andrew Johnson

Holding up

Mike Dougherty

Aged a decade 🤌🏻

Kunnskap

"Yeah it's not bad. I would never want to drink more of it...." -R

David Fonorow

RB 10/10/2011

Daniel Sweemer

Withstood time quite well

Hardcore Craft Beer

Smell is INTENSE but the flavor is quite caramel, faint hops, and some leather forward.

Buffet4Beer

Tons at caramel. Very good.

Beers and Gears

Dan H

10 years and still really good

StopMergingMyCheck-ins™️

Yuuuup. Thanks Brendan

Thomas Peterson

Reptar RF

I think age did not help this one. Still pretty good overall.

Tommy Hutchins

The nose introduces the palate of booze with punches of rum, brown sugar & dark berry. The palate is exceptional; malty, syrupy & caramelized with layered complexity through the distinct presence of dehydrated fruits, figs, & dates 🔥2013 - 15.6%🔥

Jared Taylor

Bottled 10 years to the day. Still tasting great. Classic dry english barelywine. No cardboard or oxidation

Vaibhav D

Gurney Halleck

Fresh_hops

Slightly starting to show it's age. Slightly.

justin troutman

james frew

Rob Weinberger

John Q

HNY! “Honey, Frank the Tank is not coming back, okay? That part of me is over. It's water under the bridge. I promise.” Still has time on it. Sweet and a delicious carmel bomb. Hops still hopping and kicking around with some decent bitterness. 🍻1️⃣❤️🌎☮️

Shaggy

9 year old barleywine, very smooth, no carbonation.

keith kontny

angie kontny

RiSsA / RoO

Ryan Smith

CaptnRon

Brandon

Didn’t age well

j kidd

Matt Beard

Tony Lawrence

Tasty. I seem to be in a barleywine mood lately.

Brian

Scott Kaskawitz

Joseph A.

Jeff C

Jerome Recker

Fish

Curt

Hoppy(Bitter), Flavor is Light...

Tige Washko

Stuart K

Anil

Dustin Cawthorne

Alex Trevino

Sugar, caramel and butter. The spice you expect. Tough and strong.

eric white

Graham G

This is still really good

Greg Cassady

Meghan K

so apparently you need to age these for 9 years. lovely

Jason Diefenderfer

Dylan DeCoster

Friday night oldie. Aged leathery caramelized dates and booze soaked fruitcake.

Bridget Nichols

Brian Nichols

BDub

Almost cordial esque. Fantastic.

Mrgreenskeeper

Kevin B. Jackie B. Cheers to “olde school”. The good old days!

Alex G.

Dayved Binsen

Rob C.

I cannot believe how well this has held up! So damn good

Ken

Scott Baker

Smooth, slightly sweet. My favorite of the vertical

Adam W.

Jose Ayala

Amazing masterpiece too bad it's not in production anymore 😪

James S

A nice 56 degree Fall night to sip on this. Aged beautifully. Dark fruits tobacco brown sugar with a nice bite. Wish I had more. 4.40ish

Jonathan Koger

jim green

Gifted by great friend BTender @ DFish Alehouse Gaithersburg. Told me it was 2013 version. Has lost some carbonation but definitely not the taste. Extremely smooth drinking. Flavors are full of dates/figs. Chewy as it warms. Subtle boozy finish Wow!!!

I like beer

Mike Travis

#TenPercentTuesday Nutty, sweet malt, warm, nip of booze

Evan LeVine

Yup. Sorry Travis L. I should have held this one for ya.

Greg

Rich sweet fruity, mellow subdued hops. Real smooth and tasty with enough booziness to remind you how strong it is! Could have gone a few years longer

Emily H.

Mike Thrane

Nick Burke

David

A warm, boozy sensation from the moment it rolls over the lips and enters the body. The fig/date is prominent and the enjoyment grows with each sip. Since I'm not much of a barleywine aficionado I'm going to rate this high because I like it.

Brad Deibel

I think it is too old. The dates and figs are definitely the predominant flavor but they are off at this point and too old and oxidized dates and figs

Darrell Walker

Scott Meis

Week of no power so drinking strong beers at the the fam's.

Kevin Peacock

Fun to drink such an aged beer supplied for Extreme Beer Fest, some fruit, little hops, but still can't get into barley wines

Jonathan Koger

Dan F.

Boozy caramel, rum-soaked raisins, toffee, fig, prune; very complex nose. Medium bodied, with little-to-no carbonation. Taste is prune up front, with some date and fig notes. Raisin and burnt caramel round out the palate with a lingering sweetness.

Pete

A classic barleywine in every sense of the world, 8 years in the bottle has really brought the malt forward and chilled out the hops.

Ryan Stroud

Dale W.

Nathan W.

Nice.

Quentin L.

Have I been ruined for all other beers? This is the pinnacle of what a barleywine can be. I taste a bountiful medley of fig, caramel, toffee, and molasses, with the body of a hearty cabernet.

Protocol417 X.

Extreme Beer Fest #11! Ho. Lee. Shit. The fest culminated in the best beer in the box, hands down. Very smooth. Taste is pure caramelization, like the top layer of a fine creme brûlée. Barrel is there, not overwhelming, perfectly balanced, so f’in good.

Jason Cheatham

tom k.

Wayne T.

Pat Straub

This was stunning. The highlight of the beerfest. Almost 8 years old and still holding. Thanks Sam For sharing this from DFH’s cellar.

Ron Harper

I cannot detect any degradation in this barleywine, but I could be impaired at this point. But, it is so good. Right from Dogfish Heads Cellar. Can’t beat that.

Carl Knutson

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Tony Derr

Chris Derr