Olde School

Barleywine - American

Bold, yet smooth! Fermented with dates and figs, this bone-crusher has a completely unique flavor. At 15% abv, this beer is a great candidate for ageing. Over time, the beer dries out and the pit fruit flavors come forward and the hops recede.

ABV

15.0

Rating

3.982

Rating count

34,406

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Matthew T.

Been in the cellar for a while...

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Jack B.

Super boozy. Barley. Raisin. Not for me.

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David Palmer

‘17 vintage, Love it

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Jason W

Bottled on 1.18.17

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Kevin

Past prime.

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JP C

2013

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JP C

2017

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Dave L

Extreme Brewfest beer #11

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Steph Z.

Bottled 1/18/17

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M I.

2012 bottle, smooth ad good

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Cornelius Shannon

also a 12 oz pour of this at beer authority... $9 plus $5 for a tip/. they just reopened two weeks ago..

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Brad M.

Historical Addition from 2011

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Adam Eisen

2013

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Rob N.

2017

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Trunkes Mules

2017 bottle from my extreme beer fest 2020 box.

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Patrick Boegel

2011 Bottle. Not going to rate this, but at 11 years old it's definitely a winner. Sad that so many of these classic beers of the second wave of craft beer have been cast aside for garbage lazy hazy and cheap sours.

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Bee Beeber

Boozy with molasses, fig and dried fruit flavors. So intense, it's undrinkable. May be better when cold.

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Gregory Windeler

From bottle share 7/18

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Goldndomer

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ad brad

2014 and still drinking fine. Way different. A building stairs event

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Damaris S

2014 bottle, sweet and reminiscent of Utopias to me

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Kirk Frailey

Oxidized slightly, ten years old. Still drinkable! Thanks Jack!

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Brian Fratto

RateBeer backlog, Nov 2013

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Keith Lyle

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME 💯

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Ian Forster

From yesterday

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Jon O.

Farewell to Sam’s. For real this time

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Stephen Hart

Too much booze

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Biren Shah

Blech.

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Pete G.

I had a visceral reaction to this beer. Harsh and boozy with a cheap cigar rubbed in dirt aftertaste. Actually made me shiver.

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