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Fremont Brewing

Fremont Brewing
2023 Brew 7000 Bourbon Barrel-Aged English Style Barleywine

Category: Barrel Aged Ale

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13.9%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional

Fremont Brewing
2023 Brew 7000 Bourbon Barrel-Aged English Style Barleywine

Category: Barrel Aged Ale

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13.9%
Brown black color. Aromas and flavors of pralines in chocolate sauce, demerara sugar, prune, and rich leather and maduro tobacco with a round, tangy, petillant, off-dry medium-full body and a warming, complex, medium-long finish with notes of mince meat pie, pecans and toffee, figs and cinnamon brown sugar, and leather and cigar box. Big and bold but the perfect contemplative pour after dinner on a cold Scottish eve; a royal accompaniment to any digestif, or one unto itself.

Tasting Info

Beer Glass Style: Rich & Heavy
Aroma Aroma: pralines in chocolate sauce, demerara sugar, prune, and rich leather and maduro tobacco
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of mince meat pie, pecans and toffee, figs and cinnamon brown sugar, and leather and cigar box
Bitterness Bitterness: Medium
Enjoy Enjoy: with cigars
Recipes Pairing: BBQ Chicken, Ribs, Steak & Potatoes
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Big and bold but the perfect contemplative pour after dinner on a cold Scottish eve; a royal accompaniment to any digestif, or one unto itself.

The Producer

Fremont Brewing Co

The Producer
3409 Woodland Park Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
USA
1 206-661-1648

Barrel Aged Ale

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Serve in a Snifter
The category of barrel-aged beer represents a diverse range of ale and lager styles that have been aged in non-neutral wood. These beers commonly range between 7.5-10% in alcohol with further variations depending on the interpretation of the style. These beers are characterized by both wood-influenced flavors (vanillia, caramel, toast, coconut) and secondary flavors of the alcohol previously aged in the wood (bourbon, scotch whisky, sherry). The overall character of the final beer may also included acetic, lactic or Brettanomyces flavors and aromas resultant of the barrel. A wide variety of base beer styles may be barrel-aged for an additional level of complexity, although barrel-aged versions of darker or more alcoholic styles are among the more common examples. Noteworthy examples of this style include: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout, Alltech Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale and Grand Rapids The Mound Maker.