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Revolution Brewing

Revolution Brewing
Straight Jacket Bourbon Barrel-Aged Barleywine

Category: Barrel Aged Ale

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 15%
96 Points
Platinum Medal
Superlative
2024 World Beer Championships - Best Barrel Aged Ale

Revolution Brewing
Straight Jacket Bourbon Barrel-Aged Barleywine

Category: Barrel Aged Ale

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 15%
Silvery amberred oak color. Aromas and flavors of toffee, figgy toffee bread pudding, fruit caramels, and dates and dried cherries with a round, crisp, petillant, off-dry medium-full body and a complex, very long finish displaying notes of caramelized banana bread, fig syrup, and dried dates and cherries. Just about as delicious and well executed of a Bourbon barrel-aged Barleywine as one can hope to accomplish; will make the most ardent cellar stocker drool.

Tasting Info

Beer Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: toffee, figgy toffee bread pudding, fruit caramels, and dates and dried cherries
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of caramelized banana bread, fig syrup, and dried dates and cherries
Bitterness Bitterness: Medium
Enjoy Enjoy: on its own
Recipes Pairing: BBQ Chicken, Ribs, Steak & Potatoes
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Just about as delicious and well executed of a Bourbon barrel-aged Barleywine as one can hope to accomplish; will make the most ardent cellar stocker drool.

The Producer

Revolution Brewing

The Producer
3340 N. Kedzie Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618
USA
1 773-588-2267

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.