Cockeyed Cooper - Uinta Brewing Company

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4.1/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

brown, though you can see some light through it, no head and a nice lace top it off. Smell is hopped for sure, but with a subtle sugary undertone, and a hint of alcohol too. Taste is not very strong at all. There is the natural piney hoppness you would expect from a barley wine, but not too strong, there is also a sugary, nuttiness about it as well. The alcohol is there, and that keeps this a sipper. It is actually nicely carbonated, and not harsh going down, has the warm feeling on the way

Serving type: bottle

12-04-2011 03:04:23 | More by mikesgroove

womencantsail

California

3.1/5  rDev -21.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Thanks to Mark for cracking this one open.

A: The pour is a dark amber color with a finger or so worth of off-white head.

S: This one is quite oxidized. A moderate amount of cardboard and some stale brown sugar. There are some notes of citrus from the hops as well as a hint of oak.

T: The flavor is very similar to the aroma. Lots of oxidation, but not the good, chocolate kind. Cardboard, stale, hardened sugar, and some warm bourbon and alcohol flavors.

M: The body is medium with a fairly lively carbonation for a beer such as this one.

D: Actually the biggest let down of the Utah brewed beers I've come across. Just too much oxidation to overcome.

Serving type: bottle

11-15-2010 19:03:35 | More by womencantsail

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.48/5  rDev -11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Picked up at Total Wine and shared at a recent tasting. Served in a tulip glass.

Pours a moderate dark brown color with some spotty lacing and a bit of a collar. The nose brings some bourbon with a bit of sweetness and some mild caramel. Taste is smooth bourbon along with a slight bit of chocolate and a medium body. There is a slight booziness there and the beer finishes with a slight astringency. Drinkability is decent enough. The bourbon character from the barrel is pretty good, though at the same time I think the base beer could probably use a bit of work.

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2010 00:53:22 | More by Thorpe429

UCLABrewN84

California

4.05/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Bottled on 3/23/11.

Pours a murky dark brown with a 1 inch puffy tan head that settles to a thin film. Thick foamy rings of lace line the glass on the drink down. Smell is of brown sugar, caramel, toffee, grapefruit, and fruitcake. Taste is of brown sugar/caramel, bread/biscuit, and a variety of citrus zests. The smell and taste of this beer shows no evidence of bourbon or barrel aging. There is also a weird thing going on where the taste is robust upon first sip but quickly drops off on the tongue. This beer has a crisp moutfeel and a medium body with a slightly sticky feel. Overall, this is a good barleywine but I am somewhat disappointed at the lack of evident bourbon/barrel aged smells and tastes. This is more of a standard barleywine in my book.

Serving type: bottle

08-24-2011 04:18:23 | More by UCLABrewN84

brentk56

North Carolina

3.8/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Appearance: Pours a burnt caramel/ice tea brown color with only a wisp of a head and that fades away rather quickly; a swirl of the beer dots the chalice with foam

Smell: Temepered bourbon aromatics, like bourbon without the alcohol sting

Taste: Opens with a graham cracker and vanilla malty flavor that adds boozy Bourbon elements through mid-palate; after the swallow, the flavor adds an oaky dryness as it develops in a Bourbonesque fashion that leaves the beer and barleywine elements behind

Mouthfeel: Full bodied but still; considerable warmth in the gullet after the swallow

Drinkability: If you really like Bourbon, then you will like this beer as it has left the world of beer behind and has become lower alcohol version of Bourbon itself; that makes it drinkable though not necessarily my cup of tea (or beer, as the case may be)

Thanks, Douglas88, for the opportunity

Serving type: bottle

05-02-2010 22:23:12 | More by brentk56

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

3.58/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Pours a dark amber-brown body with an inch-plus of yellowed foam up top.

Smell: Caramelized sugar in the nose, toasted breadcrusts, some fruitiness, whiskey barrels, a sliver of oxidation and alcoholic wafts leaving you with no doubt of a high ABV%.

Taste: Smooth caramel maltiness with some toastiness present. Medium-light sweetness. I thought the hops were surprisingly robust, giving up some citric kicks and sharp florals. Moderate bitterness. Solid barrel presence, with tastes of whiskey, toasted tannic oak, and charred barrel innards. Minor oxidative notes. Bittersweet at the finish with some dry alcohol-infused caramel.

Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium carbonation. Somewhat sticky mouthfeel.

Overall: One thumb up, above-average, but it failed to return my zeal, my zest for life. Maybe next time.

Serving type: bottle

01-10-2013 01:01:27 | More by ChainGangGuy

BEERchitect

Kentucky

3.96/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

It pours a deep garnet-brown color, captured the mild haze and highlighted by a back lit glow. Capped by a dainty off-white sheet of froth, the terse head reduces to a lace around the glass before holding firm.

Bold aromas of toffee, brown sugar, and cashew. And almost butterscotch note rises just before the hops come in with pine needles and grapefruit peels. Light chocolate notes may be found as the barrel notes of caramel, vanilla, and slight coconut come to play. Oak undertones keep the earthy and masculine structure hitting home.

Where the aromas don't favor malt sweetness over citrus hops. But the flavors sure do! Led by the malty taste of toffee, caramel, and toast- other subsidiary tastes of cashews and chestnut rounds into the chocolate tones. All this happens early on the palate, while the hop flavor rises sharply in the middle- that's where citrus grapefruit flavors bridge into pithy taste and then full blown pine resin bitterness to finish.

Certain full body expectation are met as the robust sweetness is saturated by creamy carbonation that keeps the mouth engulfed by sweet creaminess. Its slow and deliberate turn to dryness happens over an extended middle palate and only concludes when the malt sweetness fades to the point where growing hops take command and alcohol warmth satisfactorily dries the ale. It happens very late... but it happens.

This decadent taste, texture, and aroma does all that the American barleywine expects. But I keep looking for an element that pushes it over the edge- a drier finish, a bolder impression, a hoppier start, a sweeter finish... something that pushes me off the fence. But those things don't happen and leaves the beer in a wonderfully obscure but regretfully forgettable beer.

Serving type: bottle

03-07-2013 06:20:44 | More by BEERchitect

TMoney2591

Illinois

4.03/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served in a Dogfish Head snifter.

I thoroughly enjoyed the day I discovered that Uinta distributes to my area. Boom. This one pours a translucent dark ruby brown topped by a finger or so of thick, creamy ecru foam. The nose dives right into the bourbon and oak, with some maple syrup, citrus hops, vanilla bean and caramel backing that up. The taste is heavier on the hops and adds a bit of leather to the proceedings as well. Beyond that, there are hints of burnt biscuits, oak, bourbon, molasses, and orange rind. The body is a heavy medium, with a moderate carbonation and a thick, gooey feel. Overall, a solid BBBW; it didn't really live up to my expectations, but they were pretty damn high to begin with. There is more than enough here to make you smile...trust me. Get some!

Serving type: bottle

08-07-2010 04:35:22 | More by TMoney2591

metter98

New York

4.1/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A: The beer poured a clear and very dark mahogany in color with just a few bubbles floating on the surface. A light to medium amount of carbonation is visible.
S: A slight amount of sweetness is present in the aroma, which seems very malty with notes of caramel. The smell of alcohol becomes noticeable as the beer warms up.
T: Like the smell, the taste is very malty and has a moderate amount of sweetness and caramel flavors. There are notes of bourbon and vanilla flavors; hints of oak are present in the finish.
M: It feels medium- to full-bodied on the palate. The beer is very smooth and has a little bit of stickiness. There is some dryness in the finish.
D: The alcohol in this beer is rather well masked--it tastes more like an 8% beer than one that's 11%. It's a great sipper.

Serving type: bottle

09-12-2010 11:59:58 | More by metter98

WesWes

New York

4.1/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The beer pours a ruby red color with a thick frothy off-white head that slowly fades to lacing. The aroma is great! It has a warm, caramel and burnt toffee scent along with a mild bourbon aroma that compliments the malt character well. The taste is good. It has a smooth burnt toffee flavor; rich and warming. It goes down slow with a dry, bourbon filled finish. The mouthfeel is fine. It's a full bodied beer with adequate carbonation. This is a damn easy drinking barleywine. It's basic in make-up, but well brewed. The bourbon barrel aging only enhances the experience.

Serving type: bottle

08-15-2011 00:03:03 | More by WesWes

Mora2000

Texas

4/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to ericandersnavy for sharing this bottle. This was an aged bottle (at least 2-3 years) that was labeled as Uinta Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine, but it is the same beer as Cockeyed Copper.

The beer pours a red-amber color with a tan head. The aroma is bourbon with some oak and dark fruit notes. The flavor is caramel, toffee, oak, bourbon and some alcohol. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

07-10-2010 00:58:35 | More by Mora2000

zeff80

Missouri

3.98/5  rDev +1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Poured out a clear, dark burgundy color with a tan, foamy head. It had nice retention and left some soapy trails of lace.

S - It smelled of vanilla, oak and some citrusy hops with a slight tropical fruit aroma. Some sweet caramel aromas, too.

T - It tasted of bourbon, vanilla, caramel and some bitter hops. There were some boozy flavors with a rich maltiness.

M - It was crisp, sharp and smooth. A medium to full bodied ale with a warm alcohol presence.

D - This is a pretty good barrel aged barleywine. It isn't overpowering.

Serving type: bottle

11-15-2010 01:58:09 | More by zeff80

russpowell

Oklahoma

3.38/5  rDev -14.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours an effervescent chestnut tinged mahogany with a finger of mocha colored head. Above average lacing & head retention

S: Plums & prunes & booze

T: Plums, a touch of raisins & booze up front, some leafy hops as well. Dark fruit with a bit of brown sugar as this warms, along with dryness, a bit of booze bite. Finishes with woody hops, candied prunes & a touch of oaky sharpness

MF: Chewy, low carbonation, skews too fruity for me, pretty warming

Drank easy enough for the style & ABV, but not really one I would go for again. Had high hopes after trying their BA Imp Stout; would work slightly better as an English BW, not enough to really save the day though

Serving type: bottle

03-02-2011 06:36:42 | More by russpowell

jwc215

New Jersey

3.95/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to Wasatch for this one!

2008 bottling:

Pours hazed brown with a wispy head. Dotted lacing sticks.

The smell is robust - right from the start (immediately after working through waxed top to get lid off). Once poured prunes, figs, dates and caramel/toffee candy with vanilla and some peppery alcohol come through strongly.

The taste is of prunes, figs, dates and caramel. Alcohol still strong over a year or so later. More vanilla than bourbon character supports the base beer. It has a malty and whiskey-like finish.

It has laid-back/mild carbonation with a body that almost reaches full-bodied for the style. I was hoping that warming/progression would beef it up a bit more...it does, but stays on lighter end of full-bodied. Certainly warming...

A nice malty, warming, with whiskey-like booziness, sipper. Bourbon-barrelling gives an oaky/vanilla dryness without overpowering the base beer, with is a nice malty barleywine. An enjoyable sipper, that has a great aroma making it well-worth smelling for awhile before each sip!

Serving type: bottle

01-08-2010 02:55:33 | More by jwc215

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.9/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Beer #42 in my great Utah Brew Hunt.

This barleywine is surprisingly smooth, even though there is a burning alcohol tone to it at the same time. It seems like a very good interpretation of the style. Very well rounded, smooth, good flavor profile. If only I could live in a place for more than a year, I would love to lay some of these down.

The only detractor, if I am going to pick one out, is that it is a bit boozy and hot.

Serving type: bottle

09-25-2012 02:48:23 | More by RblWthACoz

barleywinefiend

Washington

4.03/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Poured a deep mahogany color with great carbonation and sexy cap with some lacing

S: Bourbon, some cocoa, dark fruits

T: Big dark fruits, mainly raisins, figs, and some purple grapes. A bit of chocolate and candy on the mix but there was a bit more bourbon than I wanted

M: Well carbonated but big bodied however it feels lighter leaving it rather nice

O: Good, much better draft versus bottle.

Serving type: on-tap

03-31-2012 15:42:53 | More by barleywinefiend

rhoadsrage

Illinois

3.9/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

(Served in a snifter)
bottled 11/19/10
A- This beer pours a dense brown body that is clear with a faint glow of red at the base. There is a bubbly beige head that last and a few tiny bubbles trail up the glass.

S- The dry caramel note has an oak barrel quality that is soft with a caramel and biscuit malt note to follow.

T- The roasted spicy flavor of dry caramel malt an biscuit malt note blend with a faint leather and spice note and a finish of bitter hops and lightly roasted malt characters that linger.

M- The medium mouthfeel has a soft alcohol warmth and a soft fizz in the finish.

D- The sweetness is faint and only really in the nose and the dry malt flavors are well blended making this big beer drink very easily. The bitterness in the finish grows more than the malt characteristics. I prefer barleywines with a bit more sweetness and a bit more depth in the malt flavors.

Serving type: bottle

04-12-2011 21:04:48 | More by rhoadsrage

Wasatch

Utah

4.35/5  rDev +10.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

750ml Bottle
Caged/Corked
Bottled On: 04/01/10
$10.95 ea.

Pours a very nice amber color, nice carbonation, very nice one-finger creamy off-white head, with some very nice thick creamy sticky lacing left behind. The nose is malty, nice little bourbon notes, slightly spicey, slight dark fruit note, licorice. The taste is sweet, malty, slight bourbon notes, a very slight spice, and some dark fruit notes. Medium body, the alcohol is hidden very well with this brew, this one is not as hot as the BBB. Very drinkable, this was a pleasure to drink.

Serving type: bottle

06-18-2010 23:16:29 | More by Wasatch

jdhilt

New Hampshire

4/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a three finger light tan head that fades slowly leaving an excellent lace. Cloudy brown color. Good carbonation and medium bodied. Bourbon and boozy nose, flavor is bourbon and oak but higher ABV is nearly hidden. Bottled Jul 2011, $13.99 for a 750ml bottle from Julio's Liquors Westborough, Ma.

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2012 23:11:10 | More by jdhilt

Jason

Massachusetts

4.03/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

750ml brown magnum.

Massive head w/ a good amount of stickage. Dark rudy color has clarity in the light. Estery w/ some fusel bourbon barrel aromas, caramel, vanilla and figs for a big sweet nose. Creamy and smooth all over the full-ish body. Big bready maltiness of toasted grain, caramel and dried hay. Alcohol is very noticeable but not hot, estery with booze soaked figs. Wood and vanilla and a drying finish complete this beer.

Wood aging done right, I really dig this brew.

Serving type: bottle

09-10-2010 01:08:26 | More by Jason

mdfb79

New York

3.58/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

From 6/5/10 notes. Had at SAVOR in DC.

a - Pours a reddish brown with an inch of off white head and light carbonation evident.

s - Smells of booze, caramel malts, and roasted malts.

t - Tastes of smooth caramel malts, whiskey, and toffee.

m - Full body and moderate carbonation. Pretty smooth.

d - A decent barleywine. I thought it was a little bit boozy, but I would try it again.

Serving type: bottle

06-11-2010 02:48:47 | More by mdfb79

Billolick

New York

4.03/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bomber, caged and corked, with Brewed on dating right on the label...how tough was that?...

Pour is ruby tinged, darker amber, murky, the darker tan head is dense, lasting and luxorious. leaves wild, high webs of fine ass lace.

Malt forward nose, with some booze, caramel, burnt sugars and whiskey.

Super smooth drinking barley wine, very dry finish. Notes of dark and burnt malts, smoke, toffee, scotch. Big and smoothly flavorful. Easy drinking, quality offering.

Serving type: bottle

11-19-2011 20:30:10 | More by Billolick

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

3.28/5  rDev -16.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Big ass beer, big old dark brown and auburn pour, extremely thin head on it, nothing much to leave lace around the glass. Aroma was massively alcoholic, that was the major thing I took away, you might be able to tell it was bourbon, all I got was hot hot heat.

Huge alcohol again on the taste, you can start to pull little aspects of it apart once your mouth gets used to the heat. A little bit of vanilla, some bourbon, charred oak, maybe a little fig or prune aspect to it, which also seems to go hand in hand with an oxidized feel at times. Just a huge beer.

I like a lot of Uinta stuff, but this is not their best effort. A decent price, you can usually find these for around $10, but damn, there's just no finesse to it.

I think the best part of this beer was watching my non BA friend Shawn get whacked on this stuff during Wrestlemania. Holmes called me later in the week like "what happened at the end of the night?"

Drink slow.

Serving type: bottle

01-23-2012 02:37:21 | More by Beerandraiderfan

DoubleJ

California

4.08/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Bottle shared at Beer Revolution (Guilherme's choice), on to the beer:

More of a ruby brown color with a reddish accent. There is a long lasting head on top and some thick layers of foam sticking to the glass. Going alongs the lines of the American barleywine, this one features notes of pineapple, toasted sugar, soft citrus, subtle oak, and a full malty body. The alcohol level, at over 11%, is hidden with skill, making this beer a dangerous one to drink on its own. Better to do this one with a few good friends than to do on its own.

Serving type: bottle

11-13-2012 02:31:01 | More by DoubleJ

beerthulhu

New Jersey

3.7/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Burbon barrel barelywine. Once again like their labyrinth, pliers were used to remove a stubborn cork.

A: Dark penny copper on the pour appears a dark burnt mahogany in the glass. Against artificial back lighting appears a deep ruby red with a fair clarity and a strong effervesce which was confirmed by a loud pop by a stubborn cork. A monstrous head of 3 fingers quickly forms but lapses almost as quickly with a glossy tan color and moderate retention. The lacing was good leaving random clumps adhering to the glass with good coverage.

S: On the nose moderate detection of sweet burbon and dry caramelized grains. Sweet and boozy with the alcohol providing subtle complimentary hints and doesn't even come close to the reported 11.1%abv. some burbon soaked dried apples rounds things out.

T: The booze that lacked on the nose made up for it on the flavor. Strong burbon and barrel woodiness with boozed soaked instances of fruit and vanilla. Scotchy caramelized grains with a bit of dry burbon booze drying the tongue. The booze was really evident flavorwise and perhaps consumed and masked other attributes.

M: For mouthful a thick caramaleized grain juice substance with a warming booziness of burbon best sums up things here. Good deal of carbonation with a bit of dry burbon booze parching the tongue.

D: Initially a booze shock, but does ease up a bit once you get past the first sip or two becoming easier to handle and consume. Just had their Labryrinth, which at 13.1% seemed light years lower then this. Boozy warmth and a nice experience but ultimately drinkability wise registers as average due to the high alcohol presence.

Serving type: bottle

03-10-2011 23:38:02 | More by beerthulhu