Old Conundrum - Heaven Hill Rye - FiftyFifty Brewing Co.

PaulStoneAnchor

California

4.75/5  rDev +17.9%

03-16-2012 04:07:20 | More by PaulStoneAnchor

yourefragile

District of Columbia

4.25/5  rDev +5.5%

01-16-2013 15:39:48 | More by yourefragile

westcoastbeerlvr

California

4.25/5  rDev +5.5%

01-09-2013 00:30:49 | More by westcoastbeerlvr

gueuzegossage

California

4.25/5  rDev +5.5%

06-16-2012 20:27:13 | More by gueuzegossage

cpetrone84

Pennsylvania

3.53/5  rDev -12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

pour is a rustic orange with a tight tan head. The nose has the overly sweet note I get often from brandy aged beers. Almost like a sweet magic marker but I don't believe it to be acetone. Light chocolate notes and sweet muddled malts. Cherry and berry notes in back add some pleasantry. The taste is similar but the marker isn't really present. Still a touch sweet brandy on a sweet beer with berries and light chocolate undertones. The body is very drinkable, full but not heavy and a nice Assertivve carb. There is some alcohol heat in the finish but not overwhelming by any stretch. Not horrible but overly sweet and brandy isn't my favorite barrel aging apparatus as I find it makes the beer cloying.

Serving type: on-tap

04-10-2012 14:48:17 | More by cpetrone84

furthurgone

California

4/5  rDev -0.7%

01-05-2012 11:59:34 | More by furthurgone

HopHead84

California

4.33/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12/9/2011

On tap at FiftyFifty. I was bummed to miss the party last night and even more disappointed that I missed the Iced Eclipse, but when I sat down at the FiftyFifty bar in Truckee, California, and learned that Old Conundrum - Heaven Hill Rye was on tap, all my sorrows disappeared into the mists of Truckee.

A: Dark brown with a crimson hue and a small, fleeting beige bubbly head.

S: Dark toffee with nutty and earthy notes. Caramel is evident, and I detect notes of date and fig. There's a pronounced brown sugar sweetness melding with robust rye whiskey notes. Vanilla is faint and there's just a little booze in the nose. The aroma reminds me a bit of Alpine's Great.

T: I'm greeted by an upper low bitterness that accompanies earth, a light spiciness, and a little alcohol. Whiskey is forceful yet not artless or overpowering, and the barrel imparts wood and light vanilla notes. Dark toffee meets brown sugar and nutty notes. There's light oxidation in the whiskey toffee finish.

M: Upper medium body with low carbonation. The mouthfeel is silky and sticky, with lots of alcohol warming.

Overall: A fine barrel aged barleywine. I'd love to have this again. Truckee, you and I shall meet again.

Serving type: on-tap

12-15-2011 04:54:42 | More by HopHead84

leschkie

California

3/5  rDev -25.6%

12-14-2011 06:19:38 | More by leschkie

dsgolovin

California

4.33/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured a light amber with little head.

Smelled of sweet malt and distilled spirits.

Taste was well balanced between barrel and malts and sugar.

Light mouthfeel, not much carbonation.

My first beer at the 50/50 Eclipse release and quite a good one. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Not too boozy, not too sweet.

Serving type: on-tap

12-13-2011 14:22:16 | More by dsgolovin

rudeboy916

California

5/5  rDev +24.1%

12-12-2011 21:40:41 | More by rudeboy916

KevSal

California

4/5  rDev -0.7%

12-12-2011 08:52:01 | More by KevSal

scottfrie

California

3.48/5  rDev -13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Eclipse release party 2011. Reviewed from notes.

A: Pours a cloudy dark honey-iced tea color with a wispy, thin, off-white head.
S: Caramel, toffee, light booze and a touch of spicy barrel. Warm and inviting but not great.
T: I get rye, booze, caramel and a touch of tobacco. Sweet and spicy overall with vanilla and honey coming through in the aftertaste.
M: Frothy carbonation, decent amount of booze, medium-thick body, and a tingly mouthfeel.
O: A bit one dimensional and disappointing. I did not need a second pour of this one.

Serving type: on-tap

12-12-2011 03:35:30 | More by scottfrie

ipa247

California

3/5  rDev -25.6%

12-10-2011 01:31:55 | More by ipa247

jh1982

Nevada

4/5  rDev -0.7%

12-09-2011 23:31:08 | More by jh1982

largadeer

California

4.35/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Draft at FiftyFifty. Hazy amber body with a tall lasting head that leaves behind webs of lacing. Mellow rye whiskey aroma. Heavy on caramel, nuttiness, sherry-like oxidation. Palate had a good mix of rich caramel malt, oxidation and barrel. Nutty, spicy flavors lend depth. Some nice earthiness, dry in the finish. I love a good barrel aged barleywine, and this one delivers.

Serving type: on-tap

12-09-2011 22:11:50 | More by largadeer