Sweetwater Dank Tank DP Barleywine Ale - SweetWater Brewing Company

onix1agr

Pennsylvania

3.88/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to Bill for opening this one up, poured into a snifter.

A- Dank Tank has a ruby red look with some brown highlights. A frothy off white head reached about a inch in height leaving some sticky lace. Some bubbles seen rising up.

S- A small burst of hops with caramel malt giving off some candy. Some burnt sugar with a lot of barley. Getting some light dark fruit scent in the distance. Also some alcohol from this beast.

T- Not sure the age on this but the hops are still present with just as much malt sweetness. Candi, dark fruits, figs and raisons with a big amount of sweetness worthy of being called a english barleywine at this stage. The hops giving off a pine like taste. Some alcohol seeping through a bit more than in smell.

M- A bit hot with a above medium body with a light amount of carb. Some bitterness in the finish from the big hop bill but enough malts to smooth it out. For a B-wine this big, it is a smooth sipper.

D- Not knowing the age of the bottle I would say this is not extremely fresh as I did not get a hop bomb. What I did get was a delicious and great balanced barleywine that I would not mind having another.

Serving type: bottle

11-16-2012 05:46:05 | More by onix1agr

jucifer1818

Florida

4/5  rDev +1.3%

04-12-2013 02:03:54 | More by jucifer1818

Jason_Quad

4/5  rDev +1.3%

07-09-2012 20:17:04 | More by Jason_Quad

sliverX

New York

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

05-27-2012 04:00:16 | More by sliverX

merc7186

New York

3.9/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

I had this beer poured from a bomber into a tulip glass.

A: Hazy Amber/Golden Straw Hue, Passes Mild Light, White Head Ring, Mild Lacing

S: Bready, Nutty, Mild Vanilla, Mild Malty

T: Nutty, Vanilla, Bready, Mild Malty

M: Decent Carbonation, Medium Bodied, Nutty, Malty

Overall, a nice change for SW with a nice nutty barleywine.

Serving type: bottle

05-27-2012 02:11:38 | More by merc7186

UltimateLivewire

South Carolina

4.75/5  rDev +20.3%

03-11-2012 16:09:09 | More by UltimateLivewire

drummermattie02

Texas

4/5  rDev +1.3%

01-16-2012 23:13:54 | More by drummermattie02

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

4/5  rDev +1.3%

11-25-2011 15:35:25 | More by ChainGangGuy

freduardo

Alabama

4/5  rDev +1.3%

11-22-2011 17:35:13 | More by freduardo

mrshoes

Georgia

4/5  rDev +1.3%

11-19-2011 02:54:58 | More by mrshoes

Rochefort10nh

New Hampshire

4/5  rDev +1.3%

11-18-2011 20:09:50 | More by Rochefort10nh

cadaugherty

Illinois

4/5  rDev +1.3%

11-18-2011 05:06:28 | More by cadaugherty

westcoastbeerlvr

California

1.75/5  rDev -55.7%

11-15-2011 17:26:13 | More by westcoastbeerlvr

kkrez

Colorado

5/5  rDev +26.6%

11-14-2011 21:46:47 | More by kkrez

jophish17

Georgia

4/5  rDev +1.3%

11-14-2011 21:27:37 | More by jophish17

brentk56

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: Pours a cloudy apricot color with less than an inch of foam; rather leggy, with some spots on the way down

Smell: Toffee, shortbread and a grainy note or two

Taste: Opens with the shortbread and toffee malt flavors, but by mid-palate, some leafy hops break into the profile; after the swallow, there is a rather fruity element that joins the other flavors and pushes into the finish; tobacco leaf flavors in the aftertaste

Mouthfeel: Full bodied with low to moderate carbonation

Overall: Even after two years or so in the bottle, the hops still strut there stuff; this must have been quite a hoppy barleywine in its youth; though it is no doubt different now, it is still drinking nicely

Thanks, Pullen, for the opportunity

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2011 21:19:47 | More by brentk56

raznug

Ohio

4/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: This beer poured into a snifter has a nice clear deep copper almost a reddish color. It is topped with a ½” of white head. The Belgian lacing hangs around nicely.
Smell: This beer is all malt with hints of alcohol. Just as a barleywine should be.
Taste: Malt dominates the taste buds as well with a bit of alcohol heat adds to a semi-dry finish.
Mouthfeel: This is a very easy drinking brew, flows easily on the palate but the flavors lingered tastily.

Serving type: bottle

10-25-2011 13:36:53 | More by raznug

Bung

North Carolina

3.9/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

22 oz. This wins in my thinning out of the cellar to be drank during the NCAA BBall championship game.
Foggy gold/orange pour, nice finger thick layer of off white head. Retains very well.

Smell is malty, herbal hops, some red fruits. An odd funky sock or rotten fruit(is this "dankness") smell as well which is a bit off putting.

Taste is more malt forward. Toffee and caramel covered strawberry, apple. Some herbal hops, not much pine. Maybe a little brown sugar, finishes with a malty kick.

Coating, but enough carbonation to keep it from being too sticky. Really well hidden alchol. Not problems drinking this, but it is a bit subdued for the style.

Serving type: bottle

04-05-2011 01:57:45 | More by Bung

BigMcLargeHuge

Arizona

3.9/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Big thanks to none other than the obsceneone. No better way to enjoy a tasty barleywine than by the liter swing top. Pours mildly hazy orange to copper with white head. The aroma is big with a load of pine hops mixed with sticky chewy sweet malts, mildly roasted malts and some caramel. This beers smells like a IIPA rather than a barleywine. The taste is either a IIPA or an American barleywine with a west coast hop slant. Yummy. I get a heaping helping of pine hop bitterness followed by sweet sticky malty sweetness. There is just a ton of pine hop bitterness that goes on and on and on. I don't get any dark fruity esters that I associate with the style.

Serving type: bottle

02-13-2011 23:18:25 | More by BigMcLargeHuge

klikger

Wisconsin

3.33/5  rDev -15.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Bottle pour served in a Duvel tulip

A - Liquid honey, not much head or lacing

S - Honey & much malt

T - Fresh grains & sweet honey --> caramel --> more of the same, a sweet finish

M - A little heavy & too syrupy for my taste

D - One is enough for me

A one-note barleywine at this stage, it will only improve with time. It wasn't bad by any means, but it doesn't stand out from the pack, either.

Serving type: bottle

11-06-2010 04:04:27 | More by klikger

Thorpe429

Illinois

4/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Reviewed from notes. Thanks to bmanning for this bottle.

Pours a moderate orange color with a white head with surprising staying power and lace. The nose brings strong American hops with a lot of citrus. Some sweet malt underneath with light fruits. The taste is a bit more balanced with some strong citrus flavors meeting head on with sweet malt, light fruits, cherries, and a bit of alcohol. Good medium body with a nice alcohol bite and a good level of bitterness. Overall this drinks quite well and is toward a malty DIPA.

Serving type: bottle

10-28-2010 11:49:18 | More by Thorpe429

AleWatcher

Illinois

4.05/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Blind bomber # 11 from the Blind Bomber BIF-- this is my last one... Sniffle. Thanks to Mikereaser for making this loads of fun!

Reviewed entirely blind- no knowledge of brewery, beer, or even style.
Poured into snifter.

A light orangey color with an off-white head and HUGE rings and sheets of lacing. Looks like a big DIPA...

Smell has some big malts... And some big hops. This has some tobacco notes in here too. This is way to flavor packed to be a DIPA... This has to be a barleywine. Earthy hops, candied sugar, caramel sweetness in the malts, citrusy hops, and a booziness in the finish. The balance is decent, and the flavors are interesting enough to me excited.

Body is pretty full and the carbonation level is decent. Perhaps a bit too much in terms of bubbles. A little less carbonation migh make the body seem fuller, which would work well with the huge amount of flavor packed into this bottle!

Overall, pretty good barleywine here (very strong assumption that's what I have here).

Rips open envelope-- sweetwater DP Barleywine.
Wow, according to recent reviews, this is possibly 2 years old??? I can't believe the amount of hops left here!!
This is a pretty solid barleywine-- I loved the looks as much as any I've ever seen!

Thanks again to Mikereaser for 11 fun blind beers and some awesome extras!!

Serving type: bottle

09-27-2010 03:32:15 | More by AleWatcher

maximum12

Minnesota

2.55/5  rDev -35.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Thanks to TimmyP for a trade of this big-looking barleywine, another sole survivor of a fairly long-ago trade. I guess this one's been resting for over a year in the bottle if the reviews are any indication.

Bomber split with my wife, the pour is orange with a haze of light red, with little light penetration to be had. Smell is sweet, earthy malts & even now, a trace of piney hops still touches the nose.

I don't know if the name is literal or an oh-so-subtle reference, but dank is right. First impression is of rain-soaked earth, you know, the kind after a long, steady rain that brings out the nightcrawlers to drown in puddles in your driveway. Dirty, earthy, damp malts dominate the front-and-mid range of this beer, leaving a rather wet-leaves aftertaste that isn't very appealing. Underneath this layer of watery soil come peals of piney hops & light fruit, perhaps pears, apples...but with that aftertaste, who cares? As the beer warms it becomes more pronounced.

Should have known better than to pursue anything with 'dank' in the title, because the descriptor is dead-on. Sub-average barleywine that I'm going to try to find some pleasure in during the next thirty minutes or so.

Serving type: bottle

09-12-2010 01:18:14 | More by maximum12

Georgiabeer

Georgia

4.35/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On-tap at the Brick Store Pub. Slightly re-formatted Donkey Punch, and repackaged as a Dank Tank beer. Pours a nice orange amber with excellent clarity and a creamy white head that fades to a cap and leaves some very good lacing. Smells like a hop garden with some fresh, sweet malt in the background. Nice spicy pine and citrus throughout. Tastes nicely balanced between the sweet malt and the nice zingy hops. Nice citrus and pine, especially in the finish. A bit chewy in the mouth, this is a big beer. I don't know if this is a balanced Double IPA, or a hoppy barleywine, and to be honest, I don't care- It's just a very good beer.

Serving type: on-tap

06-24-2010 19:42:07 | More by Georgiabeer

atsprings

North Carolina

3.53/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

22oz bottle into a Duvel tulip pours a crisp, bubbly dark copper with a nice frothy light khaki head that diminishes to a thin layer that leaves decent lacing on the glass. Aroma is burnt caramel malts with slight pine hop undertones. The taste is a mix of very sweet caramel malts and boozy alcohol with pine hops struggling to get through, a bit of a mess. The beer is certainly on the heavy side with its 10.2% alcohol definitely showing through. This one seems to be a shell of what it used to be when it was sold in 1L bottles and actually called Donkey Punch. Hopefully this was just a bad bottle.

Serving type: bottle

05-30-2010 23:20:34 | More by atsprings