Old Wooly Barleywine
Big Time Brewery & Alehouse

Old Wooly BarleywineOld Wooly Barleywine
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From:
Big Time Brewery & Alehouse
 
Washington, United States
Style:
American Barleywine
Ranked #105
ABV:
9%
Score:
90
Ranked #8,771
Avg:
4.07 | pDev: 8.11%
Reviews:
22
Ratings:
44
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 26, 2023
Added:
Mar 01, 2005
Wants:
  22
Gots:
  11
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Rated: 3.91 by GeorgeAKeim from Oregon

Mar 26, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by rab53 from Washington

Feb 11, 2022
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Reviewed by Pivopijak from Washington

4.09/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
bottle into glass
2021 edition (bought on annual, December 1st release date)
Moderate, off-white head. Medium honey/amber look. A bit of sweetness to the aroma, which is made up of subtle, spiced caramel and honey. A good mouthfeel with a prominent sharpness, which sustains through the finish. That sharpness overrides much of the flavors, which is somewhat sweet, as it should be, caramelized medium toasted malts and a bit of a roasted note, amidst the predominate bite characteristic.
Dec 26, 2021
 
Rated: 4.25 by NickThePyro from Washington

Apr 01, 2019
 
Rated: 4.27 by stratusjeans from Washington

Apr 11, 2017
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Rated by Tdewhurst from Washington

4.97/5  rDev +22.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Tasty barley wine. Nice sipper.
Jan 10, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by NWer from Washington

Jun 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4.08 by Anaxagoris from Washington

Jun 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.98 by Boozecamel from Canada (BC)

Dec 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by strongaf from Washington

Dec 02, 2014
 
Rated: 4.1 by Kurmaraja from California

Oct 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by irishgreensoda from Washington

Jun 16, 2014
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Reviewed by aasher from Indiana

3.97/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2008 vintage courtesy of BrewerB, thanks Brian!

This beer pours a cloudy, muddy, creek water clay amber in color with slight carbonation. The nose features brown sugar, molasses, raisin, with a touch of vanilla. The flavors are sweet and rich. You get raisin bread, cinnamon roll, brown sugar, and soda bread. Its a little light in body, as expected. This is drinking pretty well for a vintage barleywine. I wouldn't age it further but five years of ageability is certainly possible for this beer.
Dec 29, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by BillRoth from Maryland

Oct 22, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by ShanePB from Pennsylvania

Oct 18, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by 4DAloveofSTOUT from Illinois

May 19, 2013
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Reviewed by blackie from Oregon

4.1/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
bomber split with dirtman, little nightcap, you know how we do...

a: one of those not-so-necessary nightcaps dished out after an already full night of craft beer, served in a short snifter, deep caramel amber in color, hazy, nice off-white head with good retention

s: a rich, aromatic barleywine with heady notes of grain and caramel, heavily malty with a range of sweet, dark fruit aromas, estery, deeply citric and pine hop nose, very nice

m: heavy bodied, nearly syrupy on the tongue, with a cleansing light to moderate carbonation

t: always a big fan of a hugely malted barleywine with a good balance of hops, big caramel/toffee and dark fruit flavors - date and fig, brown sugar, pine and citrus, heavily sweet, coating the tongue with rich malt flavors

o: a densely flavored, satisfying sipping barleywine, particularly great as an early-morning finisher
Apr 09, 2013
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Reviewed by Smurf2055 from Washington

4.04/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Dec 2011

On tap at Big Time on release date, 2011. Place was packed.

Poured into snifter. Dark amber, with a nice lacing.

Smells malty with a decent hop aroma. Little bit of pine and a little bit of booze.

There was a really nice sweet tang going for it, minimal alcohol burn.

There was still some carbonation for it as it wasn’t aged too long.

I could see this getting more complex with age. As it stands it was pretty good.
Apr 01, 2013
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Reviewed by mdaschaf from Indiana

4.17/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had on tap at Big Time at the release. Review from notes.

A: Poured into a snifter, Old Wooly is a hazy burgundy with a small off-white head on top with minimal retention but some nice lacing all around the glass.

S: Rather fruity with lots of raisin and fig aromas, some caramel, toffee, and faint chocolate.

T: Very fruit forward - more raisins and figs, slightly sweet up front. There is some faint roast, chocolate, caramel, and I got just a hint of mint.

M: Medium bodied, alcohol hidden very nicely. Extremely smooth.

O: Very impressed. Had a few glasses of this and grabbed a few bottles to sit on. Interested to see how it ages.
Jan 06, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by benbjb from Washington

Dec 06, 2012
Old Wooly Barleywine from Big Time Brewery & Alehouse
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 44 ratings