Old Boardhead Barleywine Ale - Full Sail Brewery & Tasting Room & Pub

blitz134

Connecticut

4.38/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

2005 vintage.

Nice, clear caramel body with some reddish hues. Offwhite head that settled down to an inch thick. Lots of carbonation bubbles rise to the surface to support it. Lacing forms rings and sheets on the glass.

Caramel and cotton candy sugar sweetness. Lightly toasted malts along with some dark fruit aromas. Still has a piney hoppy aroma to finish it off.

Dark caramel and brown sugar flavors. A good bit of toasty malts, especially in the finish. Dark fruits, raisin and some plum. Pine and resin hops still linger, a bit of earthiness. A bit of an alcoholic edge, but nothing harsh. Maybe time has helped to smooth this one out.

Nice full, super smooth mouthfeel with just a touch of crispness from the carbonation.

This is a really nice beer. Super easy to drink even at its abv level. Good flavor profile and aroma. Nice body and smooth alcohol.

Serving type: bottle

09-14-2007 03:57:43 | More by blitz134

Kelp

New Hampshire

4.5/5  rDev +16.6%

05-04-2013 20:33:35 | More by Kelp

DrunkinYogi

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

03-20-2013 01:20:18 | More by DrunkinYogi

spycow

Illinois

4/5  rDev +3.6%

03-09-2013 21:50:45 | More by spycow

shand

Florida

3.74/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Old Boardhead is a big, sweet, and slightly hoppy barleywine available for dirt cheap. If those words resonate with you, jump on this beer. It won't blow you away, but it's inexpensive, boozy, and tasty. Sometimes, that just hits the mark. It's almost the malt liquor of the craft beer world.

Serving type: bottle

03-09-2013 02:24:03 | More by shand

weerezboy

Washington

4.25/5  rDev +10.1%

03-06-2013 17:27:49 | More by weerezboy

imperialking

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

03-02-2013 21:45:15 | More by imperialking

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +10.1%

01-24-2013 21:04:43 | More by RblWthACoz

fivetime

Idaho

4/5  rDev +3.6%

01-22-2013 00:43:48 | More by fivetime

TheKitten

Montana

4/5  rDev +3.6%

01-16-2013 05:37:31 | More by TheKitten

UltimateLivewire

South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

01-12-2013 15:47:35 | More by UltimateLivewire

Kopfschuss

Oregon

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

01-05-2013 05:20:44 | More by Kopfschuss

deebo

Minnesota

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

12-25-2012 02:58:48 | More by deebo

King_KongDCO93

Minnesota

3.48/5  rDev -9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pour a 2012 reserve bought it for $3.99 for a 1 pt. 6 fl. Oz 9% ABV bottle
A: golden brown, cant see throw the glass and its cloudy and looks like clean mud

S: Has a malty butterscotch aroma mixed in with a floral scents.

T: it is really malty and is a bit too bitter for me. at 9 % the flavor really hides the alch

M: mouth feel heavy

O: for the price its worth it.

Serving type: bottle

12-24-2012 23:22:00 | More by King_KongDCO93

HoistinBrews

Minnesota

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

12-23-2012 05:29:04 | More by HoistinBrews

Holy_Hop_Head

Oregon

4/5  rDev +3.6%

12-15-2012 05:53:28 | More by Holy_Hop_Head

mtstatebeer

West Virginia

3.73/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

02-09-11- 22 oz bottle, 2008, served in a snifter glass. Pours a hazy, red-orange color with a decent, frothy off-white head, lacing throughout. Aroma is sweet, toasted malt, vinous, pine hops, and alcohol. Flavor is sweet malts, resinous, wood, spicy, and alcohol. Mouthfeel is medium, syrupy, almost cloyingly sweet, but balanced with a large amount of bitterness. Overall a decent beer.

Edit: Review of same beer on 21 Nov 12. Similar aroma, much more of a dark fruit/raisin aroma and a bit oxidized, no hops at all in the smell. Flavor isn't as sweet, still wood and spicy, much less of an alcohol bite, Mouthfeel not syrupy or sweet as before. This one aged into a solid barleywine.

Serving type: bottle

11-22-2012 03:55:02 | More by mtstatebeer

MarkyMOD

Colorado

3.5/5  rDev -9.3%

11-10-2012 06:28:52 | More by MarkyMOD

tbone1384

Wyoming

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

11-09-2012 15:05:24 | More by tbone1384

ralphw56

Nevada

4/5  rDev +3.6%

10-12-2012 00:44:41 | More by ralphw56

t0rin0

California

4/5  rDev +3.6%

10-01-2012 01:42:51 | More by t0rin0

CelticAleMan

California

4/5  rDev +3.6%

09-24-2012 03:36:23 | More by CelticAleMan

Caleb

Colorado

4/5  rDev +3.6%

09-15-2012 18:46:04 | More by Caleb

brotherloco

California

4/5  rDev +3.6%

09-15-2012 04:10:52 | More by brotherloco

barleywinefiend

Washington

3.03/5  rDev -21.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

2006 vintage
May 2009:
Poured a deep copper amber color with a big dirty white head. Carbonation was big on this one. Nose is caramel, brown sugar, astringent a bit. Taste is light cocoa undertones, astringent, caramel, brown sugar and even a cheap wine like taste or texture. Not tasty at all. Mouthfeel is thin and not to pleasing, left a bad taste in my mouth. Wont try again and disappointing.Perhaps past its prime.
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2008 vintage
August 2009:
Much nicer and creamier. More character with hop bite, caramel being more pronounced versus the 2006. Two years would be it for this brew.
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2012 vintage
September 2012:
A: Ruddy ruby like color with moedrate carbonation presenting a nice white cap which quickly fades

S: Very faint, some sherry like notes and lighter fruits

T: Some sweetness, a fruit basket meets some sherry like wine characteristics but then flavor just sordove falls flat with a dry, lightly sweet finish and light bitterness. Booze is masked well.

M: Medium to big body, well carbonated

O: Average bwine but for $6 a bomber you cant go wrong.

Serving type: bottle

09-14-2012 03:12:40 | More by barleywinefiend