Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel Solstice D’hiver

Another day. At least today was Friday. Although, I have my first day of practical at Fire Academy tomorrow, so I’ll be going to bed really early tonight. Here’s something to help me hit the sack early. ABV: 10.2% Style: American Barleywine Trivia: According to the brewery website, “This noble winter beer is brown in [...]

Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine

The end of a weekend. So sad…so I hit up a bar in Philly that I’ve been wanting to try for awhile with the girlfriend. After having a few glasses of Pliny (which, by the way, were just as amazing as I remember), I tried this selection of DFH. I’ve had this once or twice [...]

Uinta Cockeyed Cooper

On Saturday, my sister was nice enough to go with me to a beer bar in Matawan. They had one of the most impressive beer lists I’ve seen in the area. The only bad thing? It’s about 30 minutes from the house. If it were closer, I would definitely be there every night. My first [...]

Stone Old Guardian BELGO Barleywine

It’s pouring rain here and I’m just waiting for the power to go out. Every time there is a thunder storm here, the power cuts out because we have above ground lines here. Since it’s Spring, I’m going to crack open this barleywine before the weather gets too warm. What I probably should have done [...]

Great Divide Old Ruffian Barley Wine

This was a brew that I was really looking forward to trying. I’m really starting to enjoy the barleywine style and I’m all about Great Divide brews. It’s also barleywine weather, which tends to help. So, without further ado… ABV: 10.2% Style: American Barleywine Trivia: According to wikipedia, ‘Ruffian’ is not only the name of [...]

Founders Nemesis (2010)

I saved this brew to taste with Chris. After she said that she really liked Dogfish Head’s Old School (another barleywine), I just didn’t feel right having it without her. We finally got around to tasting this monster last week. I do like the whole concept of the Nemesis line from Founders, putting a special [...]

Troegs Flying Mouflan

If I recall correctly, I think this brew just picked up a gold medal at GABF. Again, when I had this, I had only had a few barleywines. I think I may pick up another bomber next year to see if my appreciation for it has changed with a bit of education. ABV: 9.3% Style: [...]

Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary – Jack and Ken’s Ale

I’ll start this post by saying at the time, I was not a barleywine person. For some reason, maybe it was the high ABV, I found them a little off-putting. I’ve had a few more since I tried this one and am really starting to enjoy them. This could explain why I wasn’t a huge [...]

Victory Old Horizontal

This was another brew that I was interested in trying. I’ve never had a barleywine and the name was “interesting,” to say the least. This is another Victory seasonal. It’s a little early for this, so I wonder if they brew this continuously for the brewpub. ABV: 11% Style: American Barleywine Trivia: Barleywines are names [...]