Scintillating English barleywine plies caramelized dried fruiting to spiced brown chocolate, confectionery butterscotch-toffee tandem and toasted almond smidge as mossy cellared mildew provides musty bottom.

On tap at Taphouse 15, sedate port-bourbon-aged eccentricity retains dry red wine serenity. Lightly vinous sherry-burgundy wining take on whiskeyed rye sway and oaken cherry tartness for unassumingly high 13.4% ABV English-styled barleywine. Dark chocolate resin and mild cherry-plum illusions beckon.

Elegant 15.1% abv barleywine aged in cognac and bourbon barrels given brown-sugared British pale and crystal malting plus figgy raisin-prune dried fruiting and spunky whiskeyed cherry glaze over bittersweet dark cocoa base. Spirited dry burgundy, sweet sherry and blackberry brandy serenity daubs evolving bourbon vanilla-spiced warmth. Spectral array of Anisette liqueur, candied cherry, burnt molasses and Graham Cracker illusions indulge the busy backend of luscious nightcap.

Delightfully expressive fruited barleywine permeates invigorating raspberry puree thrust with sticky caramelized red cherry candied glaze. In the plush midst, figgy raisin-plum scrum, dark rum swirl and light whiskey snips receive medicinal cherry alcohol burn. Chewy molasses-sugared caramel center thickens tartly sweet raspberry jam continuance (with slight raspberry rhubarb pie twinge). A resplendent dessert-styled variant.

Pleasant soft-toned brown ale aged in Laird’s Apple Brandy coalesces brown chocolate-malted Irish coffee creaming with caramelized dried fruiting and subtle chestnut-almond nips – recalling a lighter barleywine. Sharp apple-spiced raisin, date and prune subtleties receive mild black peppering, contrasting candied dried fruit finish.
Debonairly mellow Makers Mark bourbon influence could use a push – but caramelized whiskey warmth, candied butterscotch serenity, leathery oaken vanilla tannins and dewy cellar funk stay elegantly subtle upfront atop lightly spiced brown chocolate base. Mild Amaretto, plum wine, prune pudding, dried cherry and roasted chestnut illusions waver. Confectionery fruit-pasted Fig Newton finish seals deal.
Luscious barleywine aged nine months in apple brandy barrels with Ugandan vanilla beans picks up caramelized toffee spicing and candied molasses glaze to override lightly pungent earthen truffle fungi musk. At the sweet whiskeyed brandy finish, wispy white truffle pastry, creme brulee, bruised cherry and fig cake illusions arrive.

On tap at Taphouse 15, spirited barrel-aged barleywine blend plies soothing whiskey sweetness into oaken vanilla buttering as well as toasty Courvoisier caramelization, honeyed orange spicing and cherry brandy snips. Elegant whiskey-barreled strong ale for true spirits imbibers.
On tap at Taphouse 15, ‘magnificent’ Heaven Hill bourbon-seeped barleywine regales lovely whiskeyed cherry, cognac, Grand Marnier and brandy warmth. Engaging bourbon vanilla sweetness deepens caramel-candied toffee confection as brown-sugared fig-date spate, glazed pecan-chestnut-hazelnut conflux and bruised orange ripeness reach sturdy biscuity Maris Otter malt base. Recommended!
Superb richly creamed top-fermented English-styled barleywine (with plush ruby browned body and well hidden 12% ABV)) brings caramelized dried fruiting to dewy peat mossing and delicate floral spicing. Brown-sugared dried cherry, plum and raisin resonate alongside subtle burgundy, brandy and bourbon licks, picking up candied molasses sweetness. Possibly the best Polish beer marketed in US.