Style: Barleywine (English)

ABV: 9.1 IBU: 43.0

90/100
Aroma: 10
Appearance: 3
Flavor: 19
Mouthfeel: 4

Little Brother Brewing King in the Castle

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What the brewers say

“A cold-weather beer with notes of dry fruit and marmalade.”

What our panel thought

“Classic stone fruit and British fermentation. Bold dark-fruit notes wrapped in sweet caramel. Raisin, date, plum. More on the toast side, but appropriate. Nice toffee finish, but a bit cloying.”

What our editors thought

“Dry, woody, and a bit grainy in the aroma with some sweeter caramel notes that feel a bit more like brown ale than barleywine. That “big brown ale” note carries through in the flavor, with a lean and woody hop edge through the sparing dry body.”

Review printed in: Rethinking the Classic Pale Ale (Winter 2023) (View All Issues)


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