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English Barleywine

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What is English Barleywine?

An independent guide to the English Barleywine beer style, including typical flavor notes and representative beers.

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Representative English Barleywine beers

  1. Able Baker Fortified Efforts
    An English Barleywine with toffee and caramel notes from the malt blend, aged in bourbon barrels for
  2. Appalachian - Battlefield Gettysburg Broad Street Barley Wine
    This English Barleywine boasts rich toffee, caramel, and dried fruit flavors with warming alcohol an
  3. Away Days Bucket Hat Barley Wine
    Away Days Bucket Hat Barley Wine showcases rich caramel and toffee malt flavors with subtle dried fr
  4. Badger Hill STUFFIN’
    Big caramel, toffee and dried apricot flavors with a fruity nose, sweet finish and boozy warmth.
  5. Big Dog's Knotty Dog
    Deep caramel and toffee flavors anchor this English Barleywine, complemented by notes of dried fruit
  6. Boiler Double Barrel Life of Pie
    Double Barrel English Style Barleywine with notes of bourbon-soaked caramel apples and apple pie à l
  7. Boiler Double Barrel Widowmaker
    Double Barrel English Style Barleywine with notes of brown sugar, toffee, caramel, and bourbon-soake
  8. Boulder Social Social Barrel Aged Holiday Barleywine
    Aged for 53 weeks in a Laws Rye Whiskey barrel, this English style Barleywine features a deep malty
  9. Burnt Tree Olde Baldy English Style Barleywine
    Burnt Tree Olde Baldy English Style Barleywine offers rich toffee, caramel, and dark fruit flavors c
  10. Clipper City Below Decks
    Created to celebrate Clipper City's 10th Anniversary "“ extremely limited and "vintage" dated "“ th
  11. Creature Comforts The Tree That Owns Itself
    Rich caramel and toffee notes dominate followed by hints of dark fruit and subtle nuttiness. This En
  12. Danville Granny's Tipple
    Decadent caramel malt sweetness leads the way, complemented by fig and raisin undertones and a warm,
  13. Docent Forgot Your Password
    Mahogany hued and rich with special characters of fig, toffee, cherry, and red licorice. Designed fo
  14. Jackson Street 2024 Woodgrain Barleywine
    Jackson Street 2024 Woodgrain Barleywine offers rich toffee, caramel, and dark fruit flavors complem
  15. Long Live Wine Haus 2022
    Long Live Wine Haus 2022 showcases rich toffee, caramel, and dark fruit notes with a robust malty sw
  16. Ogma Coronal Mass Extinction 2025 (Blue Wax)
    Barrel-aged Golden Promise single malt, English-style barleywine, aged 9 months in Buffalo Trace Bou
  17. Revolution Straight Jacket
    Rich caramel, toffee, and dried fruit flavors meld with oak and vanilla from barrel aging, deliverin
  18. Ridgeway Criminally Bad Elf
    Ridgeway Criminally Bad Elf boasts rich caramel and toffee malt flavors with a touch of dried fruit
  19. Torzala Brew City’s Heyday
    Rich caramel malt depth with warming alcohol undertones is complemented by a smooth, full-bodied mou
  20. Wynkoop Knuckles' Slow Sip For Long Thoughts
    Knuckles has seen it all during his time at the brewery. This warming barleywine, with notes of rais
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