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2014 Entries
Winners Announced Below
Thanks to all participating breweries.
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Beer: AleSmith Old Numbskull Brewery: AleSmith Brewing Company Description: Caramel and toffee notes abound in this deep copper-colored American Barleywine Style Ale alongside toasted mail and a hint of ripe dark fruits. Old Numbskull showcases malt sweetness, intense American hops, and an aggressive bitterness. Extremely well-balanced, the full-bodied mouthfeel and assertive hop profile leads into a deceptively smooth finish. Style: American Style |
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Beer: Old Scallywag Brewery: Coronado Brewing Company Description: A well hopped malt rich barleywine with notes of caramel, toffee, and dark breads, with a complex hop balance. Style: American |
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Beer: Old Devil's Tooth Barleywine Brewery: Sockeye Brewing Description: Sockeye's intensely rich, thick, hopped up barleywine is brewed with plenty of specialty malts for a sweet, satisfying aromatic experience. We use three different hop varieties with high alpha oil content, blending their bitter, resiny attributes completely with the big, bold malt profile. Our 2014 batch was calculated for 84 IBU's and came in at a whopping 11.6 abv. Style: American |
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Beer: Barleywine Brewery: Standard Brewing Description: Brewed with all Cascade and Centennial, this rich, dry example of American Barleywine finishes clean and malty, with plenty of big hops to balance. Style: American |
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Beer: Killer Penguin Brewery: Boulder Beer Company Description: Dark garnet red in color with a candied-fruit like aroma, Killer Penguin is a big Barleywine that comes across very smooth and extremely balanced. 10% ABV. Style: British-Style |
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Beer: Highway to Ale Barleywine Brewery: Beer Valley Brewing Description: Highway To Ale Barleywine is a celebration of Oregon's long tradition of great brewing. Aged in the bottle for months before release, Highway To Ale is rich in malt character with a unique blend of citrusy, floral hops in the finish. Style: Merican |
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Beer: 2013 Old and in the Way Brewery: High Water Brewing Description: Old and In The Way Barley Wine Style Ale is brewed in the American Barley Wine Style. Flavors of toffee, treacle and caramel emerge as the beer opens up. Enjoy this beer a little warmer to fully appreciate the depth and complexity of flavors in this beer. Brewed to be enjoyed as a sipping or fireside beer. Share one with a good friend. Style: American |
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Beer: The HERC Brewery: Flying Bison Brewing Company Description: Not the hoppiest, and not the strongest, but possibly the most balanced barleywine you will ever have. Style: English |
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Beer: 2010 Jack Hammer Brewery: The Brew Kettle Production Description: A big malty monster with just enough hops to keep the malty beast in check. Style: English |
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Beer: 2013 Jack Hammer Brewery: The Brew Kettle Production Description: A big malty monster with just enough hops to keep the malty beast in check. Style: English |
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Beer: Deschutes Brewery's Class of '88 Barley Wine Brewery: Deschutes Brewery Description: A hoppy citrus aroma radiates from this pale amber Barley Wine Ale. Its sturdy malt backbone is balanced with clean bitterness. Finishes pleasantly without overpowering. Style: American |
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Beer: Bandstand Barleywine Ale Brewery: Starr Hill Brewery Description: Starr Hill’s Bandstand Barleywine Ale is a full-bodied brew with massive caramel malt notes reminiscent of burnt sugar and toffee. American hops from the Pacific Northwest more than balance the intense malt flavors, while dry-hopping lends a floral aroma. With an ABV of 10.5%, this beer is perfect for cellaring. Style: American |
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Beer: Scuttlebutt's Old #1 2009 Brewery: Scuttlebutt Brewing Company Description: At a robust 13.3 % abv it is deceptively subtle. Rich maple, black currant, plum and date flavors are layered in elegant harmony. Style: English |
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Beer: 2014 Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine Brewery: Stone Brewing Description: Barley wines are traditionally hefty brews, but ours is downright excessive. The huge maltiness of this beer is only tamed by an equally prodigious addition of hops, creating a rich, slightly sweet, caramel-hued ale infused with assertive bitterness and bright hop notes, all culminating in a pleasing dryness. While it will evolve into an even more glorious brew with age, this beer's delicious onslaught of flavors will seriously challenge your ability to wait any longer to drink it. Style: American |
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Beer: Smuttynose Barleywine Brewery: Smuttynose Brewing Company Description: Part of the inaugural class of Smuttynose Big Beers, Barleywine is refined and remarkably drinkable for such a strong beer, but perfectly suited for the winter chill with a lean malt profile and juicy hops. Style: Barleywine |
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Beer: 16th Brewery: SweetWater Brewing Company Description: 1 Year old Wheat Wine. Style: Wheat |
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Beer: 15th Brewery: SweetWater Brewing Company Description: 2 years old now: For the first ever SweetWater anniversary beer (yeah it took us 15 years), we went back to our roots, dusted off our original ESB recipe, and gave it a big ol' bump. The recipe consists of 7 malts, one of which Kevin toasted personally in his toaster oven, just like the old days, and 5 different styles of hops. In true Sweetwater style, there is no style, but it's big, bold, and meant to grow old, meaning this beer will be fantastic out of the gate, or you can lay her down in the cellar for many years to come. Style: English |
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Beer: The Gimp Brewery: SweetWater Brewing Company Description: A wide open Old Ale, The Gimp gags up Alc. 10.3% by Vol. and is bred to be stashed in a Dank dark cellar only tobe brought out for your most"special" guests! This full-bodied Gimp gives off sweet scents of caramel and toffee and, as legend has it,warm undertones of malt and alcohol balanced by low voltage doses of hops delivering a SHOCKER you'll actually wan t to receive. Don't keep The Gimp's leash too tight, as he will mellow with age and become more experienced the longer he stays locked up in the cellar. Bring out The Gimp! Style: American |
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Beer: Fathead Brewery: Nebraska Brewing Company Description: Fathead started out as a Strong Scotch Ale but has morphed over time into Barleywine territory. This beer features an addition of dark brown sugar to boost the alcohol and contribute a unique caramel/molasses character. Hopped with just enough Centennial and Cascade to offset the slight sweetness of this big, warming beer. Style: Whiskey Barrel |
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Beer: Millennium Brewery: Dominion Brewing Description: Millennium is brewed in the barleywine style to commemorate Dominion’s 1,000th batch of beer. This year, it embracde a German influence with Hallertauer Mittelfrühfull hops. Bottle conditioning and 10.2% ABV allow this full-bodied beer to be cellared and enjoyed for many years. Style: Barleywine |
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Beer: Bye-Bye Frost Brewery: Elysian Brewing Company Description: An extremely strong pale ale made with huge amounts of two row pale and small amounts of Munich and Cara-hell. Bittered with Chinook; finished with Chinook, Centennial and Amarillo hops all the way through dry-hopping. Additionally dry-hopped with whole cone Cascade and Centennial in the conditioning tank. 9.4% ABV. Style: Pale American |
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Beer: Old Crustacean Barleywine Brewery: Rogue Ales Description:An unfiltered and unfined Barleywine. Intense, robust, malty and dark. The cognac of beers. Style: American |
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Beer: John Barleycorn Barleywine Brewery: Mad River Brewing Company Description:Based on our award winning 2006 recipe, this vintage has hues of burnt sienna with a generous tan eggshell head. Raisin and candied citrus aromas meld flawlessly with flavors of fresh holiday spices and curacao orange peel. A light lingering bitterness and subtle malt finish gratifies the palette, promoting contemplative sipping and enjoyment. Style: American |
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Beer: Old Blarney Barleywine Brewery: Moylan's Brewing Company Description: Style: American-Style |
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Beer: Dried-Up Old Geezer Brewery: Black Diamond Brewing Company Description: This is a collaboration brew on steriods. Brewed with a local homebrew club for the Craft Brewers Conference in 2012 in SF.. Aged in Rye / Bourbon barrels for one year. 10% abv. Style: American Style |
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Beer: Organic Beer Line Barley Wine Brewery: Lakefront Brewery, Inc. Description: Brewed with 100% Organic ingredients: Malts used are caramel, rye and oats with bravo and cascade hops. Style: English Style |
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Beer: Baby Maker Brewery: Jack's Abby Brewing Description: This beer is a 14% abv golden lager that was aged for nine months in Framinghammer barrels. It is named in honor of the recent births of Myles, son of head brewer Mike Gleason, and Molly, Jack and Abby's daughter. Style: Lager Wine |
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Beer: Legacy Brewery: Cigar City Brewing Description: Not submitted. Style: English Barleywine aged in bourbon barrels |
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Beer: Leon Brewery:Cigar City Brewing Description:English Barleywine aged in brandy barrels. Style: Barrel Aged English Barleywine |
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Beer: Bear Envy Brewery: Red Brick Brewing Description: American Style Barleywine aged in second use Buffalo Trace barrels Style: Barrel Aged Barleywine |
2014 Coles Barley Wine Competition Results
1st Place ~ Scuttlebutt Brewing Company - Scuttlebutt's Old #1 2009
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2nd Place ~ Red Brick Brewing Company - Beard Envy
3rd Place ~ Stone Brewing Company - Old Guardian 2014
Honorable Mention ~ Cigar City Brewing Company - Legacy
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