Gallant rye barleywine celebrates a dozen years’ brewing with sweet Irish whiskey frontage, mild Courvoisier midst, and buttery Chardonnay finish. Sweet floral-tinged orange-tangerine tang thins out considerably, but lush liquor lacquering lingers.

Mild auburn-cleared barleywine (with unassuming 10% alcohol volume) places tongue-snagging cherry, tangerine and grape sweetness above dry earthen hop bittering, settling to candied red apple luster. Creamy chocolate-cocoa malting centers stimulating fruited assemblage as sugarplum, vanilla and maple illusions vie for tertiary position.

Emboldened rust-brown-clouded barleywine nestles chewy brown-sugared caramel-chocolate malting beside black cherry-pureed candied apple glaze and sharp citric tang, retaining emphatic bite. Cedar-chipped almond toasting and terse hazelnut niche calm down surging pine-hopped aggression. Rounded floral bouquet tempts dry bourbon finish, retaining strong bite. On tap at Ambulance, creamy brown chocolate sweetness gained pronounced black cherry, fig, prune and orange notions. Powerful ruffian never fails to delight.

Exemplary barleywine coalesces bittersweet spruce-hopped orange-tangerine tang with ripe melon, cherry, red grape, and fig-prune nuances, becoming medicinal as almond wine succulence secures alcohol-smitten oaken dryness. Chewy malt sugaring renders creamy maple, molasses, and cookie dough richness.

Magnificent 2008 version of extremely popular ruddy-hued barleywine brings up-front brandy warmth to syrupy whiskey malting and chewy pine-sapped goo. Huge hop bittering imbibes overripe peach-cherry-grape jam prevalence and alcohol-strengthened sherry-bourbon whir.

Well-balanced chocolate sweetness and malted barley grist placed alongside easy flowing crystalline hop groove. Pungent alcohol finish retains spirited barleywine warmth and caramelized raisin-fig aspect, but fruity adjuncts could be more pronounced for better creative distinction.

9.1% alcohol thrust boosts doubled malt-hop complexity, bruised orange souring, and port-like dryness to full-bodied hearty warmth. Fruitcake, malt liqueur, and dark rum illusions crowd cherry-pureed pineapple-mango-papaya center. At finish, honeyed nuttiness drapes slow sipping bourbon-barreled dessert treat.

Pronounced perfume-hopped citric fruiting and strong alcohol influence favorably prevail over bitter grapefruit pungency. Cinnamon and clove-spiced peach, pear, cherry, and bruised orange illusions furnish chewy caramel malt thickness.

Turbid butterscotch-hued oak-barrel aged barleywine may lack stylistic strength and attributes, but floral grapefruit peel bittering and piney earthen depth enrich lively departure. Beneath subsidiary tannic peach-grape tartness lies lemony lavender-violet tease and oaken vanilla nuance.

Though moderate-bodied for its class, tranquilizing libation possessed intrinsic brandy, bourbon, and rum warmth simmering succulent sugar-caned bruised banana, cherry puree, strawberry, and peach sweetness. Latent chewy vanilla respite adds harmony.

Blustery black cherry tang dominates thick-headed, though less filling, specialty ale. Musty wine sweetness, neat floral bouquet, and fruity adjuncts animate rich barleymalts for heady feast.

Pour slowly puffy beige-laced amber-toned bottle-conditioned barleywine or risk carbolic explosion. Perfumed herbal hop bittering buttresses candi-sugared orange-soured tartness and grapefruit-peeled nectarine-apricot-pineapple-mango fruiting. Heartwarming juniper-spiced alcohol finish relaxes nerves.