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The first sip of this brilliant, red-brown beer reveals a robust mouth feel and complex flavors including raisin, dark bread, some sherry flavors sure to increase with age. With the finish comes the flavor of Columbus hops followed by the alcohol warmth that can be felt down your throat.

Brewed in an American style, this beer is rich and hoppy with malty notes of toffee. It’s full bodied with a smooth finish.

Layers of caramel and toffee, very rich in malt flavor with plenty of hops and alcohol. Designed for long-term storage to allow in-bottle seasoning. The Barley Wine Style Ale is part of our Brewer's Reserve Series.

Barley Wines are fermented strong beers. The name indicates the wine comparable high alcohol content. By 1900, the term "barley wine" was first used in England as beer style. We have named our Barley Wine Nutcracker. Its robustness and nutty - caramel aromas suggest this name. The yeast brings during fermentation fruity components with one, which remember the intense malt aroma of dried fruit and honey. A very complex beer, that can not be say the 10 vol% alcohol.

About the Ale: It's difficult to find out just when oranges were introduced into what is now Italy. From their travels to the southern and eastern reaches of their Empire, the Romans knew of them, and oranges are occasionally depicted in Roman art. However, it is generally accepted that citrus fruits were first cultivated in Sicily during the Arab period, in the ninth and tenth centuries. The modern English word orange, like the Italian arancia, probably derives from the Arabic naranj. Oranges are native to tropical Asia, particularly the Malay region. Cultivation of oranges gradually spread through China and India to east Africa and then to the Mediterranean region. The trees enjoy a mild climate, sunny weather and good drainage. An occasional frost or chill does not harm them. Blood oranges are so called for their red flesh and deep red juice. When ripe, their skin may also be reddish, at least in part. In the British Empire, blood oranges were called "Maltese" oranges, and are closely related to Jaffa oranges. In Sicily, the most popular blood oranges are the Tarocco, the Moro and the Sanguigno, the latter cultivated extensively in the western part of the island as the Sanguinello of Paternò and Adernò. Though consumed in salads and desserts, blood oranges are favored for their distinctive red juice which, as it happens, is exceptionally healthy, being rich in antioxidants. The blood orange is considered particularly Sicilian, perhaps because it is not as widely cultivated in Calabria, Spain or Greece. It is worth mentioning that, as regards citrus fruits generally, Italy is one of the world's largest producers of lemons, most of which are harvested in Sicily. It was this citrus production that earned the hills and valleys around Palermo the name "Conca d'Oro" (golden seashell) in the Middle Ages.

Drier than our flagship IPA, Centennial IPA, Rye IPA bites back thanks to generous additions of Simcoe and Nugget hops.

Abita Barleywine is made with generous amounts of pale, red and caramel malts. These malts give it a deep brown color and intense malt character and flavor. It is hopped in the brewhouse with Apollo, Cascade and Amarillo hops. It is then dry hopped in the aging tank with Cascades. In all, we used about three pounds of hops per barrel. This blends wonderfully with the flavors from the malt to give the beer a very balanced profile. The result is a brownish colored beer that is very robust, malty, hoppy and flavorful.

Barleywines are brewed and reserved for special occasions. Big malt and fruit flavors along with significant amounts of hops balance this big alcohol beer. For this style of beer aging is essential, therefore we aged ours for over a year.

Is it a beer or is it a wine? It is a beer with the alcohol strength of some wines (ours comes in at 10% abv). This very full-bodied, deep mahogany, English-style ale is not for the faint of heart. Rich and warming, with hints of licorice and dark fruit, nice and malty, but balanced by a very assertive hop character. Truly a TAPS original! Gold Medal 2010 LA International Beer Competition

Legend Barleywine is generously hopped to balance the huge malty sweetness. Hops account for the bitter and spicy flavors in a beer. We also dry hopped this ale, giving it a pronounced spiced-floral aroma. Expect a very rich, ruby colored, robust beer with an attitude. Tastes reminiscent of caramel, chocolate, dried fruit (prunes, raisins) are evident at first, followed by hints of licorice and pine. On the finish you'll be pleasantly whelmed by warming alcohol.

AN AMERICAN-STYLE BARLEYWINE WITH AMERICAN 2-ROW, CRYSTAL 77 & CHOCOLATE MALTS AND CHINOOK & CENTENNIAL HOPS

This humble Golden Strong Ale is a Columbus Craft Beer Week collaboration welding the wisdom of 22 years of brewing mettle to a ragtag team of brewing meddlers. Everybody wins.

Made with only six ingredients. Malted 2-row barley, palisade hops, orange blossom honey, White Labs California Ale Yeast, apricots and San Diego carbon filtered tap water. Low bitterness is balanced by tart apricots with a sweet but not cloying finish. Barmy Ale can be aged up to eight years with a strong honey wine character emerging if cellared. Be careful not to be the barmiest of them all.

A motivated group of engineers, the likes of Deeds, Patterson and Kettering to name a few gathered in a small barn out behind a house. These men, Dayton’s most formidable heavyweights of invention contemplated the future of industry. And discussed scientific and technological issues over long hours, cold nights and yes, Saison. The result? Some of the most important inventions known to mankind. These Dayton drivers of forethought were appropriately named the “Barn Gang”. We brewed this beer to celebrate the efforts of these hard working gentlemen. This Farmhouse ale is hazy, opaque, golden straw in color. Its Dry hopped with Vic Secret hops, which provides a melon and white grape aroma and flavor with a mild citrus note. There’s an ever so slight bitterness with just enough bite to balance the beer. The malt character is light and crisp and the beer finishes very dry

Beware of the Barn Yeti for he is near! Brewed with Mexican Valley beans, chocolate powder, star anise and dark Belgian candi sugar, this beer will surely leave your taste buds tantalized. Intense chocolate aroma arises from a creamy tan head followed by delicate vanilla flavors that leave you wanting more.

Barnburner lager is a golden lager with even balance of german malts and hops, crisp and smooth, with a touch of sweetness in the finish.