English Ales: English Barleywine
- Color: Tawny copper to deep red/copper-garnet
- Clarity: Chill haze is acceptable at low temperatures
- Malt Profile: Residual malty sweetness is high
- Hop Profile: Hop aroma and flavor are very low to medium. English type hops are often used but are not required for this style.
- Bitterness: Low to medium
- Fermentation: Complexity of alcohols and fruity ester attributes are often high and balanced with the high alcohol content. Low levels of diacetyl are acceptable. Caramel and some oxidized character (vinous aromas and/or flavors) may be considered positive attributes.
- Body: Full
- ABV: 8.5%-12.2%
- ABW: 6.7%-9.6%
- IBU: 40-65
- Color (SRM): 11-36
- Color (EBC): 22-72
- Original Gravity: 1.085-1.120
- Original Gravity °P: 20.4-28
- Final Gravity: 1.024-1.028
- Final Gravity °P: 6.1-7.1
Style info provided entirely or in part by the Brewers Association 2021 beer style guidelines.
10 English Barleywine Reviewed
Highest Rated In Style
- 10.00 Wooden Hell by Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
- 9.28 Bligh's Barleywine Ale by Dry Dock Brewing Company
- 9.18 Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine by Kuhnhenn Brewing Company
- 9.00 Insanity by Weyerbacher Brewing Company
- 8.00 Cereal Killer by Arcadia Brewing Company
- 7.94 Reserve Ale - No. 3 Barleywine by Cricket Hill Brewing
- 7.82 Old Monkeyshine by Nimbus Brewing Company
- 7.60 Blithering Idiot by Weyerbacher Brewing Company