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RATINGS: 4   MEAN: 3.03/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.86   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 300   ABV: 10%
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We took our Rhinoceros Rye Barleywine and added Seville Orange peels and let it settle in the Bourbon barrel for a number of months. The result is the Telegraph Brewing Company/K&L Wine Merchants "Obscura Aurantium" Bourbon Barrel Aged Rye Barleywine With Seville Orange Peels, California 750ml and we couldn’t be happier with the finished product. The beer, while having considerable weight, as a Barleywine should, is surprisingly refreshing. Maybe it is the intense Seville Orange peels that add a vibrant, oily lift to the beer; or maybe it is the Rye based malt that adds layers of spice rather than sweetness but this is surprisingly light on its feet for a 10% beer. The bourbon barrel is persistent throughout the beer adding some boozy rich spice notes in the nose and a spirit-y under currant to the body of the beer and a long finish reminiscent of a hearty Old Fashioned. Plus you get the intense aromatic lift of the Seville Orange peels, which instantly makes the beer feel right for Summer consumption.


2.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
blipp (7250) - San Diego, California, USA - SEP 13, 2014
Draft at Pony Bar. Pours hazy golden orange. Strong orange citrus up front, some sweet and toasted malty underpinnings, light bourbony sweetness. Really weird. Like slightly off orange juice up front and a bourbon barrel barley wine in the finish. Not horrible, I guess, but not really something I’d want to have more than a sample of.

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 6/20
brokensail (13782) - Orange County, California, USA - JAN 24, 2014
Bottle @ Richard’s Tasting. Hazed orange pour with a white head. Smells like Tang. Orange oil, some citric tartness, and club soda. Some whiskey, oak, and a mild malt note...but mostly just orange. Holy moly. Tastes like a combination of Tang and Airborne. Oily, zesty citrus. Grainy texture, Alka Seltzer, and oak. Tart finish. Garbage.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
bytemesis (4974) - Sunnyvale, California, USA - JAN 18, 2014
Bottle, brewed for and purchased at K&L. Just a bit of a slowly developing gusher when opened, and a lot of sticky beer residue on the bottle and cork. Pours hazy blood orange amber with a huge freaking beige head. One of those beers that takes 10 minutes to pour a respectable glass. Head dissipates ever so slowly and leaves nice lacing in its wake. Aroma is dark sugars, citrus - orange for sure, oak, vanilla, bourbon. Flavor is medium sweet, light zesty bitterness that gets a bit off-putting with time, oak, vanilla. Medium body and ultra carbonated - let this one sit for a while or you will not be ably to enjoy it. Decent, not great.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
drfabulous (5098) - Lexington, Kentucky, USA - NOV 28, 2013
750 thanks to Jay. Orange amber pour. Big pillow head. Upfront orange peel in the taste, with a big malt barleywine build. Finishes sticky and sweet.


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