16.2% ABV
N/A IBU
216 Ratings
This beer is no longer being produced by the brewery.
Stuart MacDiarmid is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co. at Ennui-sur-Blasé
A gift from an Australian cobber, Jyeshi M. Looks like runny honey, strongly phenolic nose. A smokey Dettol® assault that leaves the palate pleading for relief. Get through that & you get overcooked Oxford marmalade & bush honey. But I'm left with smoke.
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Jyeshi Marihqna: All in the spirit of discovery 🍻 I almost swapped this one out for another but in the end I decided to add two more instead 😁
Jyeshi Marihqna: Also I owed you a brick gapping tinnie tuckerbox for the one you sent me back in 2022. Cheers lads 🍻
Rudi Akkermans: Jyeshi M. You have excellent taste sir 🍻
Stuart MacDiarmid: Jyeshi M. You put a lot of thought into that box you sent me. I was very moved. I've been saving them for occasions I can sit and appreciate. This one was like Yeastie Boys Rex Attitude on steroids. A very divisive beer.
Joe F: Actually…A peated barleywine sounds delicious to me; I can chase it with a wee dram from a bottle of a Lagavulen 16 I keep by the bedside for those cold winter evenings here in the northern hemisphere.🥶🍻
Stuart MacDiarmid: Joe F. I love Islay whiskies, but this was too intense for me. It was, however, much more enjoyable than Rex Attitude by Yeastie Boys. I reckon, anyway ...
Rik Reijnders is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co. at Untappd at Home
Purchased at De Biersalon
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Bart Van Cleynenbreugel is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co. at Untappd at Home
Aaron IJssel de Schepper is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co. at Untappd at Home
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Max Kerkhoffs is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co. at Untappd at Home
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Martin Clarke is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co. at Coseley
An assault on the senses. Massive Islay peaty smokiness. Deinately a winter warmer
Purchased at Brew Export UK (Online Shop)
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Pasi S is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co. at Untappd at Home
Ei ei ei ei. Savua ja palvikinkkua. Ei.
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Bacchus Brewing Co.: Thankyou for trying, but if peat and ham are not your thing, maybe best avoided.
Tobi P is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co. at Untappd at Home
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ccw is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co. at Bacchusnästet
Toffee, caramel, malty, smokey, peaty, big bod, dried fruits, woody, vanilla, boozy, bitter, pine, resin, well balanced.
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Floffr is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co. at La Binouze
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Kevin Burke is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co. at Untappd at Home
Purchased at Brew Export UK (Online Shop)
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Paul Van den Elzen is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co. at Club Culinair De Hengstheuvel
Pohh, (alvast) gefeliciteerd Caine D.
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Caine Doedee is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co.
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Sebastian Böcher is drinking an Islay Reserve (2023) by Bacchus Brewing Co.
Smoke
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Weird scent of smoke and malt(like the smell of a cow shed). Taste is rich of smoke and malt, just like a cow shed smells. Great mouthfeel, but the taste is not what I prefer in a barleywine.