Drake's Jolly Rodger (2012)
Drake's Jolly Rodger (2012)
Rated 3.567 by BeerPals
Brewed by Drake's Brewing Company
San Leandro, CA, United States Style: American Barleywine
9.6% Alcohol by Volume
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After years of scallywagging about and dallying with any style that caught its fancy, good ole JR is returning to it’s original form, an American Barleywine. Originally crafted as a holiday brew that Drake’s brewers could get behind, Jolly had all the warming powers of malt and alcohol, minus the strange holiday beer ubiquitousness of overpowering pie spices, and finished with the open handed smack of bold Northwest American hops. The 2012 Jolly Rodger is full-bodied with rich caramel malt undertones and mild biscuit malt character. Sufficient additions of West Coast hops balance the malt with pine needle aromatics and satisfying bitterness.
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| Overall Rank | 3208 |
| Overall Percentile | 97.1 |
| Style Rank | 109 of 1862 |
| Style Percentile | 94.1 |
| Lowest Score | 3.5 |
| Highest Score | 4.6 |
| Average Score | 4.133 |
| Weighted Score | 3.567 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9
22oz bomber pours with a clear deep ruby red body supporting a nice looking half inch tall tan head of foam that leaves behind some decent lacing. The aroma offers up a great mix of cherry and prune and pine hop infused molasses as well as a yum inducing dank hoppiness and then a bit of booze at the end of the draw. The taste begins with a nice resiny bitter hoppiness that is woven together with dank, spicy, pine and a bit of citrus hoppy goodness. This is nice and resiny and still full of hop flavor. Behind the hops are modest notes of sweet malts, prunes and a hint of molasses covered dates. Dandy barleywine!
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
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Appearance: Clear amber with a big beige head and good lacing
Aroma of pine and toasted malts. Flavors of toasted malts, sweet caramel and grassy hops
DecentAroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8
A very nice hop forward barlwywine that seems to change it stripes as it opens. Starts out with an aroma more akin to a IIPA than a BW. First sip gives you hints of honey and biscuit malt in addition to the hops. As it opens, it develops more malty sweetness in the aroma, and a distinct (and delicious) malt character very similar to my favorites from great Divide, Hibernation and Old Ruffian. Dangerously drinkable at 9.6%!
