{"id":185,"date":"2010-04-05T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T19:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=185"},"modified":"2021-08-25T19:35:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T00:35:16","slug":"review-stone-2007-old-guardian-barley-wine-style-ale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/review-stone-2007-old-guardian-barley-wine-style-ale\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Stone Old Guardian 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"
Stone Brewing Company says:<\/p>\n
“Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine Ale is a stunning representation of all that is big and bold in beer.\u00a0 This beautiful, bold barley wine has a massive malt character and near-critical level of hop notes.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a>Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine Ale, 2007 Yet another clear, plastic cup.\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0 Once again, I had this while seated comfortably at a bar stool at the Twisted Spoke <\/a>during the Stone Week kickoff party Thursday, April 1st.\u00a0 The beer pours a deep amber, reddish color.<\/p>\n The hops are completely missing from the nose of this beer.\u00a0 Just a touch of dark fruit.<\/p>\n At first taste this beer is ridiculously smooth and sweet.\u00a0 Syrupy. Cola-like.\u00a0 It just coats the entire mouth.\u00a0 Plums, molasses, sugary goodness.\u00a0 The malts really shine in this beer now that it has four years on it.\u00a0 No longer can this be considered an American barleywine.\u00a0 The malts are now running the show and I would say it has crossed in to English barleywine territory.<\/p>\n There is a touch of hops in the aftertaste just to remind you that they were once the focal point of this beer.\u00a0 But they fade fast.<\/p>\n Wonderful.\u00a0 Loved it.\u00a0 Personally, I prefer the English barleywine style so this was a real treat to drink.<\/p>\n If you wondering how other vintages of Stone’s Old Guardian hold up, we recently held a 3 year vertical<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The hops, they are no more, in a four year old pour of Stone Old Guardian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[976],"yoast_head":"\n
\nAmerican Barleywine, 11.26% ABV
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