{"id":645,"date":"2018-03-23T15:47:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T15:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fnpsites.net\/uncapped\/?p=645"},"modified":"2018-03-23T15:53:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T15:53:21","slug":"bringing-back-barley-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnpsites.net\/uncapped\/2018\/03\/23\/bringing-back-barley-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Back Barley Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY LIZ MURPHY
\nCall me old-fashioned, but I have a soft spot for barley wines. And as fewer brewers in recent years are investing the time and energy it takes to produce this contrarily-named beverage, absence has only made my beer-soaked heart grow fonder.
\nThough not as mainstream as its IPA brethren, the barley wine sparkles through the sheer diversity of modern interpretations. Some boast rich, chewy flavors of orange marmalade or a more traditional, balanced, malt-forward profile, while others treat the barley wine as a gateway to quadruple IPA glory.<\/p>\n

And, depending on the quality, most barley wines are ideal for aging due to their higher alcohol content. As the months (or years) pass \u2014 depending on your patience \u2014 sharper flavors will soften and mature, yielding a more polished and mellow drinking experience.<\/p>\n

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Ty Kreis, director of sales at Hysteria Brewing, kicks back
with a glass of their Life barleywine. – Photo by Graham Cullen<\/p><\/div>\n

Hysteria Brewing Company in Columbia, Maryland, demonstrated its appreciation for the barley wine with the early 2018 release of Life.<\/p>\n

Ty Kries, Hysteria\u2019s director of sales, said they know barley wines are not a conventional choice for most breweries looking to stay on-trend. In fact, that was the point when they released it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond the haze craze, we know there\u2019s also a need for all these beers like barley wines that are considered under-appreciated,\u201d Kries said. \u201cAnd for me, personally? It was a barley wine that was one of the first beers I had that made me stop and say, \u2018Wow! This is amazing! So much flavor and so boozy!\u2019 It\u2019s a sexy style of beer that no one makes anymore, and that\u2019s a shame.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of going the more modern route, the Hysteria team wanted to take beer drinkers on a trip down memory lane with Life, which was designed as a tip of the hat to the old-school, malt-forward English barley wines of yesteryear and released with the slogan, \u201cWine is life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that people see, after trying Life, that not everything has to be an IPA,\u201d Kries said. \u201cThere is so much more out there. Craft beer is about pushing limits, right? Well, barley wine is a perfect example of exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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