Our barleywine is made in the British tradition of balanced hearty ales. Blithering Idiot is a deep-copper ale with intense malty notes of dates and figs on the palate that follows a pleasurably malty aroma to your taste buds. The finish is warm and fruity, and begs for the next sip. Enjoy Blithering Idiot in a brandy snifter or wine glass with full-flavored meats and cheeses, or as an after-dinner drink.
Lay a few down. Aging only helps a barleywine develop more complexity. At 11.1% ABV this fine ale will keep for years. We feel comfortable setting our “Best By” date out to five years past the bottling date. This wonderful brew is available year-round.
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MY All Time Favorite Big Beer!
i love it…but i cant find it…anywhere!
Jimbo Where do you live? The quickest way to find out is to go to the “Wholesaler” tab under “Community” and click on the state you live in. You will find a list of distributors that cover your find state broken up by territory. Find the one where you live and give them a call. They should be able to tell what stores are likely to have it.
CW
Blithering Idiot is really something special. I have never had anything as good before. It is strong, it is delicious, it is something that everyone should get to experience. I keep it in the house as my stock along with Merry Monks.
Your brewery is special. I go to these stores that carry all the funky beers and whatnot and since I discovered your brewery, Blithering Idiot is always in the purchase order and usually Merry Monks or Simcoe. I just wish the store had more of your products!
This is the Weyerbacher find that got me started. I found a six pack in a shop in Chester, NJ in November 2002. There was no ABV on the bottle, and thankfully my wife convinced me to try it. Luckily the web site was on the label and I have been a visitor on Saturdays ever since.
Jimbo, do you have the World Market chain near you? They sell it.
My favorite restaurant, The Staub’s Landing, in Hanover just stocked Blithering Idiot. Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!! I have become a fan.
We thanks to Staub’s Landing for making us both happy!
CW
Is there a way to determine the age of a Blithering Idiot? I have had one in my cellar for what I think to be 3 years, but I never labeled it. It has this number printed on the bottle 123294060248
Thanks for the help
Not really, we just started dating our bottles a few months ago. That number is not a date code. I’m not sure what that is. If I had it in my hand, I might be able to get close. Sorry, CW
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i was recently gifted half a case of blithering idiot, with a reddish maroon label and yellow type, no jester graphic. i was told they were about a decade old, and was wondering if that’s correct.
i have to say that the one i quaffed was stupendous, much more than a fresh one.
keep up the good work!
Because of my business I travel a lot. I had been in many countries in my time and I taste a lot of beers. The “Blithering Idiot” is a masterpiece! Very reach hops & barley taste complimented by fruity after taste, makes it remarkable. It reminds me of Russian Honey Beer, but much more intense and tasty. It is a lot of beers in the world and many of them I didn’t try eat, but it is always there is a room for discovery. it was very memorable experience to taste this beer. Then again may be it local harvest of hops or fresh barriers, I don’t know. My suggestion is that name was chosen wrong. This CHEF D’OEUVRE comes not that often & should be named accordingly to it’s beauty. Keep it in production, otherwise it will vanish as as many beautiful recipes before it.
Thanks, Serge.
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Blithering Idiot establishes the reference standard for American brewed barleywines and holds up to anything of its genre’ from anywhere else.
This is the best microbeer I have ever had. I enjoyed two of these last night and was really amazed on how the heavy textured beer felt tasty and not overly bitter while drinking it and how the beer also left a very plesent after taste that really sold me because many microbeers tent to differ and have one or the other. Great job!
Hands down the best barleywine I had ever come across, and I love my barleywine. Just awesome… I was in a bar and wrote down the website off the bottle so I’d remember to hunt this one down later. Fabulous.
awesome! drinkin’ AAAAAND thinkin’!!!
When can we look forward to getting your beer in Dallas, TX?
No time soon, sorry! We’re focusing on supplying beer in-depth to the states in which we are already distributed. You can look around for distributors that do ship beer but please be careful that you don’t break any laws in so doing. You can also look into trading on http://www.beeradvocate.com
Cheers!
Great article from our NJ Wholesaler Hunterdon Brewing regarding pairing barleywines and English Stilton cheese. YUM!
I was tripping threw the beer store and this was on sale..with a whopping 11% alc it was a no brainer. I make my own beer here at the house from stouts to lagers..this is still one that stays in my fridge at all times. I am now responsible for almost 15 new people that swear by this amazing tasting brew. Thanks again and look forward to anything you guys come up with!!
Awesome! Cheers!
I wad at Deja-Brew in Shrewsbury, MA last Saturdayaking my own batch of Barley Wine. A fellow brewer mention Blithering Idiot to me. I stopped at the only (in Northbororogh) in MA in my way home & bought a pair of 4-packs. I couldn’t wait: I drank 3 Saturday night. Awesome is THE word! Thanks guys. I’ve been drinking BW for over 30-years now. Starting in England back in the late 70′s. Gold Crown was the locals favorite at that time; sold in nips (6oz?) at about 11% ABV. pretty strong for a pub! Usually, your intake was controlled by the land-lord. But, when you’re on a pub-crawl: who can count?!?! Any-who: excellent brew fella’s. This is a new one for my ‘never-to-be-out-of’ lust!! Thanx!! P.
Sorry: poor spell-checking: NOT too many B-Idiots……LoL!
this is the best beer i ever had. i love it. i make 4 differnt bars carry it for me.
that’s awesome!
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The perfcect combo. You can have it room temp or out of the fridge. It’s all about the mood, the good mood this fantastic Barlley wine style ale. This refreshment could have been serve with confidencs . Comercials should be coming out on this soon. That’s how good it is. Fit for a King…..