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Oaken Barrel Brewing

50-L North Airport Parkway
Greenwood IN 46143
Telephone: +1 317-887-2287
Hours: Monday-Friday 11:00am, Saturday-Sunday noon.
Brewer: Mark Havens
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Notes

Visited: January 10, 2002

Opened: 1994

Annual Production: 4,000 bbl

Contributors: Diane Crawford, Julie Grelle

Updated: May 8, 2011

Beer List

Alabaster Wit

Belgian Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style Wheat

4.50% abv.
Awards:
- Silver Medal, 2005 Great American Beer Festival
Gnaw Bone Pale Ale

American-Style Pale Ale

5.80% abv.
- Date: July 28, 2002 (#4383)
  
  Package: bottled
  
  Place: from the brewery
  
  Score: 18 points
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Amber, moderate carbonation, dense head. Fresh fruity hop aroma. Medium body, INTENSE hop flavor and bitterness with lots of caramel malt. Very nicely balanced American Pale Ale. Thanks to Leigh LaViolette for the bottle!
- Date: January 10, 2002 (#4094)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 16 points
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Deep golden, some haze, big thick head. Mild spicy hop aroma. Medium body, big spicy hop flavor, mild bitter finish that grows as it goes. 13° Plato.

Indiana Amber

American-Style Amber/Red Ale

5.30% abv.

Date: January 10, 2002 (#4093)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
"Hoosier-style red ale". Red-brown, thick head. Fresh fruity hop aroma. Medium-light body, caramel malt and fruity hop flavor on top of some fruity esters, especially in the finish. 12° Plato.

Meridian Street Premium Lager

American-Style Lager

4.80% abv.

Date: July 28, 2002 (#4379)

Package: bottled

Place: from the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Bright yellow, low carbonation, moderate head. Sweet, malty aroma with a hint of perfumey hops. Medium body, very low carbonation. Lots of sweet malt flavor, with some DMS. Sweet malty finish. As sweet as a Maibock, without the body, alcohol, and complexity. Thanks to Leigh LaViolette for the bottle!
Date: January 10, 2002 (#4092)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Golden, moderate head. Clean malty aroma. Light body, malty and mildly sweet, hint of raspberry flavor. (!) 11° Plato.

Old Gnarley Barleywine

Barley Wine-Style Ale

Date: September 27, 1996 (#1718)

Package: draught

Place: Great American Beer Festival, Denver CO

Score: 20 points

Overall Impression (3)
Brown, hazy. Smells damn familiar, but I can't place it...some kinda candy, spicy, caramelly. Thick, bitter, chewy, tasty.