 ogglethorp (890), Ohio, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 15, 2009 2000 bottle via riversideAK, huge thanks Alex! Pours a rusty brown color with a beige head that lasted forever! Aroma is caramel, toffee, dried fruits, light vinous notes. The flavor is candi sugar, sweet caramel, maple, toffee, raisinsa, plums, figs, light oaky notes. Medium bodied, medium to high carbonation, finished semi-sweet, with some wine like notes. This was reediculously good, held up tremendously over time!
fiulijn (7520), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 Bottle at The Brickskeller, Washington DC
Batch #2, bottled november 2000, 9 years old, 10% ABV
Beautiful red amber color, small creamy head. Malt and caramel aroma, with a distinctive but delicate cheesy touch. Medium body strength, it has a good, mature, caramel flavor, with some sweetness but not thick, with a good combination of vanilla oak and possibly tannic traces from the Merlot. Very well balanced beer, and, apart from the cheesy aroma, it doesn’t show signs of age. Beautiful.
Ibrew2or3 (2833), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 30, 2009 This 2002 beauty is courtesy of matta, thanks Matt, I’ve been wanting to re-try this one for years. Pours hazy garnet with tan head and showing plenty of carbonation after seven years in this 750mL bottle. The aroma is full of dark fruity esters, wine notes, hints of barrel and a touch of sour barrel odors. The taste is smooth and inviting with initially yielding notes of prunes, plums and ripe cherries. Those nuances soon mingle with oak, red wine notes and a touch or two of sour barrelness. It gets a bit caramel and vanilla like into the finish. Yummy indeed.
rabba9 (78), Chaska, Minnesota, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Sep 12, 2009 Bottle pours a deep amber color with a nice white head. Aromas of caramel, vanilla, and oak. Tastes very sweet initially and finishes fruity and nutty. Medium bodied with a smooth finish. One of the better barleywines I’ve had. Highly recommended..
shadey (1501), Rochester, New York, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 6, 2009 2002 750ml shared with the Rochester Gathering, August 2009. Very wine-ish in character. The age has actually brought our some out some sourness, like cherries. Very smooth, but slick body. Silky and easy to drink. Glad I got to share it with people that appreciated it.
Ron (1039), Rochester, New York, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 1, 2009 Bottle at the RB Rochester Gathering, Aug. 30/ 09. Thanks, Shadey! Poured a clear dark reddish copper with a small lingering light amber head. Aromas of oak, grapes, light caramel and a hint of spice. Palate was light bodied crisp and slightly tart. Flavors of oak, carmel and light spice with a crisp lightly tart lingering finish.
Snojerk321 (2027), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Sep 1, 2009 750ml bottle, 2000 vintage. Pours a deep rusty brown with a faint reddish hue. Head was beige/ tan in color with great retention. Tons of sweet caramel, toffee, dried tree fruits and some light vinous notes. The flavor held some distant wine tanins, as well as candy sugar, sweet caramel, maple, toffee and pretty much any candied fruit you can imagine. The finish is where I started really picking up the oak in this beer, very long finish, brew was medium to full in body. One of my top 10 beers for sure.....I need more of this!!!!
jb (1061), Rochester, New York, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 31, 2009 Bottle at the RB Rochester Gathering, Sept. 09. vintage) Thanks, Shadey! Just when you thought things were winding down, Shadey started pulling out some big beers. I enjoyed the nose on this one. Brandy, alcohol, oak. A bit sour in the palate. Thick syrupy feel. Some cherries, some wood. Nice oak in the back end, dry astringent. A very unique barley wine.
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