5 Seasons North Cloud 9 Barleywine

Brewed by 5 Seasons North
Style: Barley Wine
Alpharetta, Georgia USA

Name: Cloud 9
Date: December 07, 2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: opaque dark orange, frothy beige head, solid lace
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with an old earthy hop presence
Flavor: lots of bitter hop flavor backed up by some great fruity character, just enough sweetness to keep it all in balance, as time passes the bitter starts to yield to the fruit

Name: Cloud 9
Date: January 18, 2007
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
the fruity character is rich from the start, just enough bitterness for balance, picking up some nice bitter orange,

Name: Cloud 9
Date: June 26, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: brewpub
very creamy body, picking up some alcohol in the aroma, the fruity malt just keeps getting better and better,

Name: Cloud 9
Date: July 12, 2007
Mode: cask
Source: brewpub
Appearance: hazy dark rusty red, big frothy beige head
Aroma: rich sweet fruity aroma
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of fruity sweetness, big wave of earthy hop flavor comes in halfway to balance and lingers with a long bitter finish, warming without being alcoholic

Name: Cloud 9
Date: October 23, 2008
Mode: cask
Source: brewpub
Score: 3.8 to 4.1
Aroma: rich sweet fruity aroma
Body: body is getting very creamy
Flavor: dark caramel sweetness is growing in the flavor along with the ever growing fruityness
Overall: continues to get better and better

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***+/4

Purplish-brown. Hazy. No so much head. The aroma is heady - with grapes and prunes and other dark, fruity things. Rich, chewy piloncillo sugars, dark fruits, a touch of yeast and a touch of oxidation that tells me it’s starting to get long in the tooth. A rounded, though slightly hot, barley wine.

22oz bottle acquired in trade. Poured a deep amberish/orangish/brownish color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, nutty, dark fruits, and a little woody and earthy. Tastes of caramel, toffee, dark fruits, lighter citrus, and lighter woodiness. Sweeter. Light to medium alcohol burn in the finish, but overall well hidden.

Hand bottle... This beer rocks!... Cloudy caramel-colored ale with a ruby/orange tint and a small, fat-bubbled, off-white head. The aroma is a malty, robust swirl of pear, wood, caramel, red wine, brown sugar, cinnamon, roasted nuts and a hint of vanilla. Full-bodied and fatty with soft carbonation. Sweet, gooey, caramel flavor. Not cloying. No alcohol burn. Lengthy, sweet, caramel finish. Rare, fantastic, American made, English style barley wine. Hops have their place... and it’s not in barley wine... one of only a couple styles that American brewers just don’t get. This is barley wine; Hog Heaven, etc. are double IPAs. Big time thanks to kp for shipping this bottle my way!

Bottle courtesy of daknole. Pours brown with a white head. Smells of oak, sweet malt, resiny, maple. Tastes of chewy malt, dry, citrussy. Nice thick mouthfeel with a bitterness on the finish that is prevelant but not overdone. A rare hoppy American barleywine I enjoyed.

This is a hoppy barleywine, maybe one of the first, a reincarnation of the old Dogwood. Gift of the brewer as it was no longer on tap.

Cask. Pours a nice ruby red slight haze with a nice lasting thin head. Great fruity ester aroma- raisin, plum, and slight apple, tons of big malts, caramel and toffee with light earth and tobacco. Slight phenolic bubblegum hint in flavor- smooth syrupy caramel malts, hints of maple, and molasses, with more toffee smoothness. Great mouthfeel and ridiculously smooth.

Tap. Damn good barleywine here!! I must meet Crawford! Cloudy brown pour, light tan head. Aroma is damn fine! Caramel, raisins, oak, prunes, brown sugar and even a touch of maple syrup. Flavor? HELL YEAH! Sweet but not cloying. Toffee, caramel,woody notes, port wine, raisins. Good stuff. No, DAMN good stuff!