Atlantic Brother Adams Honey Bragget Ale

Brewed by Atlantic Brewing Company
Style: Mead
Bar Harbor, Maine USA

Bottled. Gift from VENOM. THANKS!
Very dark red. Lingering balsamic honey aroma. Very sweet, very complex and vinuous. Like a fine natural sweet wine. Lovely flvaour, but thick mouthfeel, and I’m glad I’ve got plenty of friends to share this big bottle with, as a full bottle is too much.

Name: Brother Adam’s
Date: 06/10/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade
Vintage: 2001

muddy brown, whispy beige head, candy sweet carmel malt aroma with essence of rich fruits and brown sugar, hint of alcohol in the aroma, thick body that eventually thins out a bit, rich malt flavor, great fruity character including ripe figs, well tempered honey sweetness that has more of a brown sugar than a honey quality, ends up being a very rich ale with the brown sugar flavor and tempered sweetness, still some alcohol heat

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4
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Date: 01/06/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Blind Tasting
Vintage: 2006

clear amber, wispy beige head, sweet fruity aroma with nice earthy hops, rich fruit flavor, mostly sweet with just a bit of balancing hops, light tartness
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Date: 03/10/2007
Mode: bottle
Vintage: 2006
Score: 3.4 to 3.0

sweet honey aroma with a hint of spices and hot alcohol, sweet and fruity, light bitterness, light alcohol, needs lots of age, gets very fruity upon warming,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Firm, highly alcoholic body, caramel notes, a lot of honey flavour. This is a stiff drink, folks. A little to mead-like for me, though. That little bit of malty chewiness is lost amidst the sweetness of the honey and sting of the alcohol.

(22oz bottle) Crystal clear body with small off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, bread, honey, herbal, some alcohol, caramel. taste is moderately sweet, honey, some herbal, cookie, light alcohol. Medium body with some stickiness.

Bottle shared courtesy of weeare138 (thanks!). Poured a medium and clear amberish-orange color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of honey, toffee, and citrus. Tastes of honey, oranges, very light alcohol, and a little fruity. I did not detect the 11+% alcohol in either the aroma or tastes. Of course this has a sweet honey presence to it.

Bottle... Hazy amber ale with a small, fizzy, white head. Smells a bit like an English barleywine... perfumey and floral with sweet honey. Full-bodied with a 2%-milk mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Sweet, but adequately bitter. Honey and toasted, caramelized flavors. Finishes sweet, then bitter and grassy. Kudos to WeeHeavySD for shipping the bottle!

( 22oz bottle ) Pours a clear golden body with a small white head. Aroma of honey, apple, citrus, caramel, and earth. Flavor of honey, alcohol, grass, and earth.

Sampled as part of a 19 beer blind barleywine tasting: Transparent copper orange pour has a thin, wispy-lacing white head. Sweet, earthy, grainy malty aroma has some mild light fruity notes. Body starts with a touch of biting carbonation, lightly sticky, grainy caramel malt with a touch of grapefruit flavor and a drier bitterness toward the finish.

2001 vintage sampled in June 2006: Pours a transparent amber mahogany with a thin ring of off-white head. Aroma of sweet caramel malt and floral clover honey. Body starts with a rich, sweet, complex malty flavor and drier honey complexity with some oak. Finishes slightly warming with a good sweet balance. Could hide the abv better, but seems to have aged well.