PsionSaint (51), Colorado, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 6, 2007 Took this to a wine tasting party since I’m not a wine drinker. It was the most popular bottle at the party. Nice copper color with strong head. Lots of hops with slight fruity aroma and certainly some wine-y flavors. This is the first barleywine I’d consider buying again.
Buddahchild (28), Littleton, Colorado, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 6, 2007 Copper in color. Strong hoppy floral aroma with hints of citrus. Medium body well balanced with a strong citrusy hop start but finishes malty and dry. A good big hopped Barley wine that does great in the cellar for about 3yrs.
 biggmike (480), Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 4, 2007 Poured a cloudycopper color with good head that stayed forever. Nice hoppy aroma with hint of citrus, grapefruit. Taste is hoppy and citrusy with a malty finish. Pretty well balanced. Tastes very much like an English IPA, but stronger. I wish I had some more of this that I could let age, but I live in Mississippi so unavailable here. Lacing was decent. Good, but to me, not great. Still, I enjoyed.
djd07 (753), Houston, Texas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 29, 2007 Updated: Sep 30, 2007Bottle as shown. Pours a murky copper color with a small off white head that dimishes quickly. The aroma is a strong hops with grapefruit.Decent lacing on this one. The taste is a bitter grass with a sweet light malt finish. An excellent barley wine from Avery.
Ansset13 (127), Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 28, 2007 Holy hops!!!! Bitter hop taste, slight grassy notes. hides alcohol fairly well. Would be a great mix with Samaels Oak-Aged Ale, which could use the hopped flavor.
IndianaRed (1561), Boise, Idaho, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 24, 2007 Bottle Pours a clear redish amber with a very large light yellowish creamy head. The sweet brown sugary fruity malt aroma is complimented by some hops. Flavor is plenty bitter and the woody semi sweet malts hang around as well. Ahh 100IBUs...that would explain it. Slight grassy biterness, possilby would benefit from sitting a while. Fairly hot.
Long slow bitter trailer. I woul dlike to try a 2 year old bottle.
travita (1952), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 23, 2007 Deep copp in color with a generous head. Extreme hoppiness with fruity and floral overtones that lead to the same in the taste. Some alcohol warmth.
Stine (1380), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Sep 21, 2007 Updated: Nov 1, 2007Amber-red pour, fairly transparent with solid head retention. Burnt fruit and candy nose. Hints of nougat, toffee, pears, gingerbread and orange. Tired, lightly charred taste like a scotch-dipped cigar at the end of its life. Crystal and dry hops with wet graham crackers. Caramel, a hint of red pepper, and molasses precede an unpleasantly dry paper finish. Bitterness powers through with a clumsy strength. It succeeds on some level with a reasonable degree of smoothness. The heat on the palate is undeniable, alongside a marginal under-attenuated grit. Distant salt and fund-raiser chocolate in a dirty pulse. The unique quality of this brewer is its broad capacity to achieve utter banality, almost every time. Certainly bold, it’s just poorly done.
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