logantownsend (15), bonner springs, Kansas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 5, 2008 Very malty aroma. almost smells like an apple cider with apricots. nice ruby red color. Amazing how little of the alcohol you taste in this but just too sweet for me. Can deffinetly taste the oak in the afterglow.
MakeItDrinkIt (66), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 4, 2008 Light mahogany ruby color with a thin lihgt-tan head. Aroma is rich with raisins, prunes - big and sweet! Flavor is intense - sweet, caramelly honey with lots of stone fruits, and nectar. The oak comes through more toward the finish. Quite an exquisite finish to an otherwise absolutely fabulous birthday! Tasted May 29, 2008 at Birreria Paradiso in Georgetown - Washington, DC
 dpjuart (670), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 4, 2008 Bottle courtesy of Nate. Pours orange/red with no head, clear, maybe a brown tint. Sweet sugar, caramel, butterscotch candies. Heavy alcohol prescence and spiciness. Taste is sweet, hard candy, syrupy honey, and molasses, some fruitiness, cherry and raisin, bubblegum, oh, and lots of alcohol. Very sweet. No balancing bitter. Just straight candy. Needs to age for a very, very long time.
jimhilt (1687), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 2/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 28, 2008 Pours a one finger cream head that fades quickly to a ring leaving no lace. Murky amber color. Light carbonation and heavy bodied. Sweet alcohol nose. Flavor is a strong molasses and woodiness with late alcohol warming. Drink this cold. Pricey at $8.19 for a 12oz bottle from Yankee Spirits South Attleboro, Ma. 2005 vintage.
Hophead22 (1105), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 27, 2008 12oz. bottle. Poured a nice dark amber color, very little head. Nice malty/woody smell to it. Big warming alcohol in the first taste, went away quickly though. Very easy to drink, nice.
changeup45 (797), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 25, 2008 Updated: Jul 26, 2008Bottled, April 2007. Pours a deep amber color with an impressive head considering the abv that quickly settles down to patches and a foamy ring. Aroma is sugary, cherries, oak, malt and some alcohol surfacing. The flavor is very sweet with caramel, plums, cherries, lots of oak with a spicy alcoholic finish. The beer is a bit hot and a little too sweet, even for an English Barleywine. Very warming and definitely a sipper. 12 ounces seemed to last forever and I wouldn’t have wanted any more.
Nate (2554), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Jul 25, 2008 From bottle. Alcohol vapors, fruity esters, plum, raisin, figs, oak, molasses, cherries. Quite a sweet and candied nose on this one. Coppery orange, dark with some haze and no head. Thick body with light carbonation and huge alcohol warming. This could be set down for several years. Huge sweet hit from the start, cloying and ulcer inducing. Alcohol and brown sugar, paper and phenol, molasses and brown sugar. Some oak and bourbon. No bitterness whatsoever, leaving you with a cloying, lingering sweetness long after you swallow. This was way too young to really enjoy - I’m going to have to get another one and put it down for ten years or so.
zappafan99 (462), South Carolina, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 22, 2008 Taste 7/8 Bottle 4/7. Looks: Caramel color with tons of floating goodies, topped with a cream head. Aroma: Caramel, cream, mild cask, vanilla. Taste: Much like the aroma, caramel, vanilla, oak and cream. Med to heavy body. Alcohol finish.
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