 texasbartender (160), Sugarland, Texas, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Jun 2, 2008 The beer pours a thick slightly hazy copper amber with a tan head that is short lived. The nose is sweet with a hint of wood. The taste is sweet with a heavy mouth feel (almost like a thin syrup or a port), there are notes of wood, hopes, malts and acidity. The finish is a caramel acidity that last for days. I wouldn’t call this beer balanced but I found it enjoyable.
BlackForestCO (828), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 31, 2008 Updated: Mar 7, 2009Batch 1 bottle. Poured a golden-copper color with a thin off-white head that diminished to a ring and left some moderate lacing. Arome of sweet malt, oak, light tartness and some grape fruitiness. Light, sweet grape entry with some moderate caramel malt that leads into a brandy-like fruitiness consisting of plum, grape, and light apple, finishing with a lightly dry oak finish and a hint of alcohol. Full, smooth, and and slick on the palate. Avery catches a lot of hate, but with some age on it this brew is very nice.
scraff (1955), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
May 25, 2008 Lupulin Reunulin - Brickskeller. Dark clear orange, creamy off white head. Coconut rum and caramelized dark fruit aromas warm to notes of sweet vanilla oak. Sweet bourbon and vanilla flavors overpower the coconut wood tones. Booze is hard and heavy. Full bodied and syrupy, soft carbonation, sweet finish. Age might do some wonders here...
LinusStick (1855), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 1/5 | 1/10 | 1/5 | 1/20 |
May 22, 2008 Drain pour. I drank maybe a quarter of the bottle and just couldn’t finish it. Aroma was actually nice. Heavy on the caramel malt and alcohol. Pour was a nasty thick syrupy brown with no bubbles. Looked like gel in the glass. Taste was terrible. No carbonation, strong alcohol and some caramel malt. It just oozed from the glass down my throat. This is terrible.
JohnQPublic (387), Brooklyn, New York, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 21, 2008 Updated: Jun 22, 2008Bottle, 2005. Pours brown-amber, with the faintest whispy hint of white head. Aroma is vanilla, oak, rich, sweet toffee, alcohol. Taste starts off with a huge cloying sweetness, toffee and caramel, raisins, goes down with a hint of oak and and a big hit of alcohol warmth. Finish is a syrupy sweetness, mouthfeel is pure syrup, sticky, with a very mild, tingly carbonation. This one felt a bit young let it sit for another 3-5 years. 12 oz may be a bit much as well.
Rciesla (3880), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
May 21, 2008 Bottle. Pours amber with a thin white head. Aroma is wine, etoh, hops, wood, vanilla. Drinks as above with a semi harsh etoh presence and malty finish. decent.
Floback (339), Naples, Florida, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 17/20 |
May 19, 2008 12 ouncer from Total Wine. Batch #4 from April ’08. Pours a typical barley wine lack-of-head with lakes of tan froth and an amber body. Interesting aromas of parsnip, herbal spicing (almost minty), malty caramel. Strong, in-your-face vanilla, toffee, and smoky oak. Incredibly boozy, cognac-esque alcohol astringency all over, front to back. Finish of dark fruits and apple. The first taste is a monster and smooths out over time, but not by much. Medium/high carbonation and full bodied. Not for the faint of heart; the ABV here is not only unmasked, it’s curb-stomped into your taste buds.
VitaminR (444), Colorado, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
May 14, 2008 Intense boozy caramel vanilla nose, almost like a scotch. Deep orange with a minimal, but thick and tight head with some lacing. Huge vanilla toffee sweetness, no noticeable hop bitterness. Body was medium carbonation, syrupy, with massive alcohol cutting through. This reminded me of a slightly carbonated highly oaked Cognac. Although probably my least favorite of the series, it is an excellent extreme example of where beer can go and a must try.
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