IPALover (57), Carlsbad, California, USA
Aug 29, 2008
Aroma was overwhelming of oak with almost a bourbon scent. This was too strong for me. Color was a nice medium red color with a white creamy head. The taste was too hot and syrupy. Would have preferred it be alittle drier and with less fusil alcohol.
Generally not one of my preferred barleywines as it has too much port and hot alcohol influence.
 daknole (1131), Plantation, Florida, USA
Nov 27, 2008 Tasting at Brewtopia. This beer is underrated here in my opinion. This was delicious. Cloudy orange pour. Aromas are full of wood, stone fruits, caramel, toffee and vanilla. The flavor is just amazing. Rich and smooth with sweet flavors of vanilla, oak, toffee, candy sugar...damn I went back and had 4ths and 5ths of this at the festival.
rkuhnel (1199), Eureka, California, USA
Nov 19, 2008 I am not sure I have ever had anything quite like this before, Drinks more like hard liquor than beer. Very dark orange color with a small tan head. Very pungent nose of ripe fruit and oak. Smooth mouthfeel and the alcohol is well hidden for something the powerful. Flavor of caramel malts, citrus hops, and ripe fruit. Probably not for everyone but I enjoyed it.
blutt59 (953), Dallas, Texas, USA
Nov 18, 2008 bottle, coper colored pour with fruity sweet aroma, flavors are syrupy, sugar with port wine oaky notes
petermadsen (355), Vesterbronxxx, Denmark
Nov 1, 2008 A deep orange barleywine with next to no head.
Aorma is vineous with loads of caramel, alcohol and some slight vanlia-like aromas.
The flavour is mellow and sweet with loads of caramel and malt. The oak is barely noticable apart from the vanila.
The body is surprisingly light for a beer this size.
I really couldn’t see why this beer had to be pumped this hard. It hasn’t made it more complex, extreme or anything - just high alcohol...
demitriustown (597), Macomb, Michigan, USA
Oct 29, 2008 12 oz bottle: Bottled in May 2006: Batch 2. Via trade with lb4lb. Thanks! Aroma is pungent, extremely floral, dark fruit like plum dominate. Deep dark rich aroma, caramel, light hop poking through, butter malt, and an awesome all around scent. Appearance is an extremely cloudy amber looks almost like very cloudy apple cider with a medium sized head that diminishes into a soapy film. Taste is oak, vanilla, big on caramel malt, some citrus poking though, and almost a whiskey like taste to it. Overall, this stuff from 2006 is aged to perfection, IMHO. A really good Barley Wine that you should sit down for at least two years to get the full enjoyment. Cheers!
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