 Ethereal (880), London, Greater London, England
Jan 13, 2008 Bottle. Pours a chestnut brown with a persistent tan head. Near-zero carbonation. Aroma of raisins and caramel, a bit sour. Fruit and malt with some alcoholic warmth. Thick palate. Decent barley wine.
Rastacouere (5270), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Oct 18, 2007 Medium brown appearance with a minimal and quickly departing head. A pretty potent, heady nose showing plenty of alcohol. Just smelling wamrs you. Besides, the flavour focuses mostly on a vinous fruitiness, with the usual Ballards acidity to go along with it, but more like fruit acids this time. Cidery, yet medium-thick bodied, liquorous and plummy palate. Perhaps my favourite Ballards barley wine just because of the different take its acidity takes.
Mes_and_Sim (4320), Highgate, Greater London, England
Sep 16, 2007 A Mes rate:
Bottle at LCRBM3. Dark amber with no head. Flat and sour with caramel, raisins, plenty of malt and some fruit. Big alcohol finish. Lackng balance. Not a great barley wine.
skortila (2393), Bunnik, Netherlands
Sep 10, 2007 3rd LCRBM. Aroma has caramel malts, raisins, prunes, bit winey. Amber-brown coloured with a thin beige head. Taste is sweet, has caramel malts, raisins, prunes. Nice beer.
bierkoning (4716), La Tropica, Netherlands
Sep 10, 2007 3rd LCRBM. Sweet apples, almost like calvados in the aroma. Sweet and sour flavor with malt, raisin and flowery hops. Red berries. Rather alcoholic, still a nice beer.
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