Big Dogs Moon Dog Barley Wine

Lightly hazed brown pour with tan head and lace. Light citrus and dates aroma. Large dried fruit, medium bitter with a nice sweet aftertaste. Smooth creamy full bodied with excellent carbonation. A very special bp bw.

Draft @ the AZ Strong Beer Fest - Pours a hazy deep amber color with a thin off white head. Aroma is floral hops and sweet malt. Flavor is a nice balance of hops and sweet malt. Not cloying though. Medium body. A very nice BW.

on tap-pours a tan head that laces and cloudy brown/red color. Aroma is sweet fruity, medium malt. Taste is sweet fruity, syrupy, medium/dark malt-caramel, alcohol, rock candy. Nice easy drinking. Mild carbonation. 090224-rerate12 additional months (now a total of 18) of aging have smooothed out the edges.

2007 PP Strong Ale Fest: Poured a murky brown color with a beige head. Sweet fruity malt with some pine scented hops. Nice sweet malt flavor. Pine in the middle. The finish was a mix of malt and hop bitterness. Warming with a medium-full body.

Draft at brewery. Reddish brown with a smallish head. Nice dark fruit aromas. Similar flavors with a decent hoppy finish. I liked it.

Tasted on tap at the 2007 Pizza Port Strong Ale Festival. This Barley Wine pours a hazy and muddy medium brown color. Medium to small sized white foamy head. Aroma is fruity and sweet, caramel and malty. A medium bodied barley wine. Malts are fruity, caramel and sweet. Hops are earthy and mild. A touch sweet and perhaps a little thin tasting. This one is more in the English style of barley wine. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

Pretty decent. A little light caramel/molassess flavor up front. Hops are dominant in the finish. Mostly an okay beer, nothing spectacular.

Date: 07/01/2005
Mode: Draft, Nitro
Source: Brewpub

clear dark amber, lasting big tan head, rich malt aroma with lots of earthy hops, rich malt flavor, great fruity character, lots of balancing bitterness without being hoppy, picking up hints of oak?, good but lacking the wow factor
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Date: 07/01/2005
Words: snifter

wonderful creamy nitro body, solid lace, a beauty to behold, soo much better in the full pour from the first sip, wow wow wow, wow, the rich malt comes through, fruit is trying but need another 6-12 months to bloom, still a nice vanilla oak character, hops are there to balance but not to be hoppy, neither English or American,

Aroma: 9/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Score: **+/4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.