Buckerfields Legacy Ale

Brewed by Swans Hotel - Buckerfield Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Victoria, Canada

Bottle:   Bright caramel, orange hued, thin sudsy off-white head, dies rather quickly, sparce lacing.   Candied orange peel on the nose, slight acidity, with a little bit of funked cheese.   Bright yet sweet citrus peel flavors, decent malt base, pale caramel, a little sticky, without a lot of hop bite.   Pleasant to drink, with a definite warming as it goes down.   Not alcoholic for being 11%.   Slightly buttery on the backside, but its very slight.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Better than I anticipated.   For a high ABV Barley Wine, it drinks like its much lighter.   Tasty!   Thanks Todd!

2009 vintage bottle in Vancouver. Big aroma of brown sugar and molassas. Not much carbonation; rather still, murky bronze colouring. Flavour is way syrupy sweet...possibly from the land of maple sugar? Not my favorite for a barley wine style.

Bottle from Brewery Creek in Vancouver, BC. Pretty pour - a dark amber with a decent, beige head. Smells overwhelmingly sweet. Extremely malt-heavy - the only counter I can smell is booze. Candied sweet potatoes, cloves, cinnamon, caramel, brown sugar, and some citrus. Yipe - flavor actually follows suit, and doesn’t let on any bitterness until there’s just a tinge in the aftertaste. Seriously, this is like tossing marshmallow-laden sweet potatoes and a spoonful of molasses in a blender and then carbonating it. Really bizarre flavor, and I can’t get used to it. This desperately, desperately needs some hops to dry it out.

Bottle. Dark orange/reddish colour with a beige head. Aroma: very sweet and sugary, pears, and very off-putting notes of mashed potatoes. Flavor: very sweet, caramel, sugar, dried fruits, orange peels, alcohol.

Glass, 5 ounces, draught, at the pub, savoured on April 29, 2009; eye: copper, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of tan head, light lacing; nose: malt, orange zest, unknown odour, stale (?), spices, light alcohol, residual sugar; mouth: malt, orange zest, stale, medicinal (?), spices, residual, sugar, medicinal finale with presence of spices and alcohol, medium body, not much carbonation, lightly bitter, mildly sweet, sticky texture; overall: disappointing FRANÇAIS Verre, 5 onces, en fût, bue sur place, savourée le 29 avril 2009; œil : cuivrée, claire, pas d’effervescence, très petit anneau de mousse fauve, légère dentelle; nez : malt, zeste d’orange, odeur inconnue, éventé (?), épices, léger alcool, sucre résiduel; bouche : malt, zeste d’orange, éventé, médicinale (?), épices, sucre résiduel, finale en médicinale avec présence d’épices et d’alcool, corps moyen, peu carbonatée, légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture collante; en résumé : déçu

A deep reddish brown ale with a thin ligh moka head. In aroma, a nice vinous malt with light bleu cheese notes and warming alcohol. In mouth, a lightly oxidized caramel malt, with raisins, licorice, and warming alcohol. Rich and warming. Shared with Probstk, April 2 2009. Bottle from Capflu, around end of 2007. Merci Todd.

Bottled, Vintage 12/06. Poured crystal-clear (I noted this before I looked at Mark’s rating ;), light garnety-orange with a lovely initial cap of beige head that fizzled down after a minute or so. The aroma was sweet upfront with darker fruits followed closely by nice caramel and a deep molasses pull.. this presented itself very well. The flavor opened with alcohol-spritzed aged caramel with warm molasses and raisins washing over the middle.. lightly sour fruit skins paired well with warm caramel and darker fruits on the finish. Medium-plus bodied with slow-moving carbonation on the palate.. moved well through the mouth, and the flow coated the taste buds ideally.. long, grainy impression on the finish and a peppery warmth on the lips. This held its alcohol in check remarkably well, and was a pleasure to drink!

Very nice Canadian Barlywine. copper color with a very bbly thinner body, small tan froth. nose is booze, caremel buttery wonderfui. spicy finish and a alcohol hop bitter finish.