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Dark Horse 3 Guy Off the Scale Old Ale

Dark Horse 3 Guy Off the Scale Old Ale - Barley Wine

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98
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Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine

Marshall, Michigan USA

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2663.84/5.03.81/5.015%87.4Snifter
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Commercial Description:
A barley wine style ale brewed to 15% alc with hints of raisin, chocolate, carmel, sherry, cherry, and alcohol, just to name a few and this beer will only get better with age. Not Available for 2006 release
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 jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/103/515/20
Nov 6, 2009  
Bottle thanks to dukefan. Copper red with a smalloff-white head. Aroma is heavy in toffee with caramel, malt, and vanilla. Taste is of caramel, toffee, and brown sugar.


 travita (1861), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 10, 2009  
Bottle thanks to dukefan. The smell is caramel, malts sweet, toffee, and nice. The taste is about the same as the smell. The look is clear, amber colored, beige colored head.


 Kevin (1917), Colorado, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/102/513/20
Oct 7, 2009  
bottle. my bottle has "barley wine" instead of old ale on the label, but i’m assuming it’s the same beer from looking at the brewers website and searching here. a true and honest bastard to open. almost threw the sumbitch against the wall. but once i was into fort knox i could smell the sweet fruit and raisin before i poured this. christ this is smelling hot, and there is more than a little chocolate tthere too. well, the phillies just scored. damnit. sticky sweet at first. takes a few sips to get past that. sure is an ugly looking one, murky dark tea and slurry i like it. . caramel notes are strong, sweet boozey fruit flavors and just a bit of the chocolate in the finish. jesus, jimenez, throw a fucking strike, you don’t need another in the fucking dirt.. fuck me running, another run. strawberry poptart flavor(with frosting) is getting more dominant as this warms. had to be a fielding error, single with error advancing runner to 2nd should be how they score that. but the run should count against the pitcher. kind of a minty hop note working the roof of my mouth. a bit of orange marmalade going on this too. wonder how old this is.? love a good run down on the basepaths. hot and sweet from beginning to end. 2 7 6 2 13


 shawnm213 (884), South Bend, Indiana, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 2, 2009    Updated: Oct 3, 2009
Another Fucking awesome beer from BBB63. First edition. 2003? ***please send me beers so i can send them to Mike*** Notes of raisin, sherry, nose warming booze. This beer is tight. Very smooth. overwealmed. still has more good years on it. Thanks Mike!


 angrypirate06 (678), Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 27, 2009  
Bottle thanks to dukefan. Dark brown hazy pour with soapy head. Aroma is caramel, mild hops, bread, raisins. Flavor is caramel, dark fruits. Syrupy.


 thirdeye11 (405), Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/103/516/20
Sep 24, 2009  
( 12oz bottle) pours hazy very dark brownish red. Huge head and excellent lacing. Very complex nose of vanilla, caramel, alcohol, crackers, and even chocolate. Taste of light hops, extremely sweet caramel malt, alc, and creamy. My only complaint is that it’s a bit syrupy and even for a malthead like myself it’s REALLY sweet. Better than not sweet enough though. This is one of my favorite barleywines yet!


 danielcurtis81 (879), San Diego, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Served from 12 oz bottle thanks to Andy. Appearance is a rich deep amber with no real head. Aromas are really sweet with cherry, caramel, chocolate, and raisin. Flavors follow the nose closely with the cherry, caramel, chocolate, and raisins. Flavors are very sweet but the mouth finds a way not to be syrupy. An excellent beer.


 Kinz (2179), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Sep 21, 2009  
Big thanks to Secret Santa for this one! Initial smell is fantastic, loads of rich molasses and raisin with a good bit of rum soaked fruit and some vanilla notes. A bit of subdued grapefruit as well. Flavor matched, although not quite as rich as the nose. As it warmed, the alcohol unfortunately came up to the front a bit more, thinning out the flavor considerably and also detracting a bit from the nose. One of the few beers of this nature I can recall that was better cool than after it had some time to breathe and warm up. So the initial enthusiasm is a bit scaled down, but another impressive beer from Dark Horse.



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