Dark Horse 3 Guy Off the Scale Old Ale

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Marshall, Michigan USA

Bottle... Murky, dark burnt orange ale with a small, fizzy, off-white head. Slightly lactic, alcohol nose with bushels of dried plums and dark raisins, tawny sherry, oak and gobs of caramel. Sweet caramel flavor with tons of warm alcohol, dark raisins, light molasses and dried plum. Full-bodied with a chewy mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. Sweet, red-hot, drying finish. A big CHEERS goes out to boboski for leaving this one out as trash in his Orlando-humid-hot garage with a bunch of Burton Batons!

12oz bottle, vintage unknown
Dark burgundy colored body, murky, with a slightly dark and dusty tan colored head – fine bubbled. Rich, inviting nose of rip plums and oak wood, some old, slightly oxidized caramel malt, some black cherries and cedar wood, with little bit of honey and orange as well. Rich, smooth and frothy palate, with rich dark plum, French oak, and some spicy dark plum and date yeast notes. Overall a really nice old ale, one of the more flavorful ones I’ve had, though the little amount of oxidation keeps this just below amazing.

12oz bottle, courtesy of mj. Thanks, Mike! Pours a hazy, dark brownish-amber color; off-white head with fine-bubbled lacing. Dense, oxidized caramel and dried red fruits (raspberries and strawberries) in the aroma; fruit leather and very chewy. Full, syrupy mouthfeel: intense caramel and dried red fruits; boozy fruit leather; warming alcohol presence. Lengthy, dried red fruits and syrupy sugar finish.

Bottle. Deep reddish copper in color with a little head. Malty fruity brown sugar aroma. Dark fruity notes. Malty caramel and sweet flavor. Smokey dark fruity notes. Alcohol overpowers the fruits though. Very strong tasting. Finish is malty and strong. Full bodied. Nice barleywine.

Pours a dark amber with minimum white head. Aroma has lots of sweet fruits with some malt. Flavor had some fruits but overpowered by the malts and alcohol burn. Very nice beer in my opinion but not a top barley wine by any means.

wow. never would’ve guessed this was 15%. nice and thick flavored barely wine, but not hot at all.

Date: 04/30/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

clear dark amber, whispy white head, big sweet hot aroma, thin, very hot carmel malt flavor, sweetness from the alcohol, long bitterness in the finish, destroyed by the alcohol

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 4/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.8/5.0
Drinkability: 1/10
Score: 4

Aquired from Styles in a trade a while back. Pours a hazy rusty copper with a faint head. Aroma is very strong but good. Rich boozy over ripened fruits such as plum and raison, malts, hops. Just took my first sip...CHRIST ON A CRUTCH is this ever a ball buster!!! Instant warming in the throat and belly. For the strength of this Satanic beast it is quite smooth. Flavor is big fermented fruits, smokey malts, boozy plums. Should be called 3 Bad Ass Mother F’ers!! Thanks a bunch Chris you wicked sum bitch!!