Dogwood Excellent Adventure

Formerly brewed at Dogwood Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Pours a thick syrup amber with virually no head. Aroma of toffee, fruit, and booze. Too sweet. Lots of sugary malts. Not bittering what-so-ever. The imbalance made it boozy and too straightforward. I’m a big fan of barleywine and I found this one was either too old or just didn’t sit well with me. Fortunate to try it.

07.08.05 RBSG Finally I get to try this stuff. Light amber pour, little head. Aroma of bubblegum. Lots of booze despite age, brown sugar has held up without getting tired or cardboardy. So soft on the body. Big, big, big. So fruity, candied fruits. It’s such a monsterous and yet balanced brew. So sad about this brewery.

Rating #2100... Bottle... RBSG2005... Clear, burnt orange ale with a small, creamy, off-white head. Caramel, dark fruits, pineapple, alcohol and brown sugar in the flavor and the nose. Full-bodied and creamy with medium carbonation. Lengthy, malty-sweet, alcoholic-drying finish. Big brew!

No head to be found on a bopper and orange body. Smell is full of caramel, very sweet scent overall, with banana yeast esters and some maple and caramel. Slightly thin body with s somewhat harsh palate, best described as a scorching scotch and wood flavor. Stinging at times, but still a very decent barley wine, and unique I would say.

October 2007. Bottle shared by Blankboy. Amber body, small tan head. (3+) Sweet caramel fruity notes and light alcohol in the aroma (7+) Lightly alcoholic astringency offsets the sweet caramel malt middle in the flavour. Finishes drier than the middle. A bit hot, but nice. (7+) Average palate is ok, but a bit thinner than the beer warrants. 7+/3+/7+/3/15 - 3.5 <P>July 2005. RBSG 2005. Orange amber body, tiny off white head. Incredibly boozy sweet aroma is my first impression. Alcohol carries over to the flavour, some malt makes an appearance before a dry alcoholic finish. Fairly smooth but average palate. 7/3/6/4/14 - 3.4

RBSG 2005: Poured dark orange with a thin tan head. Big brown sugar aroma and caramel. Mild alcohol in the flavor along with caramel and brown sugar. Sweet finish. A damn good beer. Too bad it’s gone.

(22oz bottle, RBSG05) Clear amber body topped by minimal off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, raisin, grapefruit. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, grapefruit, some cherry and other fruitiness. Medium-full body, low carbonation. Sweet but supported by big hops backbone.

(22oz bottle) Sampled at RBSG 2005 in Montreal. Thin almond head with a non-carbonated copper body. Nose is somewhat milky, hopped and Sherry with a marshmellow undertone. Very sweet flavour - like a caramel and brown sugar blend. Above average.