Dominion Millennium Oak Aged

Brewed by Old Dominion Brewing Co.
Style: Barley Wine
Dover, Delaware USA

Autumn orange colored pour with an off white head. Aroma consists of vanilla, pine and oak. Flavors consist of a bit more hops along with oak, fruits and booziness.

Sample enjoyed at Skyview tasting. Pour was syrupy amber red and aroma was of maple, vanilla and oak. Flavor was woody, bourbon and caramel and tasted more balanced than the regular version of this.

2006 (11/17/2006) bottle thanks to beervirgin72. Pours with a decently thick, khaki head that slowly dissipates to a film over a murky golden brown body. Good lacing. Strong bourbon aroma that fills the room. Aroma is bourbon, oak, curacao and other citrus booze, orange peel, vanilla, brown sugar, toffee, maple and leather. Taste has a lot of citrus, including some astringency, and lots of bourbon and some barrel ashy-ness with toffee, alcohol and a decent amount of sherry. Basically a lot of barrel and orange. Not amazingly complex, but still pleasant. Somewhat syrupy and mouth coating. Alcohol is there with a slight burn and warming after a few minutes. Moderately tingly carbonation. Good and somewhat different barley wine.

06 bottle thanks to The Beer Sommelier. pours a deep red with a little white head. faint citrus and whiskey notes in the aroma. medium body with more citrus ... orange and lemon ... dominate, with some honey and whiskey as well. most prevalent on the front and top. soft on the sides. Orange finish with some citrus hops. very well crafted Barley Wine from VA. Unique.

12oz bottle from 2006 courtesy of Immy. Thanks, Tim. I had been looking forward to cracking this one on a cold night for quite some time. Unfortunately, it ended up hovering perilously close to the disaster zone. This is not because it lacks carbonation and because the body is still. Nor is it because the nose is curiously devoid of warming malts or complex notes from the oak. Both of these things are true, but not deal-breakers. Instead, it is because the flavor was almost brackish, way past decent oaking into a seriously medicinal harshness. Nothing particularly boozy about it, but any hint of complexity got washed out somewhere along the way.

In short: A crisp and almost light-feeling barley wine with well integrated barrels and good happing. Above average
How: Bottle 12oz, consumed when about one year old. From kmweaver, thanks a lot Ken
The look: Cloudy orangy-brown body topped by a long-lasting small beige head
In long: Nose of caramel candy. Body feels surprisingly light for the style. Very sweet beer with taste originally blending sweet flavours of sugar pie, maple syrup and crisp caramel and fruity flavours of citrus and orange. Finish has a lot of leafy and citrusy hops drying and softening the beer more than providing bitterness. The oak barrels are apparent from beginning to end and even add a light oaky sourness. There is some alcohol presence but not 11.4%. A very good beer, maybe today I did not drink the most interesting beer of the millennium but the Millennium is the most interesting best beer I drank today.

Creamy vanilla malt bomb with a strong sherry-like aroma but a rather medium palate despite its luscious oak-y qualities. Some butterscotch covered hops are in here as well. Thank you afterexile for sharing!!!!

Bottle: Brown with a reddish tint. Nice little creamy beige head. Aroma is sweet and seductive, faint oak and a lively maltiness. Tastes of light barrel aged notes, bits of vanilla, and a welcome amount of fruitiness. Not being well acquainted with sherry, but I think that is playing a role too. Easy to sip, seems to age well as I received this in trade from someone last year... Thanks for sending this to Boise!