fidel (921), Livermore, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Aug 6, 2008 Thanks 2 AgentSteve. Orange amber, brown sugar, malty, dark fruits, caramel, alcohol, little spice, slight hop. AgentSteve (1370), SF Bay Area, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Aug 5, 2008 ’05 Bottle courtesy of Carl4beer. Pours a flat ruddy brown with no carbonation or head. The nose is full of dried fruits, caramel, brown sugar and malt. The flavor is not quite as complex or smooth as the nose, but you have to try the Oaked version! wetherel (1591), Encinitas, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 | Aug 4, 2008 Tasted from bottle at RBSG. I’ve been wanting to try this for a long time. I got a 2004 bottle from kp, but I can’t open it until 2025, when my son turns 21. Now I finally get to try it. Sweet, malty. Nice aged characteristics. MrBendo (1042), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Jul 17, 2008 Updated: Sep 16, 200812oz bottle. I can’t remember when I bought this bottle, but I need to re-rate a new one when I see it again. It has more hops than I was expecting. Hazy orange with a small head. Aroma of citrus hops, candied fruit and honey. Warm and mostly sweet caramel and honey. But I bet it was better fresh. pintsize (1042), Austin, Texas, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Jul 14, 2008 6-24-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to kramer17801
Super thick orange amber brown. Smell is so mild and hard to really detect anything in there aside from a touch of alcohol. Flavor is high alcohol. Not very developed or balanced and too much present alcohol for me. Hophead22 (1087), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Jul 13, 2008 Bottled on 3/5/2002. Nazy orange, some floaties. Slight malt aroma. Sweet malt flavor to it . Not bad MaltDawg (778), Richmond, Virginia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Jul 10, 2008 2005 cask on tap at Capital Ale House Virginia Beer Festival. Aromas of carmelized malts with rum soaked fruits and alchohol. Mostly clear golden with minimal white head. Raisins plums and earthy aged hop flavors over sweet carmelized malts with some woodyness.
Full body with sweet finish of spicey hop bitterness and alchohol warming.
Excellent. beerbill (1943), Laurel, New York, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Jul 4, 2008 12 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with The_Epeeist. Pours a hazy amber with a thin off-white head that disappeared after the first sip. Lots of fat carbonation bubbles clinging to the sides of the glass. Light aroma of caramel with some lemon detected as well. The flavor is caramel with some citrus hops towards the finish. A bit more effervescent than I would care for in a barley wine. Some butteriness, but not as much as I would expect in a barley wine. Probably not something I’d revisit.
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