Dominion Millennium

Brewed by Coastal Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Annapolis, Maryland USA

Draft, 02 version: Color is light reddish brown, almost like water mixed with some dyes. Aroma is diverse and intense, from candy sugar, to apple, grape, caramel , raisin, port and hops. Flavor is intense, sweet and delicious , with notes of the above plus more. Awesome beer, and i was lucky enough to get the last glass from the keg.

12oz bottle via secret santa. Pours a clear copper with an average size chunky beige head. Nose is alocholic and spicy. Tastes like it smells with a bit of earthiness, figs, and a wee bit of scotch in the aftertaste. Body is medium, carbonation is just right. A pretty good barleywine that likely would age well. Alc is well hidden.

Bottled 1998-Pours a deep cloudy brown with a small white head. Aromas of honey, coffee, and lots of sugar. slightly thick mouthfeel but leaves quickly. Not very carbonated, maybe bad sealing, but flaviors of honey, spice, and a little toffee. A very nice barley wine that I am lucky to have one aged, but it’s still missing something. But it is still better than a lot of barleywines out there. Thank you zathrus13 for the trade.

Pours out a light amber color with a small head. Flavor is very nice. Not to malty and not to hoppy. It is very well balanced. Aroma is nice and fruity. Very pleasant.

2 1/2 years old, an age that has yielded marvelous intricacies in previous samples of this beer. The pour is sedated, an amber body with an oily topping, only a soft hint at carbonation reflectd in the bubble clusters at the perimeter. Quietly, aesthetically pleasing. The aroma is nicely spiced and quite spicy with peppery notes, honey, cinnamon whispers and clove. Those nuances are a sexy foray into the mass of the nose, a bold caramel and vanilla poundcake melange, complete with cake icing styled sugars, pineapple and orange notes, fruity alcohol, berry esters, bubblegum and a hint of the prior hoppiness. This particular beer seems to consistently meld into one gigantic caramel/fruit punch, not a bad way to end up at all, always enjoyable. The flavor is very alcoholic, still firmly and heavily bitter from an interesting hop combination, gorged with fruit and still has an explosive youthful aura. Bitterness is medium-high, acidity is mild, sweetness is medium-high to high. Rustic notes, though partially subdued by alcohol and hops, still shine through at points and give the entire flavor a very earthy component. The finish is very warming, sweat inducing even, with crisp dryness and lingering caramel sweetness, hop resins and fruit notes. The palate is medium-full bodied, resiny, lowly carbonated and very enjoyable. This is a recipe prime for barrel aging; barrel aged samples have proven this notion true. Yummy.

Bottled on 3/5/2002. Nazy orange, some floaties. Slight malt aroma. Sweet malt flavor to it . Not bad

2004 bottle. chilly to room temp. orangey-copper color, lightly hazy. foamy light tan head that goes real quickly. leaves a foam ring inside the glass. sherry notes, young white grapes too. sweet resiny malt aroma. flavor starts very mild for a barley wine - thin, then hoppy. sweet vinuous malt reaches the palate, then enhanced at the finish and aftertaste. alcohol heat surfaces in the aftertaste. high carbonation for a barleywine also pretty tame.

This was a wonderful beer. Nice and malty with a soft alcohol presence that was not overwhelming. Well worth a try if you get a chance.