Dominion Millennium

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

12 oz bottle. Pours a clear light orange amber with a small light beige head. Aroma of faint candied sugar, fruit, caramel and toasted malt. Taste of candied sugar, papaya, light orange peel, caramel, toasted malt and a touch of alcohol. Better as it warms.

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.

From secret Santa. The nose of this malty mother hits immediately. A hazy burnt orange body had a tan had. Nose was thick, with sweet malts. Wow, this had a lot of wood characteristics, earthy, sweet, and roasted. Very syrupy, but dry to the finish, and the % gives a wicked warming.

Deep hazy orange in color. Light head and sticky lace. Sweet and strong nose of rich mollasis, carmel and fant citrus notes. Mouthfilling sweetness, then slightly portish, sherryness with slight alcohol tingles . Lingering finish that is cleaned up well.

12oz bottle shared at Columbus tasting 2.0 by moejuck! - Thanks! - Pours amber with a short offwhite head and light lacing. Aromas of big grapefruit and pine hops and faint caramel tucked behind that. Flavor is lots of hops up front with grapefruit and pine blending to orange and to caramel. Good malt backbone.. Sticky palate with good balance and the alcohol is covered well. I liked this one a lot!

The aroma was malty with a strong caramel, strong fruit and strong hop presence. The hops were earthy and a bit citrusy and contained grapefruit and a smidge of orange. Alcohol was a prevalent characteristic of the aroma and almost set the nasal passaged on fire. The beer poured into the glass hazy golden amber with a white, low head which tried best it could to lace the glass. The flavor was malty with a strong fruity and citrusy hop component. The bittering was strong and the citrus was muted and earthy. The malt was well achieved and balanced the bittering very, very well. The predominate malt characteristics were caramel and a toasty and lightly biscuity flavor. The finish was heading toward dry with a strong malt and bittering holding court well into the aftertaste and beyond. The body was full, slick and viscous with an excellent level of carbonation to bring forth the fruity nature of the beast and the alcohol. The warming after consumption was very strong and let you know that this beer is a force to be reckoned with. A very nice barleywine! 12 ounce bottle. Bottled on Feb 19 2004.

Bottle from Santa. Luxurious warm carmelly, bitter butter aroma. Enveloping and smooth like melted chocolate, though restrained and still delicate. A pleasing bitterness is the first thing noticed in the mouth, followed by the same buttery softness evident in the aroma. Not very complex at all, but still a great drink. 11.4% alcohol (2006 bottle) is extremely well hidden. Great beer from Santa. Oak aged is next!

Bottle. Pours copper red with quickly fading head. Floral hops and a sucker-punch of piney hops on the nose. Taste starts out with a nice hop kick that fades into resin, pineapple and light caramel and honey notes. Alcohol warmth helps the malt aftertaste along. It’s more citrusey than most barley wines I’ve encountered but I’ve actually grown to like that aspect.