AgentSteve (784), Livermore, California, USA Jun 22, 2008 Bottle shared by Taverner, pours deep woody brown. The nose is spectacular with, well, barley wine and bourbon. The flavor is not quite as good as the bourbon takes over, but it’s still quite nice. It’s smooth on the palate as well.
Old_Mr_Crow (1015), Seattle, Washington, USA Aug 17, 2008 Bottle at after4everr’s tasting.
Lovely vanilla-toffee aroma. Rich caramel flavor, vanilla with a whisper of coconut. Utterly smooth in the flavor integration. Perfect BA beer. General_Gao (2509), Iowa City, Iowa, USA Jul 12, 2008 Bottle. Lots of booze (distinct bourbon) in the nose, but not as much as the Brandy Barrel BW version. I also smelled some molasses and oak hopelessly drowned in the whiskey. Poured a clear reddish brown color. Sweet and full bodied with a warming alcohol effect and very little carbonation. I tasted bourbon, vanilla, and subdued black cherry. Wow. bitbucket (1542), Kirkland, Washington, USA Jul 4, 2008 Nip, thanks aspidites! Pours clear dark brown with ruby highlights. Sweet bourbony vanilla aroma and taste wrapped around a sweet toffee and fig center. Darned tasty. pepsican (727), the beer wastelands of, Iowa, USA Jun 21, 2008 Stud tasting 1.0 held at general_gaos. Thanks for putting up with us colin! Cola red pour with a small off white head. Aroma is bourbon and wood. Flavor is similar, some tootsie roll, bourbon, green wood, vanilla. Lots of barrel going on in this one. Pretty much flat finish.
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