DuClaw Devils Milk

Clear red-brown pour with a thin white head. Sweet fruity malt flavor. Malty grain flavor with molasses notes. Bitter with a touch of sweetness and some spice.

Poured brown with a tan head. Aroma of vanilla and citrus. Started off citrusy with some vanilla and caramel flavor. So f’in good. Growler went between 2 other people. Killed at the store within a hour.

A deep reddish brown ale with a thin off white head. A good rich caramel malt in aroma , with loads of hops, very vinous notes. In mouth, a rich oily sweet malt with oranges, light grapefruit, marmalade. Rich and smooth barley wine. On tap at Duclaw Baltimore, Dec. 29 2008.

Appearance: Lightly hazy, dark amber body with a short-lived, whitish head. Smell: Sweet-smelling, candyish malt nose with notes of caramel, fruit, and perfumy alcohol; strong hints of the bold tastes to come. Taste: Pale, slightly bready malts with plenty of malty sweetness. Quite sugary initially, in fact, though it’s abated by the emerging and accumulative hop bitterness. Flashes of apricot and citrus fruitiness. Then, your palate is awash in spicy, bristly alcohol. Mouthfeel: Medium-full body. Medium carbonation. Smooth mouthfeel. Drinkability: Very American and very straightforward in its delivery of brash hop bitterness and ubiquitous alcohol presence.

20090207 Tap at Bel Air location. A beast of a barleywine. I’m sure I’ve had this a few times before at gatherings or whatnot, but this is the first time I’ve had it fresh and it’s better than I remembered. And fresh it was with sturdy, sweet malts, biting, intense hops, and lingering alcohol burn. Strong stuff!

Pours a maple syrup red with a small off-white head. Wonderful sweet caramel aroma with a wealth of spices and light pine hops. Very full flavor and mouth feel. The sweet caramel is well complimented by an oaky undertone, and a smooth, spicy hop finish rounds out a wonderfully balanced beer. No hint of the ABV except a pleasant warming in the stomach. Excellent!

On tap at Arundel Mills. First, I would like to say that it should be a prerequisite for servers to have some knowledge about beer if they are going to work at a freakin brewpub. Our server was clueless. Anyways, this beer was decent. The best quality of this beer was how well the alcohol was hidden. Not particularly flavorful or aromatic, but not offensive. It was served ice cold and I didn’t have the patience to wait for it to warm up to properly evaluate it. Next time I’ll order a pint of Venom and a glass of this stuff at the same time and drink the Venom first while this warms up.

On tap at Bel Air Pub. Poured Amber/brown in color with small white head. Aroma was sweet with dark fruit. Taste was very sweet along with dark fruit and some hoppyness was in there. Had a nice warming finish and was smooth with a low carbonation. Nice brew