 Probiere (992), Iowa, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 7, 2004 Virutally no head, a cloudy, murky, red-brown diffusive mess. Smells like a winey-raisiny-bourbon-caramel mess. This beer is a mess! Some spiciness of some sort in the nose...can’t make out exactly what. Taste like a soft, mellow red wine and some rummy alcohol notes. Brown sugar. Lots of tannins. Very oaky. Finish is softly bitter and clean leaving the wine taste and lots of fruit sweetness behind. Totally different experience. Wow. Thanks, B.
5000 (2640), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 4.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Aug 29, 2004 Updated: Jan 17, 2005Bottle - (Batch No. 2 - 2000) pours an incredibly murky dark caramel, large foamy off-white head, with seriously sticky lacing. Oh lordy, this 4 year old Barleywine boasts some serious caramel, toffee, dark pitted fruit, and sweet malts on the nose. Is this what CRACK is like? HOLY CRAP#@!#$! Flavor is utterly phenomenal, vanilla, oak, slight bourbon, caramel, light malts, an ever so subtle hop bite... simply INCREDIBLE. Body and mouthfeel are utterly fantastic, smooth and creamy. Finish is absolutely wonderful, caramel, malts, and a soft hop bite. Simply delicious. I am glad I saved this for my Birfday... I will surely get more of this!!!! OMFG is this good. If you ever see this label with the fish on it, make sure to get it, otherwise you’d be stupid not to. My all time favorite Barleywine!!! Batch No. 2 is where it’s at!!!
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If you see this label http://nwmicrobrews.com/Fish_Tale/Leviathan_Old you would be an IDIOT to not get it.
haddon90 (1043), Alexandria, Virginia, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 22, 2004 Bottle November 2001. Deep mahagony color with a creamy tan head. Nice caramel and molasses in the aroma. Very strong. Malty. Very malty in the aroma. Some dry hopping as well. Hint of citrus, and other fruit flavors that I can’t figure out. Very complex taste.
Aubrey (2782), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 11, 2004 Deep amber with ruby highlights; very little head. Woodsy nose. Quite a bit going on. Mouthfeel was mildly carbonated and weighty. Malts were full and thickishly sweet, but not necessarily cloying. Big notes of oak, sherry, salt, and spiced granny smith apples. Quite a bit of sourness; lesser notes of tart and tang. Spicy hops with notes of grass and maybe a little citrus. Bitterness is mild, though. Dried apricot flavors lingered and made my mouth water profusely. Pretty good, and it surely kept my interest. Not your typical American barleywine.
DarkElf (2681), La Jolla, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 2, 2004 (750 ml bottle: ScottVacula’s Barleywine Party ’04) Malty and mildly sweet, but lightly bitter and quite tart with some light sour apple; There’s also a fairly prominent wood barrel flavor going on; The palate is heavy, sweet and sticky, but also quite tangy for a nice, balanced mouthfeel; Mildly sour nose like a Belgian sour, but with a distinct wood barrel aroma; Dark amber color; Tan hed is small and bubbly n the pour and soon fades to a small rim
cquiroga (370), Sylmar, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 28, 2004 7/24/04. Poured out of 750 mL bottle, sampled at San Diego Barley Wine Tasting courtesy of SDbruboy 7/24/04. Pours a ruddy brown with haze and no head. Deep caramel aroma. Very nice, obviously a barley wine but with a touch of the wood character to make it stand out. Still, the bright wood burn on the flavor creeps up on you. Some sort of waxy flavor to it as well, and somehow the malts are pushed aside and to the back. Still pretty good, but after that killer aroma, the flavor really disappointed me. Good beer, but it needs some time to measure up to the older bottles I’ve had before.
SDbruboy (1833), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 28, 2004 Bottle 2002. Pours amber-reddish with a thin head. Aroma is unique, very oaky with definite wine notes from the wine barrel aging and alcohol. Flavor is tangy and tannic agaiin noticibly vinuous, sweet maltiness and a tart finish. Smooth, full body with little carbonation. One of a kind BW, good now and could benefit from some aging as well.
duff (5475), Surrey, Greater London, England
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 25, 2004 Bottle. In the vaults of HI International. Pretty full on Jagermeister/Gammle Dansk sort of flavour. Spicey, raisiny, fruit cake,liquer qualities. Some vegemite in there, would be pretty good with a bit more age perhaps?
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