 IPFreely (1470), Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Sep 20, 2006
Bottle at Sterling Tavern. Pours a lightly hazy, firey amber color with a smaller cream colored head. Nice aroma of caramel, apricot, brown sugar, and lighter hops. Flavor is strong, nice and sweet with some caramel and toffee, fig, and some spicy hops in the finish. Medium to full bodied, alcohol detected, but not strong at all. Judging from the previous ratings, it looks like the booze might be calming a bit. Who knows. I liked it though.
MrManning (1430), London, Ontario, Canada
Jul 4, 2008 Bottle courtesy of HogtownHarry, thanks my friend! Pours a hazy brindle from the 12 oz bottle. The head is a rocky, frothy tan cap that lasted over 10 minutes before I could drink the beer. Nice lace with little floaties as well. The nose is c-hops and orange peels, dank basement and woody, earthy, caramel malts with a touch of smoke. Butterscotch and caramel malts upfront with spicy, woody notes, a blast of hops with way more bitterness than expected. This is the way I like a barleywine. The caramel and sweetness is here, but the hops balance and I don’t feel like I am drinking a sugar bomb. This is quite a treat! Thanks for the bottle Harry!
pepsican (706), the beer wastelands of, Iowa, USA
Apr 26, 2008 Pours amber with a thin white head. Aroma is caramel and biscuit. Flavor is butter, caramel sweetness, touch of hops. Semi sweet with a bit of bitter hop balance. Nice carbonation.
wetherel (994), Carlsbad, California, USA
Apr 15, 2008 2007 bottle from puzzl on 3/28/08. Cloudy amber cololr Some autolysis aroma (somehow I like it), and buttery caramelization. Mellow, probably from age. No unpleasant oxidation. Low bitterness. My guess is that 1. I love barleywines and 2. this bottle has aged very well. I’m a fool, but this is awesome. I love it and everyone is else wrong (j.k.).
crizay (1070), Brook Park (was Tampa,FL), Ohio, USA
Mar 6, 2008 Thanks rudolf. Hazy amber pour, medium white head. Aroma is fruity but light fruits, apples, pears, berries. Flavor is sweet lots of berries notes, some caramel and then a big ethanol alcohol kick that’s kinda gross. Lots of hop bitterness, pine and resin with some citrus. This is so damn bitter though, straight alcohol, hop resin and it kills the other flavors. Hard to describe an ethanol bomb maybe it’s a bad bottle.
Viper666 (420), Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Feb 6, 2008 Bouteille 12oz, courtoisie de Blankboy. De couleur cuivrée rouge et légèrement voilée. Nez de caramel sucré, moyen de houblon herbeux, léger d’alcool avec des notes de noix et de fruits (dates). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse et huileuse. Goût moyennement amer de houblon herbeux (herbe mouillée, présent toute la gorgée) accompagné d’un moyen goût de levures fruitées (notes de dates, traces de cerises et de pommes) ainsi que des traces de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel légèrement rôti (notes de toffee sucré) et moyen de biscuits parallèlement à un goût d’alcool réchauffant plutôt élevé jusqu’en finale, où l’on retrouve également un regain d’amertume de houblon légèrement plud herbeux aux notes terreuses et citriques ainsi que des petites notes asséchantes de noix. Post-goût long et un peu sec, moyennement amer d’alcool et de houblon herbeux, moyen de rôti et avec des notes fruitées (pelures de pommes) et des traces de noix.
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