 msante79 (778), Orland Hills, Illinois, USA
Jul 9, 2008 12 oz bottle. Pours dark ruby red with light tan head. Aroma is wonderful with malt, caramel, maple syrup and some toffee and hops. Flavor is smooth but boozy with malts, caramel, toffee and caramel. Would get higher scores if they hopped it a little. Has some great barley wine qualities but needs hops to hide booze a little.
Hank1980 (732), Athens, Georgia, USA
Jul 6, 2008 Bottle. Appearance is dark brown with a tiny beige head. Aroma of fruit, caramel, booze, and malt. Taste is sweet malt and fruit, with some alchol burn in the finish. Body is full and carbonation is moderate.
fidelis83 (707), Clinton, Iowa, USA
Jul 6, 2008 Pours cloudy copper. Thin white head that lasts, some lacing. Aroma of plums licorice and and sweet liquor. Flavor of licorice granola and grassy hops. Slightly sweet but not too sweet licorice and alcohol finish warms as it goes down. Great taste, not my favorite style but this is one of the more drinkable examples I’ve found.
chicagobears (336), Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA
Jul 4, 2008 Pours a brownish red. Fruit aromas with a lot of alcohol in the nose. I imagine it would mellow out with age. Has a harsh bite to it.
dutch23mp (160), Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA
Jul 4, 2008 Very tasty sweet taste good aroma but appearance is very flat. wonderful aroma! saving one for a later date.
polomagnifico (532), Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Jul 3, 2008 Bottle thanks to dchmela, thanks again! Aroma of caramel and licorice malt, dark dried fruits, some resin hops and a little alcohol. Dark brown murky hue with a small almost fully diminishing of khaki head that left little lace. Flavor is sweet caramel and raisin malt with a little resin hop bitterness on the finish. Full bodied and oily soft. Alcohol is a little too pronounced throughout. Very nice for a young barley wine. A couple of years and this could be really good.
Ethereal (1500), London, Greater London, England
Jul 2, 2008 Bottle at Chris O’s 19th April 2008 tasting. Pours a cloudy reddish amber. Very sweet, with cola and chocolate malt flavours in the ascendancy. The aroma is similar. Decent weight but not a great barley wine.
kpresley77 (133), Jackson, Georgia, USA
Jun 28, 2008 Bottle pours dark copper with little to no head. Aroma is very mild with hints of raisin and alcohol. First taste is sweet fruit then alcohol and hops take over. Finish is dry with some hops burn but alcohol is definately present. Just not my style.
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