 MrBendo (1042), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 29, 2008 Thanks to my Secret Santa (aknud) for the bottle. Barely opaque burnt orange/copper color with a smallish head. Good lacing. Aroma of brown sugar, raisins, figs, toffee. Heat is there, but under control. A very nice barley wine.
pintsize (1042), Austin, Texas, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 29, 2008 1-25-08 bottle.
Black with nice light tan head. Smell is nice and malty sweet. Decent almost burning malt flavor. Can taste the alcohol in the finish. Creamy and roasted palate but nothing too special or amazing. Just decent. Doesnt really seem like a Barley Wine to me.
Gmku (246), Asheville, North Carolina, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Jan 26, 2008 One of the best beers I’ve ever smelled, looked at, tasted, and just overall enjoyed. Slighlty syrupy, very malty, nicely biting of the alcohol, yes. Yummy.
lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Jan 25, 2008 Pours basically black with a huge beige head in a snifter. Ruby edges when held to the light. From afar this looks like an imperial stout more than anything else. Smell is fruity, and malty mostly with a hint of staleness.
Taste is a bit blandish with a unique roasty character for a barleywine. Now that I read the description, I’m definitely getting the licorice flavor as well. Somewhat of a dull cardboard like finish to it, and mild sweetness. Not particularly offensive, but not something I really cared for all that much, either. Something muted about the overall flavor to me. Average to slightly below average barley wine, to me, but still very easily drinkable for 10.5%, actually. Alcohol is basically non-existant in the flavor.
TheGB (41), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jan 25, 2008 Pours dark brown with little head, with little aroma to it. Taste is thick and smooth with raisin and caramel flavors. Drink this if you like a dense barley wine that is smooth without completely assaulting your palate.
Pastor (509), Maine, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 11/20 |
Jan 24, 2008 07 vintage Bottle poured ruby red with a fingers worth of tan head tiny partials float around (not to be confused with Belgian floaters)
Strong malt aromas along with raisins, toffee fill your nose.
The palate is smooth almost no carbonation
The flavor on this is same as it smells huge dark malt front note with some sweet fruit and plenty of sugars.
It’s a nice barley wine not outstanding but I wouldn’t turn it down either
MI2CA (1266), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 21, 2008 12oz - Aroma is caramel malt, raisin, plum and alcohol. Pours dark brown with small head and decent lacing. Taste is a sweeter than expected with a lot of caramel and toffee. Palate is sticky and hot with alcohol. Not bad fresh and maybe a little time for the burn to fade will be beneficial..
Chapel (330), Levittown, New York, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 5/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Jan 19, 2008 Dark pout with little head. Almost all alcohol all around with notes of raisin/grape. This smells and tastes like I should be doing shots of this. Maybe i just don’t like Barley Wines.
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