Gales Conquest Ale Masterbrew

Formerly brewed at Gales
Style: Barley Wine
Horndean, England

9.3 ounce bottle from Plaza Liquors in Johnson City, TN. Corked, and the cork was dead beyond all comprehension. Pours a clear red color with sawdust floaties. Aroma of caramel, toffee, whisky, dark fruits. Taste is toffee, dark fruits, wood, whisky. Slightly tart note. Medium bodied. Eh.

aged bottle from 2001 .. . fruity aromas, dark stuff... no real head .. aged caramel and fruits .. . very nice mouth, smooth and sticky sweet .. . maybe some rum and honey and fruit tastes .. aged to a tee.... . who is your daddy and what does he do???

2000 Bottle, Funky Buddha tasting. Warm orange-gold, color of aged cheddar. Aroma of honey, very mead-like. Has some funk to it too. Custard and cake aromas, pineapple upside down cake. Fizzier than expected, lively carbonation. Sweeter and juicier than expected. Apples, pears, pineapple, candy but not in a bad way, in a great way.

2001 bottle. Poured translucent reddish-orange with absolutely zero head.. faint legs rode the sides of the glass. The aroma picked up lighter fruits and mild floral notes over shoddy mead-like boozy honey notes.. more and more of the honey as it warmed up, but it was never good. The flavor found the honey again at the core and no other malts really caught on.. dry apple juice and lesser cidery notes hit the edges along with boozy warmth and cardboard.. mercifully short finish of green apple and honey. Medium-bodied with no carbonation evident on the palate.. sappy, thick feel from the honey and a little molasses heft.. the bad components stuck in all the wrong places. This either fell apart over the years or was just really bad.

Bottle at Funky Buddha/Case and Keg tasting. Reddish color. Smells of apple, spice, fruit and caramel. Flavor is remarkably similar to a mead. Sweet with a ton of honey notes. Interesting beer, but not one I would go back to.

this bottle was sealed in wax and the cork was in good shape: clean aroma of fruits, a note of leather, but with passing notes of foot or stinky cheese; dead and murky appearance without head, lacing, or floaties; the palate is exactly as fruit juice; fruity, sweet and slightly sour flavor; reminded me of a failed homebrew.

Bottle. 2001 Vintage. Mahogony beer with no head. Sherry, malt, and light caramel aroma. Sherry, malt, and an earthy flavor. Medium-light bodied. No carbonation. Sherry, malt, and earth lingers. If you don’t like it - it was much better with a little Laphroaig added.

Listed as a pale ale on the bottle, its been in my parents basement for a while i put it there. wow a 3 percent style barleywine, lets see how much this sucks. Cork broke apart as it came otu showed me this is pretty damn old. Pours orangey brown with a bubbly tan head. Nose is noxious, extremely sweet I can smell it from 3 feet away. Taste is sweet and extremely cloying. Wow this is pretty damn bad.