 jjpm74 (2878), Connecticut, USA
Jul 8, 2008 Pours brown with no head to speak of. Upfront apple and oak aromas give way to sugar, yeast and some caramel. Tastes of sherry, oak, some appley hints, caramel, toffee. Finishes sweet. Decent.
BlackDonald (1040), North Carolina, USA
Apr 30, 2008 Very smooth and similar to Calvados, lots of musty apple skins, somewhat of a vinous vinegar type flavor at times, a little oxidized I guess is the word I am looking for. Lots of barrel aged flavors are evident here, at times there are hints of nuttiness, caramel and dark fruits and butterscotch.
puzzl (1715), New York, New York, USA
Mar 31, 2008 2003, I think from Kramer, drank side by side with a 1999 non-BA vintage. This stuff is pretty gross. Aroma is actually pretty nice, some calm, lightly sweet apples, old, oxidized, musky malts. It’s all down hill form there. Flavor is at once thick and thin, muddled, crushed, 2 month old apples and some acidic grape skins. Palate really burns for a beer that is only 9% and is 5 years old. It’s actually not as bad at room temp after sitting out for a couple hours than it was fresh from the bottle. It was undrinkably disgusting then. Now it’s almost decent.
ratman197 (2242), Arvada, Colorado, USA
Jan 27, 2008 Bottle 2005 vintage poured a hazy dark brown with no head. Aromas of toffee, carmel, fruitiness, alcohol and a hint of wood. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp. Flavors of oak, prune and light chocolate with a smooth lingereing lightly tart finish.
JK (2392), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
Oct 28, 2007 From Badgerben. This is great stuff, and I can’t believe there are only 31 ratings. A stereotypical English style, but at the top of its class, and I think it is more of a barleywine than an old ale. Butterscotch aroma with malt. No carbonation. Some apple and spice, like calvados, and oak. Very smooth and easy to drink. Excellent.
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