General Lafayette 275th Anniversary Ale

Formerly brewed at General Lafayette Inn and Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania USA

Re-rate forced by toncatcher. Via trade with Zathrus13 a ways back. Another left over from a potential tasting beer, that I get to enjoy in a larger sample of this brew with some help from my girlfriend. Poured into my reidel snifter deep brownish red with a thin tan head with lots of lacing. The nose is sweet and incredibly rich with lots of brown sugar, and some nice caramel. Taste is rich and sweet and full of caramel and toffee. There is a nice warming feeling in the throat, but its subtle for a 13+ % brew. Not as good as I’d expect but beyond decent tasty Barleywine.

Draft @ the tiedhouse. Well, I probably shoudn’t have paid $16 for a beer that I have a couple bombers of in the celler, but screw it. This one has a really pretty reddish-brown color with a medium head. Aroma is oh so inviting - heavy burnt caramel and sugar, rich raspberry, syrup, and some light wood. Flavor is mildly woody with loads of dark sugar and fruit - delectible raspberries, maple syrup, brown sugar....Sweet, syrupy and full bodied. I’m not sure how the bottles are holding up, but this keg from 2006 was damn good with nary a hint of alcohol. Awesome barleywine!

Bottle thanks to Matt Capone. Pours a mahogany body with a tan head. Dark fruit raisin, sweet caramel malt, big etoh warming, honey and a bit viscous and chewy. Good beer.

22 oz bottle. Pours a mahogany/coppery color with a small beige head. Aroma of sweet syrupy caramel, honey and dark fruit. Taste of syrupy sweet caramel, honey, dark fruit and malt.

22oz bottle. 13.1% ABV. Red-copper. Aroma of alcohol. Flavor of raisins and malt. Rich, full bodied.

Date: 03/22/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: hazy dark ruby red, fine beige head,
Aroma: sweet dark caramel malt aroma, nice fruity tartness,
Overall: sweet fruity malt aroma, dark caramel sweetness, touch of fruity tartness, light earthy balance, peppery alcohol adds extra complexity rather than distraction,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Suprised to run into another General (as we say in the south Luh-fay-it) beer. This place was cool as hell. Anyway a dark amber apperance with a moderate head. The aroma has an oaky presence with some cherries, raisins, cherries, and caramel. The flavor is quite sweet and complex with some vanilla, molasses, brown sugar, raisins, and caramel. The alcohol is masked well for 13% but still shows. Dear god is this a nice barleywine!

Appearance: Pours a clear, dark amber body, but I fear the alcohol killed any chance of a head here. Ever onward! Smell: Luscious aroma laden with notes of dark caramel, brown sugar, hand-picked cherries, and good ole booze. Taste: Sharply sweet caramel maltiness with a touch of dark brown sugar. Cherries floating in simple syrup. The hops are, at best, subtle here. Slint hint from the alcohol. Candyish finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Sticky mouthfeel. Drinkability: A good barleywine, so long as you like’m sweet.