 CaptainCougar (5545), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 22, 2008 Pours a transparent dark copper mahogany with a thin ring of off-white head. Aroma of sweet biscuity pale and caramel malts with rich fruity estery cmplexity. Body starts rich and dark caramely sweet with a good amount of light fruity esters before a drier sweet bready finish. A pretty complex barleywine, but could use some time to age.
BCMike22 (79), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 22, 2008 into glass snifter. Sharp smelling, hint of alcohol. Full of flavor the first sip is very rich in flavor. Very easy to drink.
shp555 (1776), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 22, 2008 Pours a ruby color no head. Aroma is malty, plum, raisins, and toast. Flavor is malty, plum, sugar, and some toasted malt.
goldtwins (4086), Nesconset, New York, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 18, 2008 Poured deep amber color with a reddish hue. The aroma was sweet and sugary with nice notes of dark fruit. The flavor was fairly sweet and sticky but dries out to make it nice and drinkable. The alcohol is very well hidden. Full bodied. This stuff was very nice.
RblWthACoz (963), Brooklyn, New York, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 10, 2008 Pours a very dark, ruby hued brown in my small snifter. Nose is sweet and thick with malts. Flavor is sweet and there is no real noticable alcohol present. Nice caramel tones. Seems to be some minor wood influence. Feel is thick and a bit sticky. Very easy to drink. I had this on bottle about a month ago and it was nice then. I think I liked it out of the bottle just a wee bit more.
Nate (2575), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 30, 2008 Sampled at the RBPG; bottle courtesy of jasonm. Big old nose to this one. Oak, vanilla, alcohol vapors, macerated raisins and figs. Treacle. Deep amber brown, clear, with no head. Heavy oily body with light carbonation. Starts sweet and stays that way. Raisins, oak, vanilla; rich and malty with alcoholic warming. Sweet and syrupy almost to the point of being overly cloying. Nice, but would love to try in another few years.
mtoast (317), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jan 29, 2008 22oz bottle courtesy of jasonm at Pittsburgh gathering on 1/27/08. Pours deep brown in color, with nice tan foam, good lacing. Huge malty aroma with lots of sweetness showing through. Flavor continues with the sweetness, like drinking sugar coated raisins. All I need is some bran and this shit is breakfast.
LinusStick (1856), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 28, 2008 A decent barley wine. I am not big on the style, but this isn’t as bad as some I’ve had. Aroma was strong caramel malt. Almost like a melted Sugar Daddy. Pour was a dark amber with no head. Taste was too sweet for me. Strong caramel and sugar in the front and a vanilla and heavy malt backbone. This isn’t Vicks Vapo-Rub but borders it.
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