Numenor (869), Richmond, Virginia, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Apr 23, 2008 Thanks Mike... Beautiful amber body with a nice white head. Great Barley Wine aroma, sweet and spicey... almost rummish. Awesome taste, spicey with a great hop accent. Nicehop accent in the ending. Kinz (2215), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 | Apr 25, 2008 Courtesy of The_Beer_God at the 6th Richmond Gathering. Medium to dark amber, slight floaties. Rich malt aroma, molasses and caramel abound. Faint citrus and floral hops as well. Sweet. Dark fruits. Flavor matches, with more fruitiness emerging as opposed to malt depth in the flavor. Nice. In fact, highly enjoyable. hopdog (5614), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Apr 16, 2008 1 liter bottle acquired in trade with jimbowood (thanks!). Poured a medium to deep amber / orange color with an averaged sized of white head. Aromas of caramel, roast, light chocolate, and toasted malts. Tastes of caramel, chocolate, some dark fruits, and lighter roast. Another beer that exceeded expectations! SudsMcDuff (1704), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Mar 25, 2009 OATs .... why do these crazy people wax a fliptop? ... this is a nice beer ... lots of honey and caramel in the honker ... medium head ring .. nice mouth, almost creamy, nice richness to it ... is sweet, some molasses and honey in the taste .. a mellow drinking brew, bottle dated from Nov 16 2007 .. swoopjones (1920), Buffalo, New York, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Apr 17, 2009 Bottle with Waxed Swing Top. Bottling Date11/16/07. Shared with TomThompson 7 Camerons crew post Beer Wars. Pours deep caramel color. Liguid Rolo. Rich malty aroma. Barleywine richness. Taste was extremely smooth, rich maltiness, molasses, caramel, mild booziness. Very nice beer. dkachur (2421), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Apr 21, 2008 Updated: Dec 8, 2008Thanks to The Beer God for this one. Once we got through the wax, this was very close to a barleywine. Copper color with minimal head and floaties! Aroma is bread, cereal, toffee, caramel. Taste is more malty cereal, dates and raisins. Very thick and chewy. I wrote in my notes "effervescence is appropriate," whatever that means. Really good beer. Bravo Idaho!
1L waxed fliptop bottle from jjpm74. Thanks! Pours a dark caramel color with a large head. Caramel, toffee, nuts and hops in the aroma. Taste is nuts, caramel, tea and mild hop notes. Medium-full bodied. Alcohol not noticeable. Soft carbonation. jobyone (234), Charlotte, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Mar 24, 2008 Bottle. Pours a reddish orange with a average size off white head. Aroma is sweet with molasses, honey, banana and some grain. The flavor has a definate alcohol presence and is quiet sweet. While many may find it to sweet I thought it was a good flavorful beer. The finish is creamy with a slight acidity. The lack of bitterness may put off some but if you like sweet beers this is really good. BBB63 (4267), La Porte, Indiana, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Mar 18, 2008 1 liter bottle provided by kp for the tasting: Reddish amber hue with a small frothy head and okay lace. The aroma has notes of grassy noble hops, anise, clove, caramel, peanut, vanilla, and smell sort of vinous. The taste is sweet and honey nut bread with a nice zap of hop spice and round bitterness in support. Run of dark fruits as well. The mouth feel is lush and sharp, warming and enjoyable.
WOW, a big surprise !!! I really dug this and best yet, it is carbonated!
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