 blipp (1679), Newark, New Jersey, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 10, 2008 Bottle. Pours clear red brown with a creamy beige head. Fruity flowery aroma with caramel and citrus. Soft mouthfeel with relatively low carbonation. The flavor is certainly hop forward, floral, piny, a bit grassy even. Decent balance. Long, dry, bitter finish.
Rune (2822), Tromsø, Norway
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 3, 2008 250ml on tap at Den Tatoverede Enke. Cloudy mahogany body under a loose, tan head. Flowery smell with notes of biscuit. Prominent taste of dry pine and grapefruit giving way to notes of caramel malts. Hoppy dryness beneath resulting in an increasingly and prolonged bitter ending. Full bodied and a bit heavy to drink (Thanks to Guri from VG for the treat, Copenhagen 16.09.2008).
cgarvieuk (4184), Edinburgh, Scotland
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 3, 2008 Bottle at EBF copenhagen 2008 ... Red brown ... big sweet barley wine nose ... juicy pine ... quite a lot of bitterness ... loads of pine hop and just a bit rough.
elihapa (1052), Honolulu, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 1, 2008 Pours a mahogany-amber color with chill haze. Head is a medium sized, fluffy, creamy tan color. Aroma is of floral bouquet, hops, caramel, and nuts. Smells more like an American Strong Ale, to be honest. Front palate is smooth, with notes of wood, nut, candied fruit, and underlying sweetness. Mid-palate reveals more fruity flavors, also introducing a hop character that will build through the finish. Finish is a touch sharp, featuring warming alcohol, bitter hops, and some fruit-cake. Overall, this is a tough Barley Wine to top. I will have to dock it one notch because I just can’t get it out of my head that this beer veers too close to other American styles of ASA (in the flavor) and Double IPA (in the aroma, and perhaps the sharpness
austone (1039), Turku; Pori, Finland
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 25, 2008 Draught @ Plan B. Hazy red copper, firm beige head. Grapefruit hoppy aroma, sweet molasses. Peppery, a bit tangy hoppy flavor, liquorice and fresh ginger. Sharp spicy finish. Full bodied, smooth low carbonation. Not as soothing as I hoped.
sanfiltj (6), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
does not count  | 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 21, 2008 Couldn’t imagine a better introduction into barley wine. The flavor lives up to what you’d expect from an ale called "old ruffian." Don’t let its’ fruit filled bouquet fool you, this beer will challenge even roughest of veteran beer barons.
harrisoni (6800), Ashford, Kent, England
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 21, 2008 Draught at Plan B, Copenhagen. Clear chestnute, thin beige head. Wow, tha’s a big hit of hop and then really good malty fruity body. Big, big, just a big hit of everything. Not too sweet, not too syrupy, massive cascade, centennial hops. Heat on finish. Lovely.
luttonm (307), Belgrade, Serbia
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 19, 2008 Very interesting barley wine, but an outlier for the style. Can taste the normal profile on first sip but it is quickly run over by a rush of hops, much along the lines of a dipa. remarkably bitter for a barley wine. has a lighter, fruit nose with building hops. Dry finish with lingering bitterness. a little too much for me.
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