 zizzybalubba (399), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 17, 2009 22 oz. bottle from World Market in Newport News, VA Vintage). Dark brownish-orange pour with a thick off-white head. Aroma of brown sugar, prunes, pine, and toffee. Flavors are of cherry, floral hops, toffee, and tangerines. Surprisingly thin for a barleywine but the alcohol is still detected. Really not bad but given my love of Green Flash’s IPAs I had hoped for a little more in this barleywine. But still very enjoyable.
17thfloor (1507), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 28, 2009 22oz 2009 bomber. Pours wine red dark brown with a large creamy frothy light tan head. Aroma is toffee and peach, resin, plastic, grapefruit, fusil alcohol, I don’t know, it’s flawed but I still like it. Flavor is very bitter resin, plastic, dry pine needles, darker caramel, rich but not super cloying, some toffee and subtle fruit, some of the bitter medicinal cherry. Piney and earthy. Medium/full bodied, viscous but not syrupy and only slightly sticky, smooth abundant fluffy slightly fizzy carbonation. I have an 08 and another 09 in the cellar... we shall see...
markwise (1200), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 15, 2009 Bomber from Palmer’s Beverage Center in Columbus, OH. Pours hazy dark-brown red with a khaki head. Nose is caramel, grapefruit, and pine bite with some honey and dark sweetness. Flavor is what I have come to expect from Green Flash: very malty with lots of pine and grapefruit hops. Sweet caramel up front, hops slithering in and take over, then ease up for some more sweetness. Bitter finishing and medium-bodied. Very good barleywine.
tgncc (844), Bellmore, New York, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 8, 2009 The aroma is cool, a ripe fruity smell, with a green apple aroma dominating. Notable for a lack of hop balance of any kind. The appearance is a dark reddish brown, off-white head, relatively hazy. The flavor is fruity, apple, malty, slightly boozy, bready. The finish is boozy, sweet, and finally, some piney hops emerge, leaving a low intensity but lingering bitterness. Medium/thick, slightly syrupy mouhfeel. Excellent barley wine. This is probably closer to an original BW, low in bitterness, high in sweetness and booze.
hallinghansen (269), Odense SV, Denmark
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 7, 2009 Bottle. Red/brown body, with a small head. Aroma is caramel, hops and ripe fruit. Flavor is the same. Overall a nice beer
mkade8883 (57), Goleta, California, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Aug 6, 2009 Source: Bomber from KnB
Glass: Bordeaux wine glass
Aroma: Light aroma of caramel and nuttiness.
Flavor: Some caramel, lots of hot alcohol
Palate: Very thin, with an alcoholic finish.
Overall: A little underwhelming in flavor. Not a bad beer, just not great.
jtodd5dot1 (32), Marina, California, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 4, 2009 My first attempt at a Barelywine and I was happy with the outcome. Poured a medium copper/brown color with a light foamy head. A mild sweetness inner twined with the malty and a hint of the hops.
malrubius (1004), Valley Stream, New York, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 31, 2009 Time to catch up before BCTC. Bottle at PilsnerPeter’s Spring Throwdown. Thank to everyone who brought great beer and ribs and pickles and everything! Dark amber with nice head. Earthy caramel and hop aroma. Assertive roasted caramel and bitter roasty coffee hop finish. Soft nice mouthfeel. Very nice.
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