 JohnnyJ (1282), Carlsbad, California, USA
Jun 20, 2009 On tap at PP Carlsbad. Dark chestnut color, off-white head. Rich malt flavors, molasses, vanilla, toffee, oak, and brandy. Warming alcohol and a bitter hoppy finish. Tasty barleywine.
BrotherGrendel (545), San Diego (La Jolla), California, USA
Apr 12, 2009 Growler from brewery. Big malty aroma with sweet brandy and wood tones. Flavor is initially rich malts with a background of piney hops, sweet molasses/brown sugar and vanilla flavors peek through a hefty brandy-alcohol heat presence. Medium-bodied, and a bit thin for the style. A tasty BA barleywine that could use some additional aging, tastes a bit fresh with some significant heat.
ajm (902), Los Angeles, California, USA
Mar 15, 2009 Tap at Toronado SD. Smells like a Goose Island barrel-aged offering. Surprised this was Brandy barreled. Favor = BCS + burn - chocolate.
Ibrew2or3 (2714), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
Feb 22, 2009 Sampled at Toronado 2009 Barleywine Festival.
Pours clear deep copper with micro thin off white head. The aroma has lots of resiny pine hop notes backed up by full wood aromatics and a bit of booze. The taste is a bit harsh with pine hops and booze followed by some rich malty sweetness. Toward the finish I get a welcomed touch of toffee. It finishes a bit dry. Overall the beer ends better than it starts. Still, tasty stuff.
nightrider (370), encinitas, California, USA
Feb 16, 2009 On tap at Toronado. Murky brown amber without much head. Sweet malty aromas. Medium body and quite smooth. Nice sweet caramel and fruit flavors off the front followed by a good hoppy bite and finish. Alcohol not very apparent. Good solid barley wine.
AmEricanbrew (1747), Louisiana, USA
Jan 29, 2009 Draft@ The 2009 Great Alaska Beer and Barleywine fest. 2007 version from a Heaven Hill barrel. Clear amber with a tan head. Nice caramel sweet, boozy vanilla aromas. Full bodied with light carbonation. Huge ass boozy vanilla flavor with sharp caramel and pit fruits.
Think Barleywine with a shot of booze.
jsquire (2086), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
Jan 28, 2009 Sampled at the ’09 Great Alaska Beer and Barley Wine Festival. Deep copper color with a thin beige head that quickly shrank to a lasting ring. Lots of barrel in the nose. I found this to be pretty boozey with flavors of melted toffee, burnt caramel and stale bread pudding. It seemed like a pretty green beer.
alexanderj (2204), Chino Hills, California, USA
Jan 13, 2009 On tap at Obriens. Color was very nice, a very reddish auburn, brown color. Aroma of caramel, fruit, apple and brandy. Some very light floral touches. Flavor of caramel, fruit, alcohol, brandy. Only slightly sweet. Some floral hops in the finish. Nice after taste.
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