 HomeBrewHawk (279), De Soto, Kansas, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 20, 2008 12 oz. bottle. 2008 vintage served in a snifter. Poured a hazy gold with a finger of fine bubbled white head. Bottle conditioned. Fairly carbonated. Lots of oak and vanilla in the aroma with a little alcohol and burnt sugar. Medium to full bodied with a bit of a spritzy mouthfeel. Very deep complex malt flavors. Big wood flavor. Long lingering finish of oak with some alcohol. The oak really worked for me. I would put this in my top 5 for 2008.
steview (902), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 17, 2008 It smells of a freshly cut Christmas tree and some citrus. It pours silently, leaving a hazy orange-copper body, bleach white head--small, tight, and slightly soapy, observable streams of tiny beading bubbles when the body is aroused, and minimal lacing. I noted orange zest, whiskey, grenadine, and almond in the flavor. The overall flavor is sweet and slightly tart. Full, smooth, and fresh, if not minty, this is quite the good brew.
craftbeerdesign (755), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 17, 2008 sample on Nov 6, 2008. pours a deep red with no head. deep whiskey and roasted malts in the aroma. big full to medium body. the whiskey notes dominate the palate with some sweet malts coming through as well. smooth, smoky, strong alcohol finish. absolutely wonderful.... so glad I got a sample of this one.
Dedollewaitor (3746), Odense, Denmark
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 16, 2008 Bottle from VinensVerden, Odense. Pours lovely hazy orange with a creamy lasting white foam & lacings. Nose is wood, vanilla, hops& alcohol. Smooth & full bodied. Slick, sticky & oily. Vinous & warm. Lots of vanilla & oak. Sweet. Super complex & drinkable. Nice!
luttonm (307), Belgrade, Serbia
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 12, 2008 Draft at Brouwers Big Wood 2008. Sweet, powerful barleywine nose that tranlates in flavor. huge syrup, wood. very intense and a bomb. floral hop that is mildly bitter with robust rose flower. very drinkable, milder and smoother than the normal Fred. Well worth a try.
trevor211 (518), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 11, 2008 Pours far lighter than I thought it would – an orangeish copper with a great pillowy head. The aroma has a lot of hops – certainly a barleywine, but a very florally hoppy barleywine, and it’s very crisp. Wow – the flavor is nothing like the aroma lets on. This is syrupy and sweet, without much carbonation – very thick… like an American version of Samichlaus. Extremely malty, with some, but not quite enough balance from hops. Almost cloyingly sweet. It’d be great in very small doses as a sort of after-dinner treat, but it’s just a bit much for anything else.
tturner (106), , Washington, USA
| 4.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 5, 2008 Big wood festival. Apricot with a nice earthy fig/date foundation. a balanced Hoppy flavor. very balanced. brilliant. world class.
fredandboboflo (1417), East Setauket, New York, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 29, 2008 Rating #700. Bottle, 2008. Aroma of sweet oak with tantalizing sourness around the edges, lots of herbal flowery character which creates a very unique aroma in the realm of oak aging. Flavor again has lots of wood with spicy and citrus overtones, lime, bitter orange juice, bittersweet rinds, and at the end everything comes back again to that herbal/spicy woodsy quality. Definitely some alcohol in there as well, but the rest is more than adequate to make the alcohol level quite acceptable. Awesome beer, and the first beer I’ve had in awhile that left me feeling unworthy to put words to it.
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