 Indra (1845), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
Sep 22, 2002
Caramel sweetness, spiciness, pineapple, banana, alcohol and light hop in the aroma. Incredible deep golden-orange in color, very much opaque and with a creamy head and nice lacing, quite an attractive beer altogether. Flavor has some complexity, with toffee, caramel and vanilla cream, a stunning spicy character, sweet but delicate fruitiness, and a veritable array of hop flavors. The mouthfeel is creamy, smooth, just slightly effervescent and spicy, and is very well done. Finish is very long and flavorful, a little alcoholic. Warming. This is soooo good. Batch #37.
MrManning (1447), London, Ontario, Canada
Sep 30, 2008 Bottle from JJPM74, thanks! This barleywine poured a deep and cloudy orangey brown and was capped with a thick and long lasting off white head that left lots of sticky lace. The nose was candied mangoes, heavy brown sugar, caramel malts, some fruit, a bit of citrus from the hops, some dark bread crust. Tasted pretty sweet, of dark fruits, candied prunes....some other dried fruit, caramel malts again, grapefruit leads to a cirtic rind pithiness. Bitter balances the very sweet molasses like malt in the finish. A pleasure to sip. Thanks John!
ChazMania (299), Pasadena, California, USA
Sep 29, 2008 On tap at Najas, Redondo Beach Calif. Hazy dark orange. Big big flavor of malt and hops. Delicious yet very strong and I noticed the alcohol on each sip. Great for one pint but couldn’t do more than that.
smith4498 (370), Miami, Florida, USA
Sep 28, 2008 Batch #72. Pours hazy golden orange color with huge rocky off white head. Pine and grapefruit hop aromas. Big sweet fruit flavor with lots of hoppiness. Alcohol is barely noticable. Medium body with lively carbonation and a creamy mouthfeel. A very good beer.
nqualls (414), Tennessee, USA
Sep 27, 2008 Bottle. Loved the balance and mouthfeel of this beer. Poured a slightly hazy gold with a thin white head. Aroma of multiple kinds of hops. Flavor was sweet, with a delicious muted hop balance. Fruit notes finished the flavor. Medium body with soft carbonation and a wonderful oily/creamy mouthfeel. Great beer!
danielcurtis81 (97), San Diego, California, USA
Sep 26, 2008 Getting notebook online. Bottle. Pours a beautiful golden color. Delicious hop flavors, sweetness is presently subdued. Good sweet flavors of various fruits, can’t really place exacts. Very delicious!
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