Heavyweight Barrel Aged Old Salty

Formerly brewed at Heavyweight Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Ocean Township, New Jersey USA

Thanks to Blake for sharing 05 vintage deep maroon pour w/ a small light tan head. Nice aroma definate alcohol notes oak, lots o carmels and tofees. Nice full well coated lightly creamy palate. Flavor is great.. oak plus a hot grassy hop w/ tons of dark fruits and carmels.. Very very good.

Bottle, thanks to 1FastSti. Caramel, toffee, bourbon, oak, sweetness in the aroma. Fairly light aroma...not too strong, but nice. Medium amber in color with a thin head. Flavor is very sweet, super sweet. Brown sugar, sweet caramel and toffee, buttery and bourbon loaded. This stuff drips sugary sweetness. Full mouth feel, nice and creamy. 1FastSti, you rule for sharing!

Slightly foggy brown amber color with no head. Aroma is oak, toffee, caramel, alcohol. Taste is intially caramel, toffee, followed by oak and more caramel, light chocolate. No notice of the alcohol content. This is an awesome brew.

Rating #1200. Bottle from 2005. Pours a dark amber colour with an off-white head. Malty hoppy, yeasty woody aroma. Sweet malty, licorice and woody flavor. Hints of dark fruits aswell. Long malty fruity finish. This is a really nice one.

Sample from a 750 ml bottle (2005) provided by Shaun Hill, at American Flatbread in Burlington. Poured dark, cloudy amber with lots of head, well-retained....strongly vinous nose seems to have more than a hint of brett, or at least sour-cherry notes reminiscent of brett, a bit odd but not unpleasant; as it warms, candylike maple-vanilla emerges from the bourbon aging.....caramelly and lightly smoky-bitter to the tongue, moderate alcohol apparency and lots of spiciness, interesting bready-grainy character around midpalate heavily soaked in booze....lovely balance, highly drinkable despite it’s size, very low (but just enough) carbonation. Really glad I got a chance to try this, thanks Shaun!

(Bottle, thanks Pelle) Pours hazy dark red to brown. Butterscotch and oak in aroma with some fruit sweetness, almost like canned pears. Hints of allmond. Flavour of oak and notes of chocolate, also tiny hints of pepper and anise. The mouthfeel is smooth. Syrupy ending. Very well balanced. Full bodied.

Thanks to beerdrenched (see below) for the great opportunity. 2005. 750ml bottle. Deep dark and blood brown. The dregs. Finger width of clinging off-white head. Vanilla and oily smooth. Slight smokiness. Vanilla and spicy. Sweet malts, alcohol middle and a sticky finish. Cocoa and fruity. Nutty. Twisted and complex. Really, really good! As it ages the vanilla note really shines. Absolutely fabulous! Sweet vanilla malt oaky flavor. Thank you Eric!

22oz bottle-shared with vyvvy, snegrams3 and thegreenrooster. pours red with a fizzy beige head. nose is sweet oaky, sweet malts, vanilla, light funk and some light woody hops under the bourbon. sweet flavors dominated by vanilla, oak, brown sugar, cinnamon and other spices. the bourbon melds all this together into a nice tight package. amazing complexity! I got to try this once and never again.....sniff