Heavyweight Barrel Aged Old Salty

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

5-24-08 bottle shared by Miketd
Dark dense brown pour with a beige, light tan head and no lacing. Smell is earthy and sweet malt with a touch of alcohol. Flavor is a bit too sweet and boozy for me but I can see where it is going. Flavor has some tree bark-like aspects in there which are an interesting match to the high sweetness. Overall, pretty good.

Another great, retired bottle shared by miketd. Thanks man.
Pour is rich, brownish with a medium lived tan head. Smell is mild and aged, slightly vegetal and bright malt. Taste is sweet, sharp vanilla and fruity. Medium body and carbonation. Slightly sweet, and pretty tasty. Nice stuff.

Bottle shared at lb4lb’s tasting. Poured a murky brown color with a thin beige head that diminished to a ring. Aroma of fruit (green apple, light citrus, some plum and raisin) and some sweet malt. Light, moderately dry oak entry leads into a sweet, fruity (apple, plum, grape, light fig) hit with some sweet malt that lead into a smooth, lightly bitter finish. Smooth on the palate with some biting carbonation and dryness from the oak. Very nice, thanks to who brought this.

Bottle courtesy beerguy101. I wish I would have taken better notes. Deep ruddy brown pour with slight bourbon nose. Flavor is complex and intriguing, with sweet malts and vanilla. Smooth on the palate.

Thanks Iowaherkeye. Pours a pretty amber. Smell of bourbon oak vanilla brown sugar. Tastes very sweet, some oakiness and vanilla, not boozy at all. Also got some cantaloupe in this one.

Big thanks to that jerk iowaherkeye. No matter what I bring to a tasting he seems to always outclass me and bring something amazing like this gem. Thanks joey! Ruby pour with a thin off white head. Aroma is very sweet malts and candy sugar. Flavor was also really sweet caramel, brandy, sherry, smoke, brown sugar. Again, almost cloyingly sweet finish. Definitely a sipper, but I could sip for quite awhile.

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, blankboy, jerc, mabel & tupalev - courtesy of blankboy. Burgundy-brown colour with no head. Sweet aroma with notes of wood, vanilla and sour cherry, with some faint lactic notes as well. Soft mouthfeel. Flavour is quite nice - very sweet to start, with brown sugar, orange, wood, spice, smokes, hops and more - wow, this is good! Thanks for sharing Paul!

25.4 oz bottle, 2005. Muddy brown with a wisp of white head. Nose is caramel and raisin. Exceptionally smooth with no apparent alcohol but flavor on the thin side. Taste much like the nose; caramel and oak with slight hop drying.