Heavyweight Barrel Aged Old Salty

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

Bottled. An unclear amber beer with an orange-tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of wood and vanilla with an underlying acidity. The flavor is sweet wooy with notes of prunes, over ripe fruit, vanilla, and some hops, leading to a dry finish with some acidity showing up. The alcohol burns slightly in the throat. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of pineypower. Hazy, amber golden with a lively, beige head leaving some laces. Very sweet vanilla and bourbon notes. Quite a full body, a little low in carbonation, but rather high in extremely sweet and sugary caramel notes. Lots of bourbon in the finish, but absolutely no bitterness. The sweetness is a bit overwhelming making this a bit out of balance, but it’s still a lovely beer. 301107

From bottle, no 19 at Papsoes blindtasting. Pours hazy brown to light orange and with a fully diminshed white head. Berry fruity aroma into a whiskey like aroma. Flavour is quite sweet and dried fruity. Almost syrup like feel and flavour. Ends with a lingering sweet fruity tone. Nice.

Bottle 75cl.
[ Courtesy of henrikb ]. Clear medium to dark red amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity - berry, tobacco, light notes of chocolate, vanilla and alcohol notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, and a light alcoholic finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Aroma and flavor is very nice but something makes it hard to drink ! [20090710]

Bottle. Hazy orange red coloured with an off white head. Fruity aroma of wood and vanilla with notes of dried fruits. Sweet flavour of fruits, spices, wood and vanilla with notes of bourbon, dried fruits and alcohol. Warming alcoholic finish.

Name: BA Old Salty
Date: 12/10/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

2004 vintage opaque amber, whispy tan head, tart woody aroma with a tart cherry essence, nice fruity malt flavor, creamy and smooth, well balanced hop character to keep it dry without being hoppy, fruit and vanilla grows as it warms,
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Date: 07/02/2006
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2005

nice oak in the aroma, nice sweet bourbon character,
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Date: 02/01/2007
Source: aa
Vintage: 2005

sweet creamy vanilla and fruit flavor, touch of smokey character,
-------- /> Name: BA Old Salty
Date: 12/01/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2005

oak is growing a bit in the flavor, sweet bourbon and vanilla continues to be the dominant character, fruityness continues to grow,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: ***+/4

2007-11-30, Papsø’s Blind Tasting
Cloudy dark amber-red color. Strong oaky aroma, mellow, with sweet tobacco. Sweet brew, with an interesting woody and vanilla flavor, full malty, with a light sourness that I have to understand if it’s nice or disturbing. Inprecise, but overall, deeply pleasant for me.

(750ml bottle) Cloudy copper body with small off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, oak, vanilla. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, oak, some melon, grape, light vanilla. Mild alcohol. Medium-full body with a fair amount of stickiness.