Heavyweight Old Salty

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

2009-04-19. Hazy murky brown body with a small light brown head. (3+) Aroma is mildly alcoholic, fruity malt. (7+) Flavour is pleasantly sweet fruity malt, light dry alcohol and bitterness in the finish balances things nicely. Smooth average to medium bodied palate. (3+) Not quite as assertive as it may have once been but this is quite lovely. Rather pleasant. 2004 Vintage Bottle c/o HogTownHarry

2005 Bottle: Pours a deep, murky amber with no head. Aroma is intoxicating with sweet fruitiness, faded citrus hops, caramel, and toffee. Sweet and vinous. Almost a hint of red licorice... Flavor is mostly sweet and vinous too. Some faded citrus and light maltiness. A bit lost from the aroma. Carbonation is really near zero. I would love to have had this 1-2 years ago... Still, enjoyable. Thanks biggcb!

2004 bottle thanks to Cletus. Brown/copper pour and nose of fruity malts obscured a bit by oxidation. Hops were pretty much gone by now, but some decent sugar and slight butterscotch notes. Decent, but probably very good in its prime.

brewed 2000. poured a hazey brown with a light tan head. aroma brown sugar, caramel, hops. flavor olasses, dark fruits, alcohol.

2002 bottle that i found in my basement...a little past its prime but why not? poured a medium brown color with nearly no head. aroma is sweet with dark fruit notes...fig and raisin, and a slight hint of vanilla. flavor is very sweet with brown sugar, molasses, and raisin with a touch of chocolate. mouthfeel is syrupy initially but oddly finishes a bit watery...i probably should have drank this one a few years ago.

Thanks to Tom for the 750. Dark copper body with a frothy beige head. Great vinous, molasses, and spicy nose. Dark fruits and oak as well. The taste is pretty funky with a strange acetic twang, but the dark fruit, sweet, and wood flavors are very nice.

In short: A past due-date sweet and slightly oxidized beer
How: Bottle 12oz, vintage 2002, consumed when 6 years old. Sent my way by HogtownHarry, thanks Harry
The look: Murky brown body with almost no head
In long: Nose is sweet with a very sweet alcoholised dessert reminiscent of baba au rum. Tasty is brown sugary sweet with main flavours being toffee and concentrate fruit juice. Signs of oxidation that would be more prevalent if the beer wasn’t so sticky sweet. If there was hops to balance this beer they’re long gone. Still, the alcohol is well hidden and the beer is actually a drinkable sweet digestive beer. I almost decided not to rate this old beer but I know they are still many bottles going around and a recent so-so review of this beer is probably more a propos than a 6 year old great rating. I knew what I was getting into when I asked Harry to send me a 6 year old bottle but can I say, I’m a HeavyweightHead and I never had this beer before. I gotta stop living in the past. After spending my youth with a hard-on watching Barbara Eden in I Dream of Jeannie I’d probably jump on the occasion to get a date with Barbara Eden now 30 years later. Brrr… I’m gonna have nightmares tonight.

2004 pours out a cloudy brown color with a rather large head. aroma was very sweet and had some fruitiness to it. flavor was sweet and malty. alcohol showed up in the finish, but still a great brew.