Iron Hill Sasquatch

Bottle. Pours a dark orange-red with a thin soapy head. Aroma bursts with liqueur, piny hops, maraschino cherries, and other soft fruit tones. Flavor is at first a little at odds with itself, a definite bright, foresty pine element kind of clashes with a bit of darker, fruity malt. A bit spicy and exotic. I’m almost approaching this as an Imperial IPA with a high malt presence. Despite its oddity it is a very tasty package, though not nearly as glorious as their other Barleywine. Getting better as it warms...a really nice cherry pit flavor mingles with the pine-forest touches, very cool. Boozy but not hot. Could be more refined but it’s a neat beer.

Pours turbid coppery with oirange edges and 2-finger off-white head. Nose is caramel malt, hopcitrus, berries, cognac, port wine. Tastes rich, hoppy, earthy and malty up front, with notes of spice, nutmeg, berries, port, congac, and I even noted a hint of pumpkin in this one. Very complex, with a rich, well balanced mouthfeel.

750ml Bottle: Aroma of hops, malts, and light pine. I think my nose is not working properly. Poured orange/deep amber in color with a small, tan head that diminished but lasted throughout. Very hazy. Sparkling. Lightly sweet, and light to medium bitter. Tastes of hops, slight brown sugar, light caramel, slight chocolate, malts, slight dark ripe fruit, light pine, light wood, and a hint of earthiness. Slightly viscous texture. Average carbonation. Lightly sweet, light medium bitter, light caramel, hops, and light wood finish has a hint of stickiness. 9.6%ABV is undetectable.

@dmacs UFC100 Gathering courtesy of egajdzis–750ml bottle–pours a thin tan head and amber color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-caramel, hops bite. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, pine hops bite. Medium body. OK carbonation.

Bottle shared at the UFC 100 gathering, sorry forgot who broght this one my bad. Poured a murky brwon with a small whiteish head but hey it’s a BW so what more do you really expect? Aroma was on the bland side with some notes of chocolate, orange citrusy hops and rye bread. Flavor was a bit stronger on the chocolate malts complimented nicely by the orange citrusy hops. Body was nicely done with a medium mouthfeel some soft to average carbonation and a creamy finish. Very drinkable but the aroma was sort of a let down, perhaps to cold and needed to warm up or perhaps to late at night and I needed to sober up.

Big thanks to GMCC2181 for hooking me up with this 2004 vintage that pours hazy copper with thin tan head. The aroma is thick and yum with dark fruity richness of aged and blended dates, raisins, figs and prunes all rolling into molasses and smooth rich sweet malts. A big draw brings up some mild booze. The taste is smooth blended rich flavored yum. I get sweet malts, sugar stewed cherries and raisins, dates and plums to start. It then moves into notes of molasses mixing with a mild tingle of carbonation enhanced booze that thins things out a bit into the finish. It also becomes a touch dryer too as a note of mild roastiness comes to the surface.

Pours a ruby red. Nose is Dark fruit, flowers, booze, grapefruit. Flavor is boozey fruits, raisins, slight sherry and cherries. Finishes a lingering sweet.

750ml via trade i think gmc sent this, thanks to whomever. Pours rich copper with a 2 finger copper head. Nose is quite sweet and hoppy and interesting. Taste is sweet, some what hoppy and all in all a pretty tasty barleywine.