 Uglyradio (676), Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Dec 18, 2002 Updated: Feb 15, 20031998 Vintage: Pours a very dark amber color with a medium sized, off-white head that rapidly disappears. Strong aroma of malts, raisons, vanilla, rum, and alcohol. Wow! What a wonderful flavor! Low carbonation with hints of vanilla, molasses, malts, and alcohol. Man, this beer is like eating a cake, fucking marvelous.
angus (1), indianapolis, Indiana, USA
does not count  Dec 7, 2004 This beer is phenomenal. I find the older vintages to be more like butter. I have tried 1988,1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and just found a 2002 vintage in a sherry cask on draft at Buffalo Wild Wings in Downtown Indianapolis. One of the best beer experiences ever. They have the best beer selection in the midwest. It tastes like a glaas of maple syrup and butter with a shot of sherry dropped in it. Amazing!!!
Bigsilky (225), North Carolina, USA
Jun 26, 2005 We had the 1997. 1998, and 1999 all in one flight. Just amazing. Layers of flavor in each one. Elements of caramel and chocalate malt with pecan and fresh cream. The 1997 had a mellow wisdom that only comes with age and a seemingly endless finish. The 98 and 99 progressively were a little over the top as the 11.5% carried a lot of spice.
If you ever see these buy the place out and sell your port wine collection.
Hildigöltur (5052), København Ø, Denmark
Oct 25, 2003 [2002 vintage at The White Horse, Parson's Green, London] Beutiful deep reddish colour. Powerful honeyish mead aroma. The flavours explode in you mouth. Strong, sweet and full bodied. This truly is a complete brew.
1FastSTi (2388), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
Dec 11, 2005 Rating #800. Matt shared his 1986 vintage bottle of this brew. Just think, I was 6 years old when this was bottled! The aroma from the bottle was musty, but when poured into a snifter, it actually smelled quite good. I think that from the aroma, that this beer has actually held up well. I get the typical JW Lees Harvest Ale aroma (yes, I’ve had this before but never rated). Maple syrup, vanilla, scotch, good malts, earthy. The beer pours to a clean looking mahogany body with a thick white head and excellent lacing (in the shaker, and so-so in the snifter). The flavor is really smooth. I don’t get ANY oxidation. None whatsoever. Did I say that the flavor is really smooth. Wow. OMG. The palate is really rich and creamy. It doesn’t get better than this. Back to the flavor, the beer tastes like the best barleywine I’ve had. So hard to describe it’s so balanced and phenominal. Rich and sweet caramel/brown sugar malts with nice malts (Maris Otter?). The flavor is really good. Words cannot describe. Near perfect.
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