Lagunitas Olde Gnarly Wine

Pours a cloudy, burnt orange color and has a rather small tan-colored head. It has intense aromas of raisin, chocolate, and black licorice. There was a very smooth, well-balanced flavor of some underlying bitterness and sweet malts. There was also a slightly oily texture and smooth finish. The alcohol is not very noticeable for how strong this beer is.

Ammber with a thin slightly caramel head. There is some citrus and pear in the aroma with a good dose of caramel. Flavor is syrupy with some caramel and dark fruit. Alcohol is present but not unpleasant. I like it.

Bottle shared by grOve, thanks. Dark amber colored with a tiny little head. Aromatic; lots of caramel, lots of grain, and a citric hoppiness to balance. Notes of pepper and dried dark fruits. Taste has an extremely strong bitterness with tons of sweet grainy malts to deal with it. Big body. Chewy texture. Lingering bitter finish. Tasty and powerful.

Hints of caramel within the malt in aroma and flavor....lite alcohol. very tasty.

Bottle. Pours amber orange with an off white head. The aroma is sweet and hoppy, with caramel, orange, honeydew and other tropical fruit. The flavor is well balanced with sweet caramel and fruit and a very nice shot of floral hops. Very tasty and very drinkable.

Bottle 650ml,
Appearance: clean amber look with medium large creamy head, light lacing.
Aroma: strong malty, alcoholic aroma. Hint of spice, black pepper and salt with fruity hints and citric hops.
Flavour/Palate:sweet malty base. Fruity, clean approachable for such big brew. Strong yet clean and fairly smooth. Light alcohol finish. Solid Barley.

Draught @ Kahootz - Pours an ambery orange with a decent off white head, aroma is malt and booze above all, on second inspection, I get caramel and dried figs/fruit as well...flavour is bold, sticky honey, citrus, bit of spice, warming alcohol, this really needs to be tasted over a period of time, very enjoyable...

2004 vintage on tap at the Falling Rock for barleywine month . The color was a light orange with a creamy head. I couldn’t smell much but that may have been due to the beer not being in a proper snifter The taste was a little sweet but delicious. The mouth-feel was the absolute best part, so creamy and smooth. My only complaint was that the bartender brought it to me foaming over. This is the Falling Rock, supposedly the best beer bar in CO and the bartender can’t pour a beer properly? My glass was kinda of sticky which is not a good thing. Shameful. I wish I could find this in bottles here in CO because it seems to age well. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 02-22-2007 18:22:12