Lagunitas Olde Gnarly Wine

Soft pine and floral nose, some fruity cinnamon in there too. Deep copper, clear, with a frothy medium head that lasted a long time--nice lacing too. Deep sweet malt, with a smooth transition into hop bitterness--excellent balance! Full body, tight carbonation, the finish lasts forever. Very well put together beer, possibly the best Barley Wine I can remember tasting.

Very pleasant draught. Lots of fruity flavor and piney flavors - reminded me of a FFF brew. Dark red pour with decent mouthfeel.

Pours a brown reddish color with a nice fairly thick off white head. Piney hops, tangy fruits and balanced nicely with some caramel malts. A little sugary with some alcohol showing but not a lot. A pretty smooth and easy drinking barleywine but with enough complexity. This is solid. An excellent price for what you get too... about half the price as some others I’ve had recently. Recommended!

Bottle. I dunno what I was thinking, but I wasn’t expecting much from this one... I thought it might be an overhoped attempt at another high ABV Lagunitas offering. Surprise! Color is that lovely tawny brown with a little bit of a head that leaves a nice film on the surface with a few soapy-looking bubbles here and there. Aromas are pineapple and sweet and sticky malt, but the flavor is where this really comes into its own. Sweet candi and caramel malts intermingle with fruits like prune, dates, figs and apricots and yield to a bit of a pine and pineapple hops finish. Lovely.

bomber. a very solid barley wine.... did not blow me away, but solid nonetheless. And at a price of $3.50 / bomber you really can’t beat it... obviously not as good as the top BW’s out there - but they will cost you 4x as much / bottle. pours a deep red / amber with very little head. some spice and sweet malts in the aroma. medium hop presence from the start to finish - but balances the malts extremely well. sweet finish - the sugars really shine through. Overall a solid BW that drinks very well and almost too easily... will knock you on your butt with its near 10% abv.... go buy some when its out.

Pours a deep amber with a small off-white head, fairly clear. Strong hops on the nose, with some rich sweet maltiness. More of the same in the taste, pine/citrus hops front, then very sweet malt middle and bitter end. A little syrupy. Overall just fine, nice price.

Aroma is slightly sour and hoppy. Clear amber-orange color with a medium tan head. Alcohol bitterness through out fading slowly afterwards. Creamy palate.

Bomber from Oaktree. Pours a nice light to medium amber - very clear and refined with a thin lasting off white head and nice lace. Aroma is typical smooth caramel malts, light sharp crystal character- and a nice citrusy orange zest hop character. Moderate caramel malts, fairly sweet overall, body seems pretty big- but you can tell it is fairly filtered and has a slight slick and sharp finish with a modest harsh NW citrus hop in the end. Pretty decent but not outstanding.