 flatmatt (222), Northville, Michigan, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
May 22, 2009 22 oz bottle. Pours red amber, with a quick pour giving a light yellowy tan head. Caramel aromas with some bitter hops, dark fruits, and a bit of alcohol, but a touch muted. Flavors of caramel, bread, toasty biscuit, a touch of hoppiness, some raisin, and some significant alcohol. Bitter citrus hops come through in the finish with some more alcohol. Tasty beer once I get past the initial alcohol shock, but the alcohol remains a bit intrusive throughout.
Swalden28 (1446), McKinney, Texas, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 21, 2009 Bottle from Kegs & Barrels in Plano, TX. Pours a nice, clear, deep reddish brown with nice thick beige head. Aroma is sweet, molasses, brown sugar, very malty, dark fruit, cherries, caramel, kinda complex. Flavor is very sweet, cherries, dark fruit, brown sugar, molasses, malty, appears to be a little oaky, I do detect a hop presence, caramel and faint balancing bitter. Mouth feel is heavy body with low-medium carbonation. Over all, thats some pretty good shit!!!!
freekyp (900), Thomasville, North Carolina, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
May 21, 2009 Updated: Jun 7, 2009Wow. Now that is a Barley Wine. Pours a deep reddish brown with a strong beige head. Lacing is not forgotten, even with the 11% hammer that this brew can lay down on you. The aroma is where this baby really shines. Thick and doughy with notes of cherry, strawberry, and big malt sweetness not unlike a scotch ale. Someone mentioned pepper, but I get that more in the flavor. Malt forward as most barleywines are, but with a rising bitterness that melds beautifully with the long, but not cloying, salty sweet finish. I’d say pour me another, but I’d probably keel over.
nimbleprop (843), SouthWest, Washington, Washington DC, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
May 19, 2009 Had a chance to try the 2007 vintage at Max’s American Beer Fest. Pours a dark, translucent amber with a wispy head. Aroma has some characteristics of a fresh barleywine and some of an aging one. Some hops, lemons and grapefruits mostly, some sweetness like cookie dough and caramel and some light nuttiness. Flavor is the same, sweet caramel, doughy, some crackers, a little bit of grapefruit. Slick and salty on the tongue which is my favorite part of an aging barleywine. I’d say this one is probably peaking.
gringo332 (238), Richardson, Texas, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 20/20 |
May 13, 2009 Updated: May 14, 2009(bottle, 2009) Clear, dark amber with wispy head. Interesting aroma is sweet and tart with notes of grape, strawberry, cherry, and pepper. Very full bodied and moderately carbonated, sticky mouth feel. Flavor made of warming alcohol, candied fruit, and pepper and other spice.
stephenbush (17), Austin, Texas, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 13, 2009 caramel, floral, citrus, brown, clear, frothy, tan foam, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, bitter
bfeldmann (1042), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
May 12, 2009 Not a bad one. Poured brownish red color with good size head and okay lacing. Aroma was pine hops some fruits in there and a caramel. Flavor was a little to much sugar and hot but other then that followed the aroma. Needed more hops I think to cut down the sweetness.
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