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Legend Barleywine 3.49 119

Legend Barleywine

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1193.53/5.03.49/5.011.5%48.4Snifter
Commercial Description:
A strong warming winter brew, Legend Barleywine has been aged 6 months and dry hopped. It will continue to mature.

2005 Vintage = 11.8%

2006 Vintage = 11.5%

Early 2007 Vintage = 12.5%

Late 2007 Vintage = 11.5%

2009 Vintage = 15.3%
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 yespr (12345), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 22, 2009  
22 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy dark orange with a small tan head. Aroma is dense malty, overripe fruity and roasted. Sweet malty, metallic and slight yeasty flavoured. Light sweetness and roasted caramelish flavoured. Lingering metallic flavoured into a dry finish.


 fiulijn (7420), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Vintage 2007, 2 years old
Cloudy red-amber color; small creamy head. Mature malt and caramel aroma, light aroma of sweet nuts, light cookies. Good malty flavor, caramel, light cookies and nuts; mature; correct bitterness. Solid and balanced.


 Papsoe (15103), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of fiver29. Pours a hazy amber with a creamy, beige and lacing head. Strange aroma of bonbons, tea and tobacco. Solid body, oxidized, overripe fruit and caramel. Some vitamin C also. Slightly bitter but quite some alcohol. A strange Barley Wine - almost more British in style. 220909


 surffisher (196), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/56/105/516/20
Jul 5, 2009  
2007 vintage 22 oz. bottle. Pours deep mahogony brown with a fine thick tan head with excellent retention. Sweet sappy aroma of figs, dates and some warm gingerbready, biscuity notes. Balanced, but malt forward fruity flavor, with some some overaged briney character. Full-bodied, relatively highly carbonated and creamy smooth with just a touch of alcohol on the finish. This was an impressive barleywine; just unfortunately cellared a bit too long.


 HOPSHUNTER (382), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
May 30, 2009  
Bottle. Poured a dark copper color with a medium beige head. Aroma is sweet, caramel, malt, fruit, and hops. Flavor is very vinous also present are caramel malt, pine, brandy, rasin, and toffee. Finishes slightly hot with a decent amount of hop bitterness.


 sebletitje (1961), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 29, 2009  
courtesy of jdubfl.2008 bottle pours amber, no head. Aroma and taste, sweet sugary caramel, some dark fruits with lingering palate that remains very sugary, notes of bitter fruits in the finish.


 gunhaver (1033), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
May 29, 2009  
Bottle, courtesy jdubfl. Dark copper kettle pour, big white head and frothy lacing. Nose is caramel, some brown sugar and a decent amount of heat. Flavor is very sweet, sticky malts, with brown sugar, bright heat in the finish. Young, full-bodied, not so easy to drink, but I wanna try it with some more time on it.


 joshwilfong (790), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 13, 2009  
reddish brown with mild white head. medium-low carbonation. sweet malty nose. flavor of crystal malt with mild hop bitterness, finishes overly sweet due to some unfermentable sugars that results in a cloying beer as drinking continues. the alcohol is well hidden and likely the most impressive aspect of this beer. not great



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