Marin Old Dipsea Barleywine Style Ale

Brewed by Marin Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Larkspur, California USA

Bottled. Pours a deep ruby color. Sweet aroma. Hints of berry. Somewhat syrupy. Thick mouthfeel. Flavor is quite hoppy with alot of roasted maltiness. Some dark fruit qualities. Slightly bitter finish. Alcohol is well hidden.

Was not a huge fan of this one. Pours dark brown with a decent brown head. The aroma is fruity, perfumy, and a little rusty. The taste was a bit hoppy and sweet with nuts and prunes. There was a nasty taste in there as well, like stagnant water. I don’t know, I’ve had better.

In the bomber bottle. Dark mahogany to coffee-like coloring. Very limited head. Aroma of alcohol, tropical fruit, molasses and almonds.Buttery mouth-coating feel. Solid chocolate roasted flavor as well.

A hazy amber beer with a thin light brown head. The aroma is sweet alcohol with notes of fresh fruit mixed with prunes. The flavor is alcoholic and warming with notes of fruits and prunes, and with a good hop presence in the end.

Pours hazy dark brown with a thick foamy light brown head. Malt and caramel aroma with hoppy notes and grassy hints. Sweet flavor with some bittereness hiding behind the sweetness. Somewhat candied with grassy notes. Soft and smooth, me like!

Sweet malty nose, minty aroma, notes of hops. Dark amber to brownish body with a small tan head. Sweet flavor, with notes of molasses, dark malts and light alcohol.

Bottled: Burgundy coloured. Clear. Light brown coloured. Sweet, hoppy, light herbal aroma with a sweet and malty base. Flavour is raisiny, sweet, caramelly. Smooth mouthfeel. Medium bodied. Ends on a sweet fruity bitter note. Quite good.

Smells better than it tastes. The flavor isn’t consuming and doesn’t mix well with the fine aroma. Rating from memory so my description is a little vague.