Marin Old Dipsea Barleywine Style Ale

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

Deep reddish colour with a beige head. Malty, caramel sweet aroma with fruity and hoppy notes. Very sweet malty flavor with a light hoppy note. Sweet light alcohol warming finish.

Date: 09/14/2004
Mode: Bottle

opaque rusty orange with a nice off-white head, strong earthy hop aroma, big hop flavor on a rich malt base, just enough sweetness to balance the hops, full flavor to the end
-------- /> Date: 03/29/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 1999

fair amount of oxidation showing up in the flavor and aroma but still quite viable, lots of rich brown sugar sweetness, plenty of fruity sweetness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Score: **4
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bomber, purchased from Marin Brewing Company direct. "burbon barrel aged" bottled 3/21/07. pours like treacle, as expected. aroma like a dessert wine, caramel and only slight alcohol considering the 9% tag. I’m new at the rating game but certainly can’t taste bourbon. sweet, heavy. very mellow for a strong barleywine, very much enjoying it. I have openers regret, feel like it’s going to get better. not to worry, I have a few more :).

Bomber smuggled back from holiday wine. Cloudy brown color. No head. Smooth fruity flavors. I’m getting some strawberry along with some roasted maltiness. Some sweet canid sugar finish. Full bodied. Leather and slight licorice aroma. Faint bitter hoppy flavors. Subtle, complex, smooth and really nice.

22 oz. bottle from the Holiday Wine Cellar - Pours a hazy brown color with a one finger thick light tan head that lasted. Light spotty lacing. Aroma is toasted malt and light esters. Flavor is much of the same. Palate is smooth with no unpleasant aftertastes. Alcohol is well hidden. Medium to full body. A very nice BW.

FIRST BEER! RBSG 2007 Grand Tasting. Hazy golden brown with a ring of off white for a head. Big citrusy nose, sweetly fruity. Brown sugar and orange flavors, some raisin and toffee. Not a bad start to a long evening...

Sampled at RBSG ’07 Grand Tasting room, supplied by mcbeer. From 22-oz bottle, pours a red mahogany brew with a light tan. Aroma of dark pitted fruit, caramel malt, toffee and flowery hops. Taste is medium to full bdy with some carbonation, flavors of toffee, molasses and charcoaled oak. Finish is smooth, creamy and a lingering hop flower aftertaste. A well-balanced barleywine.

Chestnut brown, hazy, good carbonation. Big pine aroma, West Coast hoppy, suggesting low malt balance. Sharp flavor, acidic, citrus pine...yes, indeed, the balance is poor. Not my kind of barleywine at all. My first beer of the RBSG 07 Grand Tasting...too bad I chose one that doesn’t fit my preferences.