 brentfeesh (1039), Gadsden, Alabama, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 21, 2008 Bottle. 2007. Ugly brown amber that is hazy and thin looking. Vinous aroma with burnt malt, caramel, sweet coffee and plenty of alcohol. There is Pine as well as something familiar that is hard to place. The flavor is caramel with butter, thin candy, vanilla, oak, touch of spice, and maybe…maybe some citrus vinous stuff going on. Light body that somehow manages to be thin and slick at the same time. What ever….It’s still hot.
dmac (1500), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 19, 2008 12.7 oz bottle via trade. Pours a thinlooking murky brown with a small fizzy white head. Aroma is sweet with lots of fruitiness specifically pineapple, raisin, honey, toffee, molasses and caramel...very nice. Medium bodied with noticeable carbonaton and lots of alcohol warming. Flavors of toffee, bread, rum, fruit rind and raisin. Although this one had a good dose of alcohol warming and alcohol flavor the beer improved greatly overall upon warming.
KAggie97 (2477), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 19, 2008 Bottle. Pours a thick, deep mahogany with an exquisite aroma of raisin-soaked alcohol, prune jam, and sweet bread. Flavor is a bit disappointing as it presents a weird Chex raisin wheat bread taste. Average mouthfeel. This beer simply fell flat on me.
after4ever (2822), Brier, Washington, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 19, 2008 375, corked and baled. Pours just about black with a big fat loose and sudsy whitish head that settles before long to a sloppy ring of creamy whitish foam. Big brown bread nose; does not at first seem like a big step forward in the world of barleywine, though it is delectable. Then toast, raisins, roast, and other dark tree fruits come in as it warms. MMmmm. Creamy medium body, not even sticky or anything. All that business from the nose comes back--the bread elements, the fruits, the roast--for the mid-palate. It disappears fairly quickly, it is somewhat elusive. But it is without a doubt delicious and rewards you for paying attention...and what more can you really ask from a barleywine than that?
hallinghansen (269), Odense SV, Denmark
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 7, 2008 Bottle. 375ml. Hazy orange colour. Taste is caramel and fruit. The alcohol is well hidden.
tomthompson89 (1489), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 6, 2008 copperish color, not much head. nose is booze and sweet malts with some hops in there too, flavor follows through very nice
finol (522), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 6, 2008 Bottle bought in Copenhagen.
Pours brown and orange.
It is good but nothing spectacular. Easy to drink for its alcohol content.
hirigalzkar (596), Stockholm, Sweden
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 6, 2008 Bottle. Super hazy beer. Orange/brown colour. Smells vineager, malted barley and raisins. Tastes chocolate and raisins. There is also some sourness of apple.
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