Cloudy amber with a lot of sediment, very small off-white head. Big malt nose, caramel, plum, and soft milk chocolate in the finish. Very enjoyable, a touch of alcohol shows, but very smooth all around.

Bottle shared by BrianK, thanks again brother. Pours adark brown amber body. Sweet chewy but not viscous sugarplum, orange, and a bit of saline. Scotch and raisin with a moderate warming of ethanol sugar. Solid beer that has aged well. Very smooth and warming.

12oz via trade a ways back and I put this in the fridge probably a month ago and felt like the right time to open it. Pours orange with a tan ring. Nose is sweet and restrained, but nice. Taste is sweet and hoppy and overall tasty. This is a damn nice BW, with some complexity and no ill aftertaste. They need to bring this back and make it more regularly.

Courtesy of Gillard. Pours hazy copper with thin white head. The aroma is yummy dark fruity esters along with sticky sludgy malty sweetness and a sense of alcohol. The taste is sweet and chewy maltiness to start followed by some prunes and stewed raisins. In the background I get a modest level of muted pine hop bitterness trying to be noticed over the din of malts. This has a nice mix of notes creating a pleasing barleywine.

12 oz. into Duvel tulip. Pours with a quickly dissipating head; nice amber brown with ruby highlights in the glass. Smells like brown sugar, sugar cane, and maybe some cracker (saltine) with the slightest hint of alcohol. Not as full bodied as I like my barley wines, but full flavored: some overripe prunes, syrupy golden raisin, very sweet (but not syrupy because the texture is too light). Good and enjoyable, but like many New Glarus beers, a little held-back. They are very good at lighter styles, but never go all-out enough on the bigger ones.