 BBB63 (4267), La Porte, Indiana, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 24, 2007 Bottle provided by ClarkVV and shared with Tom and Brian: Clean amber hue with absolutely no head and some oily legs, pours just like a Whiskey. The aroma has notes of caramel and toffee, fig, apple, apricot, toasted bread, herbs, and vanilla.
The taste starts with a lush syrupy simple sugar and an overall nutty character. Hints of ripened fruit and bread in the middle before heading off towards a old school barleywine finish of light spice and alcohol. The mouth feel is aggressive via the booze but lacked carbonation with may have been a good thing. Not in the same ballpark as the 2005 we had previous.
pineypower (1104), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 12, 2007 Pours out a hazy copper color with a small thin head. Aroma is wood and alcohol, slight sweet malts. Sweet malts up front with an alcohol/bourbon burn. Wood with some slight earthy notes on the finish.
tomthompson89 (1489), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 11, 2007 Had as second last of the night, so a little hazy . copper with little foam nose is as has been said before kinda woody and boozy, flavor is strong alcohol bourbon, vanilla and sweet malts, kinda sticky . not bad
Sammy (4050), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 11, 2007 Goldings hops, Bourbon aroma, a scotch ale sipper more than a barleywine. Alcohol is great and felt.
Bee-aye-2500. Thanks Vaino
kramer (2488), Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 10, 2007 25 oz bottle. Pours a clear orangish copper with a small fizzy beige head that retains as a thin covering. Lots of fine visible carbonation. The nose is all malt with lots of brown sugar and brittle toffee. Very noticable alcohol vapors and a lighter amount of bourbon. No oxidation here yet. The alcohol and bourbon is a little too harsh still, and combined with the slightly husky and grainy malt, it just doesn’t work too well. Some light brown sugar and lots of alcohol on the finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied without much sugary stickiness, which I liked, but the super hot finish is a turnoff. Nice soft fine carbonation. This was OK, but just way too harsh for already having a year on it. It must have been almost undrinkable fresh. Why release beer that needs 1+ years in the cellar to be halfway decent?
BückDich (4857), McCall, Idaho, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 5, 2007 RBSG 07 Minneapolis Grand Tasting: Caramel, light head, no lacing. Nose of sweet bright alcohol and malt. The flavor is sweet, resinous, nice full bouquet. Finishes clean and grassy.
goldtwins (4084), Nesconset, New York, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 12, 2007 Poured a hazy copper with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet and fruity with notes of apricots. Light alcohol. The flavor is malty with caramel and an apricot fruitiness. Nice warmth. Medium body.
beerbill (1973), Laurel, New York, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 8, 2007 Very nice looking corked cobalt blue bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber with a very thin sudsy head that completely disappeared after 30 seconds. Very pleasant aroma of caramel malt, sweet fruits, brown sugar, and alcohol. The flavor was decidedly sweet with caramel malt, sweet fruits, scotch whiskey and brown sugar all noted. As the beer warmed, more of the barrel aging became apparent and I picked up some vanilla as well. Full mouthfeel with a substantial alcohol burn.
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