Ølfabrikken Barleywine

Bottled 25cl (batch #262, BB 10/2012) @Pikkulintu
Deep ruby color, small steady beige head. Malts, molasses, plums, dark fruits, some vanilla in the nose. Still quite sweet, licorice, plums, molasses (caramel), liquerish soft palate. It has just right amount of alcohol in the flavor. As description says, quite English style barley wine. Pleasant.

Bottled, thx to thewolf. Cloudy copper color, short head. Aroma of heavy malt, alcohol, wood, whisky, some oranges. Bit sweet, malty taste, slight alcoholic. Slight metallic palate.

Small bottle. Aroma has raisin maltiness, dried fruits, caramel, roast, some wine/sherry tones and wood. Hazy, brown coloured with a lasting off-white head. Taste is sweet, bitter and has dried fruitiness, caramel and hoppiness. Bit woody, full bodied. Bit sticky. Good.

25 cl bottle, via Papsoe probably. Pours a beautiful dark amber brown body with a great fluffy light brown head. Amazing retention and lots of heavy lacing. Rich sweet toffee aroma with touches of dried fruits, burnt caramel, a touch of oxidation, very light alcohol, and a bit of resiny hops lingering around a bit. Up front the flavor is very nice, all that toffee and dried fruit opens up with a nice resiny bitterness to balance. The finish is a bit less pleasant though, a little harsh with all the alcohol and there’s more murkiness. Vert late on the finish there’s a bit of papery oxidation that lingers on. Mouthfeel is thick and very creamy for a Barley Wine with perfect soft fizzy carbonation. Not much warmth given how much alcohol flavor there is on the back end. This beer was so close to being amazing. I think that this would have been better either really fresh or really old.

(25cl bottle, Batch 62, BB Feb 10 2012) Pours an amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, fruitiness, toasted malt, and light smoke. Flavor of caramel, pepper, roasted malt, wood, smoke, and dried fruits.

Bottled(250ml). -trade with faroeviking (thanks Jacob).
Dark reddish/brown coloured, medium sized cappuccino head, honey fruity nose. Very sweet, hoppy and dried fruits taste with alcoholic notes that can be felt from the beginning to the finish.

Bottle shared with ogivlado who got in a trade with faroeviking (huge thanks!)
Oizred a brown-red opaque body with an off white medium to small head. Vinuous malty nose, some alcohol, raisins, dust, nice overall. Sweet taste, orange skin, bitter, dusty, alcohol, some aromatic herbal hop. Despite not exactly being my style, this is quite nice and I’m glad I’ve tried it.

bottle,thanks to bu11zeye, dark amber pour with light head, great hop, peppery , woody, nose, flavor is dark fruit, smokey with aged dry wood, very nice