 cmillward (434), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 18, 2008 Bottle @ ORL throwdown, courtesy of mcbackus. Pours garnet with no head. On the nose candi sugar like cherry hints and floral hops hit first, followed rich malts and sugared fruits. Bitter hops, very sweet maltiness, and muted cherries in the flavor. Carb balanced out the mouthfeel, keeping this from being cloying.
jcwattsrugger (5528), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 14, 2008 1 Liter bottle-pours a rich to rocky tan head that laces and hazy brown/orange color. Aroma is yeast, musty, medium malt, some nutty/roasty. Taste is yeast, musty, medium malt, some nutty/roasty, earthy/herbal hops bite. Finish is spicy/phenol alcohol. Further into the beer some caramel, fruit and wood comes out. At 12% very drinkable. Towards full body. Good carbonation to keep the syrupy controlled. Nicer, less rough when it gets to cellar temperature.
hopscotch (5501), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 7, 2008 Bottle... SMAACMSM O-Town Throwdown, Part Sept... Mostly clear, deep orange ale with a small, creamy, khaki-colored head. Fantastic retention. Fruity, acidic, cherry SweeTart® aroma. Full-bodied and oily with soft carbonation. Sweet, caramelly and well-bittered but not overly so. Metal/iron. English-style barley wine. Finishes caramelly-sweet with moderately bitter grapefruit pith and rind Thanks to mcbackus for bringing this one to the Throwdown!
Glouglouburp (2853), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 6, 2008 In short: A heavy, sweet and simple drinkable Barley Wine.
How: Bottle 1L swingtop. Shared on the “Stone-Bourbon-Barrel-RIS-Hype-And-Disappointment” tasting session with the Montreal crew.
The look: Cloudy glowing amber, very small beige head
In long: Lots of caramel, brownies and brown sugar. This beer is sweet, very sweet. Some more hops to balance it off would have been appreciated but sadly this is mostly about the sweet malts. On the bright side the beers hides its 12.1% surprisingly well, it doesn’t feel cloying, it has a nice mouthfeel and it provides a pleasant toasted/roasted sensation. Quite drinkable for such a hop-less monster, I usually don’t like sweet unbalanced beers but this one kind of worked for me. Although I should specify that when we get to the last beer of a tasting session my judging skills are about as reliable as a Elvis sighting.
goldtwins (4083), Nesconset, New York, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 6, 2008 Poured a clear brown-amber color with a large beige head. The aroma was sweet and fruity and mostly one dimensional. The same goes for the flavor...malty and fruity. Light-medium body.
Rastacouere (5559), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Jun 3, 2008 Objectively speaking:
A very beefy beer on paper that resumes to little at all in mouth.
I like:
For 12%+, this is some fine alcohol concealment.
I dislike:
I don’t quite understand why we call such monsters barley wines. They’re mostly stuffed cereals in a bottle and generally hugely sweet like the Pompier. Like wines have to be so sweet? Here, for the style, the complexity was rather minimal and hampered by the sheer sugariness. The hops were not very noticed at all. And unfortunately, the aromatics were very subtle.
dchmela (1443), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 2, 2008 Courtesy mcbackus. Thick dark amber pour with no head. Dark fruit, alcohol, and winter spices in the aroma. taste is malty and spicy with hints of hops popping through. Very nice.
mgumby10 (1858), Jupiter, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 1, 2008 Courtesy mcbackus. Pours a glowing red amber color, with a small, light tan head. The smell is of some sweet cinnamon, bready yeast, and dark fruits. Quite malty as well. The flavor was much of the same. Really smooth for the big abv, with the dark fruits and malts taking center stage here. Very bitter in its finish and aftertaste, with the alcohol leaving a slight burn on the way down. Not as bready as most barley wines which I thought was interesting. More on the fruity, sweeter side. Pretty tasty I thought.
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