 Sick_boy282 (1074), San Diego, California, USA
Oct 28, 2004 Had on cask at pizzaport-----this pours a hazy golden hue with a small off-white head. Aromas of fresh hops, pine, caramel, and a little brwon sugar. The flavor is amazing...almost more like a good double IPA with a fresh hops flavor. I will have to try on tap, because on cask, my ratings are beyond most.
Jeppe (2635), Ølbutikken, Denmark
Oct 1, 2004 Draught at Pizza Port (Carlsbad), California.
Clear light amber colored body, fine off-white head. Sweet aroma, malty and caramelly with fruit notes. Full in the flavor that is mostly sweet malty and caramelly with some hoppy notes in the finish. Soft and smooth mouthfull and a nice barley wine.
MartinT (4330), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Aug 18, 2004 Cascadey grapefruit perfume aggressively spicing up the fruit salad underneath…A few orange zest shavings float on the trim body and are bolded by a crisp alcohol nibble…A hop-accented barley wine which is drinkable enough to be had by the pint…
Vac (2232), San Diego, California, USA
Jul 12, 2004 This barley wine pours with a deep amber body topped by a medium thick head with a good amount of lacing. The aromais sweet and malty with a nice grapefruity hop note and hints of caramel and a fruity note. The flavor is slightly sweet and malty laced with fruity hop notes, some caramel, a touch of alcohol and fruit. Full bodied, relatively smooth and slightly warming.
DrunkAsASkunk (848), Lynnwood, Washington, USA
Jun 14, 2004 Had this in the company of the great Beerguy101 at PizzaPort Carlsbad from tap. It pours a nice orangey anger hue with a slight foamy white head but damn did that sucker last a long time leaving a slight bit of lacing around the glass. The aroma was all woodiness and pineyness with some heavy acetic qualities and a hint of woody brush and caramel malts. The taste begins and ends very syrupy with a bitter hop mid-taste and finish. The finish is highly acetic telling me this beer needed a hell of a lot more time to develop. I think this would be one kick ass barleywine if they let the damn thing age a year or so. It was still definitely very raw. There was quite a hint of alcohol in the finish, though like I said, none in the nose which was cool. There’s a touch of caramel sweetness in mid-taste and the finish which does help round out this brew but this is a horribly raw brew. Seriously alcohol presence, high IBU content and it just finished poorly. Give this a year and we’ll be back to rate it!
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