 BeerandBlues2 (3225), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 1, 2007 Bottled. Pours tawny with a small fizzy light brown head, mostly lasting, fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, caramel, nutty), light hops (perfume), average yeast (dough, earth) with notes of light alcohol, dates and honey. Full bodied, alcoholic texture, average carbonation and a bitter finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, acidity and bitterness.
MullMan (1084), Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 18, 2007 listed as ridgeway barley wine at spuyten duyvil brooklyn. creamy medium tan head, clear rusty amber colored body. aroma is sweetish vinous malt, a little hoppy. toffee malt too. high carbonation, flavor is heavy malt, sweet & toffee, then bitter hoppy and spicy too. finish is dry bitter leafy hops. sticky and a little bit of alcohol heat in the finish. for a pretty weak set of brews, the elf stories got to go.
stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 15, 2007 Bottle sampled. Pours amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, dark fruit, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet, caramel, fruit, spices, and a harsh alcohol and bitterness in the finish. Way unbalanced.
joebrew (608), Farewell Minny; Hello Puyallup, Washington, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 7, 2007 Pours a light amber color with a tiny quickely fleeting head. Heavy toffee, caramel, raisens, and apple. Flavors of heavy toffee, caramel apple, light cinnamon, and a hint of alcohol. Not as bad as the press, actually pretty good.
Crosling (1854), Loveland, Colorado, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Jun 30, 2007 Deep tawny in color with a small white head. Powerfully aromatic, with hints of raisins, toffee, prunes, caramel, red apple. Not a complex or deeply satisfying aroma, but it is powerful. Flavors are really dull and muted. It’s lacking depth and describable character.
after4ever (2798), Brier, Washington, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jun 30, 2007 Pours perfecly amber. Clear and still.No head to speak of. Big caramelly nose. Still, and quite watery for a barleywine. Lots of toffee. Hides the alcohol incredibly well. Has no apparent finish.
ChainGangGuy (2592), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Jun 10, 2007 Appearnace: Pours a light copper body with a medium-sized beige head. Spotty lacing.
Smell: A distinct, piercing aroma of banana slices and bubblegum along with all kinds of Christmas-type spices and yeasty notes.
Taste: A heavily sweet raisin and spiced fruit flavor that dries out quickly to an alcholic bitter finish. There’s a noticeable plastic that is hard not to dwell on.
Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. A bit watery, too.
Drinkability: Mediocre at best. To me, a flimsy body and a weak flavor doesn’t make for a good English barleywine.
DannyP (29), Connecticut, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Jun 6, 2007 Great aroma, very sweet and drinkable. Pours a nice amber color. As previously noted, relatively sweet, with a nice malty flavor. Not as deep and heavy a barleywine flavor as I’m used to, but especially a good summer beer for those (like myself) who don’t tend to like lighter beers.
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