 Butters (1651), Virginia, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jan 3, 2009 Pours a hazy orange amber with small white head. Vanilla and oak in the nose. Flavor is raisin, rum soaked fruits, some alcohol, but not hot. Pleasant warming with a vanilla finish. Better than average, but not stellar. Still nice as a christmas novelty.
Rustyham (585), miami, Florida, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Jan 2, 2009 I was not a fan. It is hard to drink and distracts you from your evening. It was not exactly bad, but it was not a pleasant beer. Best shared with friends and sipped from a narrow glass that will hide the fumes/smell. Raisins do come in the bouquet and maybe prunes, too.
Barrios (861), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 9/20 |
Jan 2, 2009 Shared with Butters. Bottle. Sweet ripe fruit, raisin, on the nose. Pale amber color with white head. Strong ale. Flavors of sweet orange. Its tasty for what it is, but it is no barleywine.
wxman (588), O’Fallon, Illinois, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 30, 2008 Pours a dark goldwith a small orangish head. Aroma of over ripe oranges and sweet maltiness. Sweet malt taste almost cloying treacle character. Has a honey flavor almost like strong mead. Alcohol warmth after the swallow. Well balanced, ver good.
MoDog (927), Griffith, Indiana, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 29, 2008 Poured from a 500ml bottle and served in a snifter. This beer poured a clear copper hue with a thick head of creamy beige foam that resulted from an aggressive pour. Great retention and lacing. The aroma consisted of oranges, apricot, sugary toffee, and a bit of perfumey alcohol. The flavor included sticky sweet caramel, biting dull alcohol, and a bit of astringent orange. A lingering finish of metallic orange makes this one increasingly hard to choke down. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied and had light carbonation. Definately not one of the better examples of the style.
CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
| 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Dec 28, 2008 Crushed with Jakebra. Barley wine? Pathetic. They werent kidding. This brew is criminally bad. As thin as a pale lager. Some fruit, but mostly poop and nast hops. Drinkable but a terrible attempt at a barley wine.
rosenbergh (963), Helsinki, Finland
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 26, 2008 500 ml bottle. Finland.
Aroma caramel toffee. Very nice for a such a high ABV beer. The flavour is a nice mixture of toffee/caramel and warming alcohol. Nice!
changeup45 (799), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 21, 2008 Updated: Feb 8, 2009Pours an amber-orange color and develops a pretty nice off-white head. The aroma is very fruity, as well as herbal and floral, with some alcoholic caramel notes. Wow, this is easy drinking for a 10.5% beer, tastes light, far lighter than expected but still pretty good, fruity, very faint dark fruit, sweet caramel and a bit of a spicy alcoholic tang. It wasn’t exactly what I expected but I enjoyed the bottle I had.
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