Samuel Smiths Strong Golden

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Barley Wine
Tadcaster, England

Good barley wine, having something very distinctive about, notes of whiskey really surprised me. Sweet but not too much so, a lesson many barley wines should take into heart. You can taste the alcohol but I am not too bothered about it, the fruity flavors and the nice malty taste more than make up for it.

Bottle (exp. date 30. nov. 2007). Amber coloured with a small white head. Aroma is very warming with notes of caramel, toffee, honey and fruit. Flavours of toffee, vinious sweetness, canned peaches and caramel.

Bottle. Amber brown color with a small head. Rotten aroma of catpiss and some earth cellar.Taste is a bit sweet with lots of fruity notes thrown into the mix aswell.

Nottle. Clear amber colour with a small white head. Vineous aroma and taste with notes of fruits and toffee.

Bottle at home. Pale amber with a small head, quickly gone. Aroma heavy malty (caramel, toffee). Flavor heavy sweet, light acidic/bitter. Some strange notes of? Almost full body.

Hazy orange with a fine high head. It unfolds as sirup, alcohol, dades, raisins and dark bread. There is also some balancing fruits in it (peach and melon) making it a pleasant barley wine.

Clear amber with with tiny head. Sweet vinious aroma with ripe fruits, caramel and honey. Sweet flavor with notes of caramel, ripe fruits and wood. Rather full bodied.

18 cL bottle, thanks to BelJohansen. Pours slight hazy orange with a lacing white head. Dark malt, dried fruit and a light oldish/aged note. Flavour is sweet and fruity. Lingering caramel flavoured into the finish with a lingering fruity finish.