sudsmeister (40), Colorado, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
May 8, 2009
Bomber bought in Santa Fe. Pours a copper hue with quickly diminishing head. First sips reminded me of prune juice. This is a rather one dimensional beer with an odd acidic, astringent fruity aftertaste. Not one of my favorite barleywines. Probably 15 years ago I tried a Santa Fe Brewery offering called Tree Spirit Stout, which I found amazing. Too bad it’s gone.
 shrubber85 (2995), Wallhalben, Germany
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 24, 2009 Bottle. Sweet cherry/apricot, barley malt and alcohol aroma. Cloudy orange-amber color with small head. Sweet apricot and barley malt flavor with a moderate alcohol finish. Good straight forward barley wine - nicely drinkable.
fiulijn (7460), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 18, 2009 Courstesy of Papsoe
Dark amber color, hazy, with a generous creamy head. The aroma is a good mix of malt, caramel, hops; creamy. Good caramel flavor, sweet; correct bitterness, but a bit dusty in the end. I perceive it as a Strong Ale with American hopping, imperfect Barley Wine.
taphandle (35), Texas, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 Years ago I couldn’t drink a barley wine without holding my nose. These days, I love ’em. This one was brown with little to no head. Very sweet, spicy, with the taste of raisins.
douglas88 (1675), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 12, 2009 22 ounce bottle squired in a trade some time ago. Pours a dark brown color with a large white head. A sweet Belgian-like nose; candies, bananas, spices. The flavor is similar; a smooth sweet beer, some Belgian Strong Ale characteristics, candies and very rich sweet malts. Decent.
yemenmocha (426), Glendale, Arizona, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 11, 2009 Raisins in a glass. Simple as that.
Pours deep mohogany brown, cloudy, with thin tan head that retains well. Large bubbles.
Nose is citrusy, sweet molasses or cocoa, and a slight brown bread aroma.
Palate is all raisins. Sweet, almost too sweet, with a distinct raisin taste that I cannot get past.
Finish: raisins.
mcbackus (755), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 29, 2009 Bottle atleast 1 year old: pours a very bubbly ice tea brown with a medium soapy tan head with some lacing. Aroma is grainy with plenty of caramel malt and a little toffee. Also some sweet sugars and an aroma of agimg hops, some underlying fruit character too. Flavor is a little weak at first then warms quickly. Lots of grainy bitterness and flavor, slight caramel and just to much grain bitterness, some older hop flavor too. Not a great BW but drinkable.
coldmeat23 (233), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 23, 2009 Pours a beautiful ruby red, with a slight hint of copper. Two-fingers of loose off-white foam sits on top. Retention is decent and lacing is quite good.
Good caramel malt presence. Hints of brown sugar and dark fruits. Good spicey hop presence.
All-in-all, the nose is somewhat light.
Big notes of wheat are swirled with notes of caramel. Mild flavors of ripe, dark fruits. Hints of bread with brown sugar. Light hops spice, in the finish.
For an american barleywine, this is actually pretty good. Surprise! They haven’t tried to kill the brew by throwing 12 metric tons of hops into every bottle.
On the upper end of medium bodied. Nice and creamy, yet still remains light enough to not overpower.
Despite the fact that I think it needs a little more body, this is a pretty darn drinkable bottle of barleywine style ale.
fata2683 (931), Panama City, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 20, 2009 the NM tick courtesy of a trade. Bottle, pours a dark red with a tall frothy light tan head. Great sugary nose of sugar cane, alcohol, brown sugar, and yeast. Sweet malty base with some carmel and toasted malt flavors. Brown sugar and a cardomine spice....strange but nice. Ends with a lingering yeasty sweet/sourness. Reminds me more of a belgian strong ale. Either way, it’s a fine beer.
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