Schooners Olde Woody Barleywine

(Draught) Pours a deep amber body with a small beige head. Aroma of maple, vanilla, vinous and raisins. Flavor of maple, raisins, caramel malt, and vanilla with an oak finish.

On tap. Clear, warm orangey brown with a beige head. Warming alcoholic nose, wood and bourbon. Full-bodied with lots of wood, burned caramel and overripe fruit. Warming alcohol in the finish - perhaps a little overdone. 100709

Opportunity courtesy of ZazuH and Craig - 2006 vintage. First taste from chilled bottle greeted me with fragarent malty aroma with notes of apple spice cake. Excellent creamy mouth feel with pleasant tangy sweetness and a mild hop bitterness cleansing the palatte for the next pull. Slightly smokey similar to roasted caramel malt grain. Beautiful ruby amber color with excellent clarity. After letting the glass sit and reach ambient temperature there was an increased fragrant aroma and intensity to the fullness of flavors. Great job, Craig. 2005 vintage Bouquet of black cherries and malt. Mouth feel not quite as creamy smooth as 2006 but same great smokey sweetness. Excellent clarity with more amber in color. Spice cake flavor more prominent than 2006. Had to hide the bottle from my wife to save the second glass for me!!!

Handbottled, 2005 scotch barrel. A hazy amber beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma is malty combined with notes of caramel, and some fruit. The flavor has strong notes of malt and caramel, as well as some fruits. Nice

Cellar Temp. 2006 vintage nip via aspidites. Mike you rock. Decided to open this on my own because well whatever. Pours deep orange/brown with a tan head. Nose is kinda like matza with vanilla and oak. Taste is exceptionally smooth quite rich and full of a nice rich scotch feeling. Overall this is a damn fine barleywine.

(10/29/08) Bottle at Valley Brew brewery in Stockton (thanks a lot Mike!). 06 vintage. Dark amber color. ARoma of malt, wood, vanilla notes, some fruits, alcohol and caramel. Sweet malty flavor with plenty of cookies and biscuits, chocolate notes, nutty notes and some fruity notes and quite a bit of alcohol. Full, thick, body. Didn’t really liked it at first, but grew on me a bit as I continued sipping.

From a Keg. Brownish color with lots of dark fruit and malty aromas. Similar flaovrs with wood and more sweet fruity flavors. Very tasty

2008 Bistro Barrel Aged Fest. Amber, dark fruits, roasted malts, vanilla, spice, wood, brown sugar, little alcohol.