Sonoran Old Saguaro Barleywine

Brewed by Sonoran Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Phoenix, Arizona USA

beautiful made barley wine. packing a nice punch. with a wonderful caramel overtone and a great label.

I liked the abv% on this beer 9.2, however it's not as tasty as other good barley wines. Has tons of caramel flavor. However i get a taste that reminds me of cheap imatation syrup. A beer that i'm glad i only bought one bottle of.

The pour is mahogany-amber. Head initially medium and beige, but quickly fading. Nose is sweet with a hint of brandy. Flavor starts sweet and fruity then some light bitterness and the finish is a little harsh and brandy like. Dosen't really hide the alcohol all that well, but that's not so bad. Warms the tummy.

Color is a solid cloud of cherrywood with a waffer thin head of yellow fizzy foam and leaves very thin strings and spots of lace. Heavenly strong aroma of toffee, plums, raisins, and spicey candy like peppermint sticks and honey sugared nuts and a load of warming alcohol. Whoa, what a sniffer! Taste is toffeeish sweet caramel candy, roasty soft malts and quite a bit of them, a little bit chewy and bread dough, light turn towards a small grab of citrusy sweet bittering hop thinness. Lacks a bit of complexity and balance. The finish ends with a bit of a textured warmth from alcohol and slight bitterness. Solid medium body, smooth start, lightly creamy leading into a textured swallow and finishing with a warming slight bitterness and light crisp dryness mellowing. This barleywine has its qualities, mostly good, but isn't quite hefty enough and favors a more mellow malty version. Still a pretty good offering, a great late night sipper. This probably ages pretty well. Of course you've got to keep it out of that Arizona heat.

sweet spicy aroma with a hint of caramel, a beautiful ruby color, with an off white ring around the glass, whoa.. the alcohol is breath taking, very citrusy and almost like cough medicine, the hops are long lasting on the tough at the end but not pleasant

Bottle. Copper colored, clear with minimal head. Aroma is burnt toast, bitter berries, vanilla and mild alcohol. The flavor surprised me, the alcohol making it a little mediciney but not unpleasant - a little orange, mild roasted malts and a hoppy finish. Syrupy mouthfeel, almost flat, but easy on the tongue.

A very ruby orange color to it with a bit of wash on the top. Has a nut bread aroma along with some raisons and maple brown sugar oatmeal. Smooth like a criminal, brandyish, with whatever spice you put in pumpkin pie.

Cloudy burnt orange color w/ nearly no head. The nose has some hints of banana & syrup. It's thick & rich on the tongue w/ a nice warm afterglow.