 jefcon (997), Arlington, Virginia, USA
Apr 26, 2008 A healthy head on this dark brown, but thinner-looking, barleywine. Aromas are a little nutty, with sweet caramel and a white peach kind of fruit. Remarkably smooth palate. Packed with flavor, ultimately astringent and sharp on the palate. Tons of ingredient flavors. They tend to muddle one another out. A blaring siren of a beer.
AdamSkillin (376), High Bridge, New Jersey, USA
Apr 26, 2008 This is like an old school beautiful barleywine in a new-lookin’ bottle with a goofy label. Totally not hot for the abv and tastes like most other barleywines do after a year or more in the beer cellar. Fantastic.
ukoolaid (572), Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Apr 21, 2008 Bottle. Pours copper/amber with a tan head. Aroma of toasted earthiness and caramel. Full and sweet caramel malt well balanced with grapefuity hops. Very tasty beer, and nicely balanced. I don’t taste the 10% at all.
sinkr (212), Lusby, Maryland, USA
Apr 21, 2008 Bomber->snifter: pours an average, rocky, light brown head on top of a murky, dark brown body. Aroma if cookie, perfume, and leathe. The body is medium, texture is sticky, with soft carbonation. The duration is long (bonus here for me) and is moderately bitter.
Definitely a good barley wine--I really enjoyed this one, but couldn’t enjoy more’n a few at one sitting.
jason (1620), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Apr 20, 2008 Bottle. Poured a deep red body with thin head. Aroma is caramel, dried fruit. Flavor is sweet, caramel, light hops and dried fruit. Nice blend of hops and bitterness. Finished dry,
kmeves (1080), Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA
Apr 20, 2008 Pours a deep copper brown with aSmall off white head. Aroma is moderately sweet grape, caramel, cherry, date and grapefruit. Flavor is sweet caramel, grape, grapefruit, piney and some dough. Full body, sticky texture. Finishes very long and bitter.
tgncc (796), Bellmore, New York, USA
Apr 19, 2008 Aroma is very pleasing, malty, with a candy-sugar thing happening. The appearance is attractive, a brown/ruby color with a persistent tan head. The taste is very sweet, malty, with a generous amount of hops. The finish is almost all hoips, nice balance to the sweetness of the beer. The mouthfeel is thick, almost syrupy. Nice, respectable barley wine.
tjthresh (1746), Greenfield, Indiana, USA
Apr 19, 2008 22 ounce bottle from jjpm74. Pours dark read with a big sticky khaki head. Candy-ish aroma like cherry Jolly Rancher, and English Toffee. A bit of a citrus juice aroma as well. Very rich too. The flavor features chocolate toffee and caramel with cherry and pine in the finish. Very robust and with no sharp edges. Very full body. Perceived carbonation is on the low side. The finish is sweet, but not cloy. Over all I think this is a really great beer.
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