 ajm (950), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 5/10 | 5/5 | 9/20 |
Feb 19, 2008 It’s well-made, well presented, looks amazing, but this flavor is so unpenitrable to me... not a good experience. Tasted like cough syrup with Jaeger. I wish I was lying, was looking very forward to it. Roasty malt turns into burnt, fruit is surpassed by allspice: reminiscent of burnt refried beans.
BeerBelcher (945), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 5, 2008 I thought this was an exceptional barley-wine. Hoppy, approachable, and (like most Southern Tier beers) a highly attractive appearance. I’d definitely recommend.
Most Southern Tier beers have a clear body and brilliant color, and this beer is no exception. It had a copper color and voluminous cumulus-cloud head. Aroma is strongly of hops, almost like a DIPA. Flavor is strongly malty but balanced with a real wallop of hop bitterness and some citrus. Conceals its 10% ABV quite ably. Mouthfeel is certainly stout enough, but still is quite drinkable and mostly dry in my mouth.
I would highly recommend this beer. I bought this bottle at 3 Cellars in Franklin, WI.
LooseCannon (936), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 29, 2008 22oz bottle. Pours dark reddish amber in color with thin white head. Aroma sweet, caramel and hops. Taste sweet, malt and citrus hops with grapefruit bitter finish.
npdempse (931), St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 7, 2008 Clear but dark ruddy copper, with a good sized, lasting off white head. Nose is fairly sweet with caramel notes, and a strong piney, grassy hop profile. Flavor is quite sweet, with a bit of tobacco, plums, raisins. Quite bitter, but nicely balanced. Good, creamy mouthfeel.
MoDog (927), Griffith, Indiana, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 18, 2008 Poured from a 22oz bomber and served in a snifter. This barley wine poured a dark, copper brown with a short-lived head of fine, tan bubbles. Some spotty lacing was left behind. The aroma of the beer was made up of roasted caramel, sugar, mild alcohol, and some citric hops. The flavor consisted of rich caramel, a hint of chocolate, dark fruits, oranges, caramelized sugar, and a touch of dried apricot. Not really any noticeable alcohol in the taste. The mouthfeel was full-bodied but not overly thick or sticky. Very minimal carbonation. Big and malty, yet quite drinkable. Pretty good.
rocbyter (925), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
May 27, 2009 Sweet candish aroma with some lighter hops. Hazy amber color with a small tan head. Moderately sweet beginning with a alcohol bit in the finish.
Juelze (915), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 4, 2008 Pours a deep rich amber color with offwhite head and tons of lacing. Aroms is of caramel malt, toffee, citrus hops, alcohol and light amount of fruit. Taste is the same with a bit of a vegetal mixed in. Palate is full bodied with a bite. Not bad, but nothing to write home about.
kseecs16 (907), Naperville, Illinois, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 25, 2009 Bottle. Pours dark reddish amber with a filmy light tan head that accumulates as bubbles at the edge of the glass. Aroma is sweet, resinous and floral. Very sweet flavor is slightly cloying with a body of rich chocolatey malt and a dark chocolate lingering bitterness. Bitterness up front. Full bodied.
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