 spikester (389), Salem, Oregon, USA
Jun 22, 2008
Aroma of piney, floral hops. Dark amber with large cream color head. Copious lacings. Strong hop presence with rich roasted malts. Good balance for such a powerful brew. Head stays until the bottom of the glass. Overall an enjoyable experience. Just too powerful to have more than one at a sitting. Alcohol is pretty well masked by the big flavors.
Nik925 (90), California, USA
Aug 18, 2008 I’m becoming more accepting of super-sweet barley wines, but this one is still too sweet. Great hop-bill, and a good amount of complexity but still really sweet. Great color, but lacking head (ok within style). Apple notes are almost as strong as the hop flavor.
yespr (6162), Copenhagen O, Denmark
Aug 17, 2008 12 fl oz bottle. Pours deep amber to hazzlenut brown and golden with a lacing off-white head. Aroma is solid barley and woody aroma, mild hoppy pineneedle note, mild fruity note too. Flavour starts with a solid hoppy wooden flavour with an underlying liqourice note. Dense and barley flavoured. Bitter and mild spiced. Lingering hoppy and dry wooden finish with a mild liqourice note. Nice.
Lt_Dan (21), Greater Los Angeles Area, California, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Not sure if the bottle was bad. The aroma was inviting. Sugars, appleskin, chocolate and spices. The first few sips were of un-sweetened chocolate. Then I was so dissapointed there was nothing more than dull chocolate water, so I poured it down the drain. I am a barley-wine lover, and this made me sad.
jonno (151), Japan
Aug 15, 2008 Very nice, but just seems too bracing to really enjoy. Overly strong in every sense of the world...a true sipper
Gypsy19 (186), AMERICA RISING, USA
Aug 12, 2008 A delicious barleywine by a brewery that has yet to let me down. Lots of caramel, brown sugar, hop and honey goo-ness, er, goodness. Perfect carbonation and viscosity on the palate couples with soulful esophageal booze-burn rather satisfyingly, sip after sip. Not the best barleywine ever, but definitely one of the better ones out there. Very enjoyable overall. Thanks Speakeasy.
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