 theisti (1689), Leawood, Kansas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 25, 2008 16 oz. bottle courtesy of Ugsmush. 2006 Vintage. Pour is almost entirely clear orange-amber, with a nice looking 1/2 inch off white head. Aroma of big sweet fruitiness - pretty intense. Caramel and some leather round out the nose. Taste is more of the big fruit, though it is somewhere between raisins and juicy fruit gum, not a terribly good combination. The big fruit taste was highlighted by some pretty sharp heat as well, though this faded pretty quickly after the beer opened up. Nice full body. This one was good, but it was a bit less refined than most Barley Wines I have had. Regardless, nice to see Sprecher branching out. Thanks for this one Jason, I enjoyed it!
Optigon (562), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 17, 2008 Pours deep red with a fine, white head. Very alcoholic and fruity smelling. Yeah, port. Thicker, tingly mouth feel with nut, fruit, and some tobacco flavors in there. Warm after-feel. Great beer!
chimpscampee (566), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 26, 2008 Extremley cloying and low-grade. Artificial flavor. I would like to rate a Wisconsin brew and brewer better but this is weak at best.
heemer77 (4311), Savannah, Missouri, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 13, 2008 I got a small bottle as I knew that the price on the big one would just anger me. This comes from past experience with Sprecher special edition beer. Dark amber orange body with a light khaki head. The aroma has some light notes of caramel and leather. The body is fairly light for this abv. The body is chalky with light carbonation. This is not bad, just kind of bland.
HogTownHarry (4025), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 6, 2008 Bottle (500ml). 2006 Vintage. Looks nice - deep brick red-brown, slightly hazy, average off-white head. The aroma’s a tad light, but solid woody malt, apples, steeped raisins, light herbal bitterness. The taste is classic light BW - sweet roast malt, a bit of oak and red wine, gentle bittering from the softened hops in the finish. Slightly sugary body, light carbonation, enough astringency to keep it from seeming too sweet, and overall decently, restrainedly complex. An easy drinking b’wine, I wuite liked it.
BeerBelcher (945), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 7/20 |
Jan 6, 2008 I really didn’t care for this barley-wine. It was very vinous and sweet, and dominated by a cheap wine/solvent-y aroma and flavor.
It poured an amber color with no head. Aroma was very sweet, but also had a smell of cheap wine. Flavor was more cheap boozey taste, but accompanied by a strange malty sourness I also did not care for. Mouthfeel was a bit thin for this style.
I would not recommend this barley-wine.
MoreHead (355), Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 6, 2008 bought the blue 1 liter pop-top so i could keep the bottle for home brew, on sale at mgm for under $8. average head, nice lacing, poured dark brown. malty aroma, caramel notes, sweet taste. enjoyed it...
Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 5, 2008 Bottle. Amber colour with a nice head. Very malty aroma with notes of caramel. Flavour of caramel, malt and a alcoholic finish.
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