 zizzybalubba (335), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
Oct 5, 2009 22 oz. bottle from Grape & Gourmet (Early 2008 release). Hazy, thick, dark orange pour with a foamy off-white head. Aroma of orange, tangerine, peach, and caramel. Perfectly balanced malty sweetness, grapefruit hop bitterness, and alcohol warming. This is exceptional.
harrisoni (6703), Ashford, Kent, England
Oct 5, 2009 Bottle and tap at The Rake Stone Tasting 09. Reddish amber in colour. Hoppy sweetish aroma.. Good sweetness in mouth, so kinda good balanced hop on end. But hops balance the sweetness well. Some heat from the alcohol. Better on tap, smoother even though heat is there. But hops and biscuit malt work really well. Lovely.
Macadem (100), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Oct 4, 2009 Courtesy of hobbersr. Damn this has a hoppy aroma! Haven’t even tasted it yet and I can smell how thick it is. The taste is even bigger than the smell, with burnt toast and burnt marshmellow with the usual barley wine fruits. Very good.
hobbersr (393), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Oct 4, 2009 Huge thanks to Glougouburp for sending me this fantastic brew! 2007 vintage. Pours a glowing orange with a one inch head. Aroma is very malty with a hint of hops. Honey, marshmallows, soft fruit, citrus, and chlorophyll. The taste is very well integrated. Sweet malt, honey, caramel, vanilla, then it runs dry and spicy. Very, very good. Thanks Dany!
daleharshman (181), San Diego, California, USA
Oct 2, 2009 Growler fill from brewery ($12 for the two liters). Pours fresh from growler an orange-red color with generous fluffy white head. It’s on the paler side for a barley wine. Aroma of hops (pine, tropical fruit) along with some weaker malt notes. The flavor is a well-balanced mixture of hoppy bitterness and sticky malty caramel sweetness. The hops re-emerge in the finish which is mostly bitter and also has a slightly alcohol and earthy tone (like vegetables or even dirt). When it’s fresh like this, it reminds me of a less hoppy Arrogant Bastard. I should buy a bottle and age it a while and then re-rate.
TheGB (40), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Oct 2, 2009 Pours a dark golden brown with a thin head. Aroma is of honey, barley and hops. Taste is slightly bitter at first, then layers of barley and malt and then fairly bitter hops on the finish. More abrasive to the palate than some barley wines.
mrhoppy (209), Santa Clara, California, USA
Oct 2, 2009 Very strong and liquor like. Not very balanced. It assaults your senses too much to enjoy. I used the rest of my bottle to cook with.
ChristianScheffel (4431), Odense, Denmark
Oct 1, 2009 Amber ith a lasting off-white head. Aroma of alcohol, malt and caramel. Sweet malt and alcohol flavour with plenty hops and bitterness
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