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Stone Old Guardian (Vintages 2004 and later)

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98
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
10813.83/5.03.82/5.0Winter11.26%88.4Snifter
Commercial Description:
A beautiful bold barley wine. Massive malt and hop notes. Silver Medal winner at the 2000 Great American Beer Festival in the Barley Wine category. Gold Medal winner at the 2002 World Beer Championships in the Barley Wine Category. Look for it in the first quarter of each new year. Can be cellared or enjoyed upon its release.
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 blutt59 (2091), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Nov 27, 2008  
bottle, golden orange pour with faint white ring, nose of strong refined sugar and flavor of caramel, malt and ripe dark fruits, finish is long lasting


 Furseth (1328), Kungälv, Sweden
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/518/20
Nov 26, 2008  
Bottle: Clear red colour, with a nice creamy head. Aroma of lots of malts, citrus,flowers,caramel and choclate. Flavor is viny, citrus,flowery,and a nice caramelly smouth mouth feeling, nice spicy medium to full body. Long citric /Alcy fininsh. Werry nice!!


 jsh12bama (335), Alabama, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/517/20
Nov 21, 2008  
Pours amber/orange with thick tan head. Aroma of mostly malt. Creamy mouthfeel. Nice flavor of malt, toffee, and caramel. Very good.


PMgep (71), Lund, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/517/20
Nov 20, 2008  
pretty nice color kind of amber, nice aroma. the flavor is hops and caramel.


 doubleo (1104), San Diego, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/516/20
Nov 20, 2008    Updated: Apr 12, 2009
22oz bottle. Vintage 2007. Pours cloudy, dark amber with a good sized, tan head, good lace. Smells big and sweet, caramelly malty. Lots of alcohol as well. Tastes of alcohol and sweet, syrupy caramel malts and some hop spice. Full body, good carbonation.
2004. on-tap at Naja’s a couple months back. Pours hazy orange with a thin white head, specks of lace. Smells malty and caramelly sweet with a slight hop spice. Tastes boozy, followed by sweet malts and a slight hop spiciness. Full body, decent carbonation. 836315=3.5


 sebletitje (1899), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Pours amber, beige head. Aroma is malty / caramel with light hop. Taste, just an amazing barley, plenty of sweetness (sugar), and nice caramel malts accompanied by nice fruit notes. Leaves a light toffe mouthfeel, with a small lingering bitter hop finish.


Snoop59 (71), Penn Run, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Nov 19, 2008  
22 oz. bomber poured into a snifter. Pours a hazy, amber-orange color with a foamy off-white head that dissipates quickly. Fair lacing. Aroma is a strong malty sweetness, some caramel, raisins, and alcohol. Flavor is initially a strong, sweet maltiness followed by a hop bitterness. Alcohol is quite noticeable. Hints of pepper. Full bodied. Long, bitter finish.


 Naka (525), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/517/20
Nov 19, 2008  
2008 Vintage. Pours a hazy opaque amber honey color. The head is a thick butterscotch color with a little bit of lacing. Sort of fizzy and disappears after a few seconds. The aroma is a sweet malty caramel with some musty hops and alcohol. The flavor has some mild hops but it is still really hot. Has a rich toffee and creamy caramel. The palate seems like this could be poured over ice cream. Nicely balanced and I’m sure it will be outstanding with a couple of years on it.



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