 tomthompson89 (1459), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 30, 2008 kinda an amber brownish color, nose is hoppy and alcohol, flaoral and sweet. some nice sweet malts with a good citrus and pine backbone, alcohol is decently hidden. Nice beer
MrChopin (621), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
May 19, 2008 Bottle pours a hazy golden-red. There are scents of apple, grapefruit, caramel, and alcohol. Taste is an odd combination: malt driven with sweet caramel but also a brutal hop-alcohol combination that is bitter and salty. I found the palate a little clean. Not as complex as I’d hoped, but still good.
Skeegle (476), Maryland, USA
May 14, 2008 Excellent aroma of cane sugar, molasses and cherries. Tastes much of the same, except the complexities all seem to fall into a brown sugarness with the final lingering flavor. A really great barley wine.
kseecs16 (865), Naperville, Illinois, USA
May 12, 2008 Bottle. Poured a beautiful orange amber with thin off-white head. Nice lacing. Strong sweet malty aroma, floral, with some alcohol present. Resinous strong hops and forward malt. Oily with a medium body.
kmeves (1080), Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA
May 11, 2008 Pours a brownish orange color with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, very hoppy and fruity. Flavor is peach, light alcohol and slight butterscotch. Medium to full body, smooth texture. Nice dry finish.
porterhouse (1148), Alna, Maine, USA
May 11, 2008 (22 oz. bottle (2007) via trade with <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?UserID=39793 target=blank>shigadeyo, thanks Craig!, cellared for 11 mos. after trade) Pours hazy dark amber with perhaps a slight rusty-red tint. Thin off-white head. Aroma of toffee, vanilla and pine. Mouthfeel smooth, almost soft, with some stickiness. Light, fine, droopy lacing, somewhat sloppy. Syrupy film coats inside of snifter. Flavor was fairly big but not overly complex. Toffee and caramel overlain by pine and grapefruit rind. Medium strong bitter bite carries from fore through finish. Fairly hot but not overwhelming. As beer warmed the flavor seemed to kind of flatten out to just caramel candy sweetness, pine and alcohol rather than developing any more complexity. Still a good barleywine if slightly simple and a little harsh.
greenhorn1 (458), Mission Viejo, California, USA
May 10, 2008 22 oz bomber from BottleTrek.com. Pours dark copper, with a thin head, big airy carbonation. Aroma and flavor is somewhat complex. Fruity, raisins, with an oak bourbon finish. The malts quckly balance out the hoppiness. You can feel the alcohol burn, however, it is subtle for being over 11%. Nice sipping beer.
uhclem (188), Loveland, Colorado, USA
May 10, 2008 Pours a cloudy amber with a thick tan head and solid lacing. Nose is sweet and carries citrus, malt and bread. Taste is of spices (cardamom and paprika), citrus and a large hit of alcohol at the end, which is somewhat jarring. Mouthfeel is very nice - silky. Aftertaste has got a good hoppy bitterness, but the alcohol burns through.
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