 CelticBrew (707), The Crystal Coast, North Carolina, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Feb 16, 2008 Pours medium amber, somewhat hazy. Medium foamy head, aroma of malts hops with resins, caramels, wet forrest in the end. Flavour is strong in the area of malted hops, resins and caramel. I’m afarid to say, it doesn’t seem as refined as I wold expect from a Stone ale product. The beer is drinkable, but far from remarkable (as I was expecting). Perhaps some cellaring would be in order, however fresh outa the barrel it really needs a little more.
ditmier (1110), Boise, Idaho, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 16, 2008 2008 Bottle - All malt and fire at first. As it sat, the alcohol mellows, or maybe its just my brain going numb. One sip tells you its Stone, I’m guessing it will be better in a couple years...
posikyle (165), Alabama, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 15, 2008 2008 bottle. Aroma is very malty. Pours a reddish brown color, almost like rust. Starts off a bit sweet, gets maltier in the middle and has a big hoppy finish. A very good barley wine.
Wegro (223), Fresno, California, USA
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 8/20 |
Feb 13, 2008 Fresh 2008 bottle. Aroma is so faint I thought maybe my nose was plugged. Smelled like a really far away dopplebock. Flavor is all alcohol and hops, but ESPECIALLY alcohol. Has a little bit of sweet malt presence but the alcohol dominates everything basically. I’m sure it’s better with age but I would definitely not want to drink this one fresh again.
MikeF (528), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 11, 2008 strong hop and malt aroma. reddish brown color with medium off white head. Flavor is more well balanced than some of stones other BW offerings. Overall, a solid BW which retains some of the stone roughness/harshness.
45thstbrewer (94), Conowingo, Maryland, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 11, 2008 I had Stone’s Old Guardian Limited Early 2008 Release and it was excellent!
Phil (100), Kent, England
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 11, 2008 Bottle as gift, 2008 vtg. Yup a big bottle barley wine. Quite sweet. and malty. surprising low hopped for a US Barley wine. Good beer, but kinda hoped for more.
thooper41 (386), Oregon, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 10, 2008 22oz bottle: pours a deep amber color with a small white head. aroma is malty and sweet. flavor is slighty sweet with decent amout of malt and a slight amout of hop bite in there also. well made beer but not a huge stand out.
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