The Duck-Rabbit Barleywine

Bottled. A dark amber beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma is powerful with a weird combination of spices and fruit. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of fruit and light notes of alcohol, with a dry bitter finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of boboski. Clear, dark, amber golden with a creamy, beige head leaving some lacework. Fat aroma of caramel and aroma hops. Quite full-bodied, somewhat sticky sugar and caramel accents. Some floral accents and some bitterness in the finish. Not very balanced. 171107

(12oz bottle, thanks wilkie) Crystal clear copper body with small beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, cherry, mango, caramel. Taste is sweet, cherry, peach, toffee, earthy, some alcohol warming. Sticky medium-full body. Unusual, but not sure I fully embrace what they do here.

Date: 12/25/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Vintage: 2006

clear dark amber, wispy beige head, trace of lace, sweet fruity malt aroma with light floral hops and a trace of alcohol, rich malty and bitter flavor, touch of fruit character, maybe it’s chinoook that I don’t like?
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Date: 01/22/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: blind tasting
Vintage: 2006
Score: 2.9

ruby red, frothy white head that stirs up nicely to produce some streaks of lace, fruity aroma with lots of fusel alcohols, lots of bitter hop character almost to the point of being astrengent but the caramel sweetness comes to save it
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Date: 02/01/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2006

picking up a bit of unwanted tartness
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Date: 11/30/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2006

Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma with earthy hops,
Flavor: rich caramel malt flavor, nice earthy hops, touch of alcohol, lasting sweet fruity caramel malt sweetness,
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Date: 01/24/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2006
Score: 3.3 to 3.6

Appearance: gusher,
Aroma: fruityness coming out in the sweet caramel aroma, fleeting hint of astrengency,
Flavor: sweet fruity flavor is ripening nicely, earthy hops receeding but still providing the needed balance,
Overall: aging nicely
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Date: 03/07/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: blind tasting
Vintage: 2006
Score: 3.1

Appearance: hazy dark red, fine beige head, lots of lace,
Aroma: sweet fruity dark caramel aroma with slightly astrengent bitterness,
Flavor: big sweet caramel malt flavor with lots of fruity character, crystal sweetness enhances the fruit allowing it to take over, light earthyness for balance,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ***/4

Bottle. A redish coloured beer with a huge beige head. The aroma and taste is of caramel malt, fruits and bread. Medium to full body with a sweet finish, a bit to sweet and sugarish.