 changeup45 (625), Orlando, Florida, USA
Jul 13, 2008 Updated: Aug 30, 2008
I was fortunate to find this at Vintage Cellar as this is one of the better barleywines I’ve had. Deep amber color, nice clarity, with a thin head. Thin patches and a foam ring sticks around to provide some spotty lacing. Sweet caramel malt flavor with generous doses of molasses and brown sugar. Faint traces of dark fruit and oak and the beer finishes a bit peppery but smooth. Hints of most of that is in the aroma which isn’t over-powering but is quite complex. The alcohol is hidden remarkably well. A great drink.
sebletitje (713), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jan 7, 2009 pours amber - ruby with beige head.
Aroma is fruity - cherry and almost strawberry like with decent malty nose.
Taste is thick and fruity with some spices. Caramel malts with light chocolate - tofee - undertones.
Mlalts remain dominant with barley. Brown sugar mouthfeel with some dry prunes-plums with a light bitter hoppy finish.
lithy (572), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Jan 6, 2009 Bottle thanks to Shane at Downtown Wine + Spirits. Batch 8727. Nice brown orange pour with a thin off white cover. Very mellow sweet aroma of malt, brown sugar, molasses and raisins. Tastes of light alcohol, maple syrup, brown sugar, and caramel.
moelikebeer (179), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Jan 6, 2009 Bottle. A murky, amber brown pour with a thin head. Light aroma of malt, plum and alcohol. Much fuller flavor; starts sweet and fruity but finishes with a lot of piney hop flavor.
Butters (733), Temporarily in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Jan 5, 2009 Sampled at the Second Cellar Reduction. Pours a near opaque reddish brown with wispy khaki head. Nose of raisin and plum, vanilla, and oak, and the slightest twinge of alcohol. Flavor is nice and dark fruity, slightly bitter hoppiness, tannins, white grapes, caramel, some warming, but no real alcohol flavor. Nice and smooth and semi-syrupy. bitter lingering finish.
Barrios (73), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Jan 5, 2009 Bottle at Second Cellar Reduction. Light brown head and amber with a little haze. Sweet fruit nose. Butter and vanilla flavors.
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