 afireinside96 (841), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 5, 2009
A 2007 bottle with yellow wax, shared with BeerGestapo. It poured a dark hazy amber with a thin head. Swirling it around the snifter left an oily residue on the sides. The smell had notes of nuts, grass, toffee, and a faint hint of citrus. The flavor was toffee, grass, mint, pineapple, and earth. Sweet but at the same time full of hops. It had a thick syrupy body that was just a bit too sticky for my tastes. There was a bit of heat to it but well hidden for 12% abv. A very good barleywine but maybe a bit overrated.
AGAquino (104), San Juan, Puerto Rico
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Jan 1, 2010
750ml bottle from Drinks over Dearborn, in Chicago. Pours a hazy golden color with offwhite head and foamy lacing. Beautiful aroma of citrus and ripe appricot. Nice flavor, balance of sweet dried fruit and slight bitter. Traces of spice and ripe fruit. Nice lingering sweetness and dryness.
22oz bottle from Whole Foods Market in Chicago. Light copper color offwhite head with slight lacing. Strong malty sweet aroma, dried fruit candy and toffee. Nice carbonation, noticeable alcohol, though not overpowering. Malty sweet flavor, balanced with hoppy bitter; traces of citrusy oranges and toffee. Bala aftertaste lingers on the tongue alcohol not overpowering.
gunnfryd (3617), Kristiansand, Norway
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 1, 2010 Bottle. Dark golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is apple, alcohol, licorice, resin. Flavour is alcohol, hop, licorice, apple, resin, malt. Full bodied nice beer.
markas101 (597), Fargo, North Dakota, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 31, 2009 65 cl bottle, Winnipeg, MB, Canada via Chicago. Slightly hazy copper colour, dough and cinnamon spiced floral aroma. Thick and syrupy in the mouth, sweet with raisins and alcohol on the finish.
changeup45 (806), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 31, 2009 Blue wax. New Years Eve! Grapefruit, resin, toffee, caramel and orange peel in the aroma. Reddish-copper color with a khacki head and a flimsy layer staying on top the whole way through. Nice scattered spotty lacing. Rich caramel malty flavor that’s perfectly balanced with equal parts resin hops and a healthy dose of citrus. It’s a bit sweet but kept in check and actually complimented quite well by the bitter hops. Very tasty and an awesome example of what an American Barleywine should taste like.
lithy (1850), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 30, 2009 2009 vintage. Thin whitish cover over a clear dark red body. Aroma is caramel, toffee, dried fruits, raisins, apples, alcohol. Taste is sweet, raisins, apricots, apples, caramel, thick malty sweetness. Solid stuff.
cprochak (445), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 29, 2009 On tap at Three Floyds on 7/21/09. Pours gold with beautiful frothy eggshell head. Super citrusy hops aroma with a touch of caramel. Nice sweetness up front followed by a solid bitterness. Medium body with okay carb. Good bitter finish with a little touch of caramel on the tongue. Incredible american barley wine.
fiulijn (7520), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 28, 2009 Yellow wax, vintage 2006 released 2007, 3 years old
Hazy dark amber color; small, persistent creamy head. Huge caramel, malt and hop aroma, light Bourbon vanilla too, nuts, light sweat, and light raisins. Good body strength, full malt flavor, caramel, sweet but not syrupy, sweet nuts too; strong bitterness, resiny and a bit fruity, with raisins; it’s actually less aggressive than modern American samples, and closer to my beloved Thomas Hardy’s Ale. The alcohol just creates a warming feeling in the end. Powerful and yet well balanced.
yngwie (5079), Kristiansand, Norway
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 28, 2009 Bottle, 22oz. It’s an almost clear, golden beer with an off-white head. Resiny, grapefruity nose with malts in the background. Fluorine, beefstock and some roasted hints as well. Pretty much the same in the mouth, but slighlty more pronounced, and with a wonderful bitterness. Bitter, sweet and malty finish. Full-bodied and slighlty warming. A really lovely beer, maybe a tad on the sweet side though. 090828
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