Tröegs The Flying Mouflan

Brewed by Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

Bottle shared by lb4lb at his tasting. Poured a murky, light brown caramel color with a thin beige head that diminished to a ring. Aroma of sweet, lightly metallic caramel and some moderate citrus and brown sugar. Light, sweet malt entry with some caramel and a metallic hint leading into a light hop presence with some citrus that finishes slightly dry. Smooth, but a bit thin. Perhaps it is just past its prime, but it just wasn’t that great.

Huge thanks to The_Epeeist for this. Pours a dark chestnut into my giant snifter with the tiniest head that disappears quickly leaving some lacing. Smell: The best nose on a barleywine I’ve smelt in a long time, maybe it’s the huge snifter, but I doubt it. Really Earthy, Citrus and Caramel dominate with Rum, Rasins, and Toffee. Taste: Sweet, Fruity, Caramel, Woody(I’d swear this was oaked), a little bit of Dark Fruits, Pine, Citrus, Burnt Sugar aftertaste. Heavy and Smooth.

12 oz bottle via Mys Swap 3.0 (thanks!). bottle says 4-2007...exactly 1 year and one month old... Pours a reddish brown with a beautiful cascading BEIGE head. Nose is caramel, toffee and fruit. Tastes like it smells..with the fruity brightness really coming through both up-front and in the finish. Strawberry, raisins, chocolate, vanilla, toasted grains. Also some cummin and a bit of ginger in the aftertaste. Interesting and complex beer. Medium body and good carbonation. THis is a well put-together beer.

A- Pours a ruddy, reddish brown hue with a small, off white head. S- Smells incredibly malty and sweet with caramel and raisins coming to the forefront. Definitely a piney hop character. T- Suprisingly balanced and smooth. Starts off with raisins, caramel, moves to a sort of cassis flavor followed by a small amount of hops which fades to a lingering maltiness on the tongue. M- Fairly viscous with a good amount of carbonation. D- Based on the old reviews i’ve read, the hops have cooled down a lot on this one. It’s drinking really nice right now. I might be inclined to drink it now for those who still have some! I’d be interested to see how the balance is in another 6 months. Too bad this isn’t more available or I would seek out another bottle. Thanks go out to risser for this one.

Bottle sampled with Mad_Indian. Pours ruby brown with a slim off-white head. Aroma of caramel, alcohol, piney hopsand dark fruit. the flavor is sweet, caramel, citrus, dark fruit, and a bitter finish. Great brew,

(Bottle) Pours a dark amber-brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of dark bread, caramel, light pineapple, and grapefruit. Flavor of dates, figs, brown sugar, raisins, chocolate, toffee, citrusy hops, and caramel malt. Excellent!

Thanks whoever sent me this. Pours a very murky ruddy brownish. One finger tan head. Nice malty aroma, sweet, light citrusy hops, grapefruit peel, caramel, a little aged. Nice caramel, sweet, grapefruit peel flavor, waxy mouthfeel, not overpowering, well hidden alcohol. Very nice BW.

The color was a cloudy clay color. The aroma was sweet, hoppy, dark fruit, and alcohol. The flavor was aged, dark fruit, sweet, alcohol and malty. The palate was full-bodied. The finish was warm.