Poured of dark chestnut/orange hue with a luscious foamy tan cap. The nose is of burnt oranges, warm caramel malts with some heavy toasted breadiness with pungent hops that produce pine and citrusy overtones. Earthy notes sinder behind most of the hop twinge in the nose. My sniffer is having an orgasm! The taste started with hops up front, bittering with pine and dark citrusy stuff of orange and highly ripe peaches, malts play second fiddle with burntish caramel and toffee, crispy biscuit toasty edging, touches of chocolate, brown sugar, and then turns back to a hoppy finish of pine and citrus orange. The bottle says it’s at 10%abv but it doesn’t burn like it. I have a sixpack of the no. X that i’m laying down to age. I just hope I can keep my paws off for the next year or two. This is without a dobt one of the best barley wines that i’ve ever had.

<b>Batch X, bottled 2003</b>. Medium sized rusty speckled dark tan head. Very strong aroma, I can smell it from across the room... big brown sugar, aggresive hops (Bigfoot-esque) and sweet cherries. Flavor is initially all hot hops, then mellow a little bit and sweetens, some nice brown sugar, dry barkdust and sweet plum flavors... finish is sweet malts initialy but then gets starchy and dry. I’m impressed... definitly better than I expected.

Brought this back from Utah-its too bad that they don't distribute beer outside the state because this beer is as good as any barleywine you'll find. Its over a year old, so I'm sure that didn't hurt, but a nice solid malt core, good amount of hops both bittering and flavor. I wish I had a sixer to age some more, but I think this about $6 for one bottle since they're big on taxing "sin" products in Utah.

Wonderful aroma, very chewy and a sock of flavor. This is a very good Barleywine. GABF 2002

uinta beer is the best utah brew, and the brewery is tour friendly.