 SuzyGreenberg (1318), Seattle, Washington, USA
Mar 25, 2009 12 oz. bottle - guessing the 08/09 batch; clear, dark amber with quickly fading tan head; quite a sweet, hoppy nose with mild fruit and juice-like aromas; super thin body with dry finish; alcohol is there, but not too hot; flavors are musky with apples and almost watered down brandy kind of flavor profile; not bad, but just not my kind of BW
snakeoilpete (324), Seattle, Washington, USA
Mar 24, 2009 2008 on tap at Brouwer’s Hard Liver ’09. Pours brownish amber with minimal head. Hoppy, fruity nose- strawberry, grape, slightly tropical, with a little caramel sweetness and the oatmeal grain notes I remembered from their Storm King. Tastes much the same, but with a hint of cardboard. Nice hop finish with a little bit of alcohol.
bradlyc77 (226), Sebastopol, California, USA
Mar 22, 2009 Pours reddish-amber with sweet malty aroma. Caramel, dark fruit, booze. Nice hops on the backside.
soccer290 (135), Highland Park, Illinois, USA
Mar 21, 2009 12 oz bottle. This was a spur of the moment buy, saw it, and thought it was interesting enough; hope for the best. Pours an amber-brown with a half-finger high off-white head that disappates somewhat quickly. Smells of yeast, some fruits, lots of caramel malt, and a hint of alcohol. Tastes of red grapes, a bread like substance (yeast), and lots of malt. Someone described the smell like grape bubble gum, which I consider accurate. Pretty smooth going down, with a light alcohol bite at the end. Overall a very decent barley wine, and I think it was a lucky pick up.
Beardface (977), Eugene, Oregon, USA
Mar 19, 2009 12 oz bottle from Market of Choice. Deep mahogany pour with a nice tan head that fades fast. Nice bready aroma with dark fruit and a bit of booze at the end. Flavor is heavy on malt with a nice roasty tint to it and some plum and nut, also a very pleasant and not cloying alcohol burn. Masks its alcohol extremely well.
hoppopotamus (182), Santa Cruz, California, USA
Mar 19, 2009 Updated: Mar 23, 2009A beautiful dark red-amber beer with a small tan head leaving a little lace. The aroma is a sweet caramel malt, strawberry and other fruit, with a bit of alcohol. The flavor is much the same, with some roast notes perhaps dark fruit, more alcohol heat. Some understated hop bitterness in the background. Ends with heat. Mouthfeel is deliciously chewy. A great BW.
JaBier (1130), Capital City, Ohio, USA
Mar 17, 2009 Sampled at the Hopsnobbery Collective barley wine tasting on 3.14.09. Clear amber color with a thin tan head. Malty aroma with alcohol and a bit of sourness. Grape flavor with sweet malt, yeast and alcohol.
Agaguk (119), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Mar 17, 2009 2 355ml Bottles shared with Pyrozoid and French Tickler. Aroma: grape bubble gum, figs, orange zest. Flavor: alcohol, grapes, peppery, salty, figs, hops and cotton candy. Palate: medium to full body, soft carbonation, oily, silky with a grape pepery alcohol finish.
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