 EithCubes (2146), Indiana, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Nov 9, 2007 Bomber is at least a year old, might be two. Strongly oaky aroma, earthy caramel overtones taking second place with a little flat tire to round out. Rising, sizzling fumes and sweetish rush of alcohol, and a bit of sugar. Darkish red-orange body with a big, full, creamy beige head. Taste doesn’t really have a whole lot of sweetness or bitterness, mostly musky, cologned oak and strong alcohol, with a degree of caramel and a sugary burn toward exit. Strong syrupy vanilla, full syrupy body and a smooth feel. Way too raw and messy.
If this truly is just barrel-aged Blithering Idiot, which I did not know when rating, then all the more shame - all of that wonderful complexity has been lost.
weeare138 (936), Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 8, 2007 From a near 3 year old bottle...
Appears a slight dark amber with a small, light tan head that fades into a mild cap and silky collar. Streaky webbing is left around the glass. Lots of funky fallout slowly falls to the bottom of the glass out of suspension.
Smell is of oaky vanilla, cherry, oxidized raisins, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, port-like, and rich.
Taste is sugary, rich, vinuous, oaky, nutty, & sweet up front.
Mouthfeel is nutty, boozy, oxidized, silky, full bodied, and chewy.
wetherel (1628), Encinitas, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 5, 2007 Had at Logan’s Oceanside beer tasting with AlohaC, and Hair, and Matt, and Ken, and Bill, and others. Nice malty beer. Great caramel aroma. Heavy body. Super thick. Buttery aroma from the oak aging. Little head. Sweet.
mrant (330), New York, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 25, 2007 Smells thickly of bready yeast. Pours a hazy milky dark amber. Taste is very sweet with a strong sugar alcohol taste. Very complex sweet flavors make for the first barely wine I enjoyed.
RichJ7 (1175), Cullman, Alabama, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 24, 2007 Fantastic. Deep reddish amber, small off-white head. Great aroma: thick malt, oak, some brandy notes. Rich barleywine flavor with a very big alcohol presence. Thick and syrupy on the palate. Just wonderful.
pantanap (1354), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 22, 2007 Updated: Dec 12, 2007bottle....appearance: red amber brown with one finger ivory head....aroma: boozy, woody, and very light on the bourbony, and just a little bit sugary....taste: candied malt, some caramel aspects , vanilla notes, and the bourbon mingled well with all the other flavors. just a touch of bitterness in the finish. very drinkable. this one surprised me in a very good way.
BeerBiker (1392), Kathmandu, Nepal
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 21, 2007 [Odense-tasting at Scheffel. Bottle from thewolf.] Darkbrown beer with fast white head. Indeed very nice sweet with notes of oak, vanilla, caramel, alcohol, vinous and "delicious". Barley wines can be quite "heavy", but thisone is quite drinkable.
rocbyter (919), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 16, 2007 Slightly fruity and caramel malts on the nose. Large amount of alcohol in the aroma. Clear dark red color with a small tan/brown head. Caramel malt start finishing with wood and slight alcohol bite. Creamy palate.
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