bottle - Pours murky dark copper with a very thin head. It has a light malt aroma. The flavor is well hopped and it’s good hops, but I thought the malt character was lacking and the palate on the thin side. Not that it’s bad, but I hope for more complexity and robustness in a barley wine. I wonder if the recipe has changed as some of the reviews have a very different impression.

12 oz bottle. Lots of dark fruit and molasses aromas. Flavors were sweet malty and yummy. Some alcohol burn on the finish. Very good.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a hazy deep amber color with a small fine beige head with thin lacing. The aroma is caramel malt, fruity, with a dose of citrus and pine hops. The flavor is similar with the caramel malt and fruits at the beginning and a hoppy bitterness coming through in the finish. My main problem was how thin this was. It seemed to be more like a cask ale than a barleywine weighing in at 10 percent. Dont get me wrong, it is not a bad beer. I just found myself wanting more.

Caramel color pour with a thin head. Aroma is a pleasantly sweet nutty, caramel, and presence of citrusy hops. The flavor is a bit more lacking though. It is almost enjoyable at first with nice sweet fruit and hop bitterness, but then this weird astringent taste becomes very noticeable that I cannot quite describe. Mouthfeel is a bit thin and rather disappointing for such a big beer. It definitely has potential though.

Aroma: Lots of malt and candied sweetness with a far amount of chocolate coming through, especially as it warms. Flavor: when it first hits your mouth, it’s like it’s about to explode with rich sweetness, but instead it just flattens and dries out. Leaves a chalky dryness on the tongue. Hop profile (herby, earthy, some citrus) is pretty good in this beer but I don’t know how well it goes with the rest of the beer.