 Beer_Hawk (614), Murfreesboro (CBS, Kosovo), Tennessee, USA
May 4, 2008 Bottle. Poured amber with an off-white head. The sweet aroma finds nuts, malts, and hints of spices. The flavor is much the same of the aroma with hints of oak and fruits mixed in. Sweet throughout. Medium to full body. Very enjoyable. (Rating from June ’07)
lemasney (126), Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Apr 30, 2008 ABV: 11.1%
Calories: estimated at 400 C
Volume: 22 fl oz
Glass: Snifter
Purchased at: West Trenton Wine and Liquors
Price: $7.99
Consumed at: home
Impression: Beyond a barleywine - this is just like wine. Too much like wine for me, personally. The color is amazing, deep, and dark ruby. There is just a wispy head. The aroma is intoxicating, but the alcohol is very hard to hide. It burns the nostrils. It has a very long, nice aftertaste, and activates all corners of the mouth. It grows quickly on you. It’s strong, but the strength is well crafted. Flavors include raisin, rum, red wine, alcohol, anise, oak, barley. Definitely hard to drink quickly - very much like light shots, and with a strong shock. Chocolate aftertones. Very heavy, thick, cloying, and indulgent. Bold.
Aroma: 7 out of 10
Visuals: 5 out of 5
Taste: 7 out of 10
Palate: 5 out of 5
Overall: 17 out of 20. I liked the way it looked, it’s presence, and it’s boldness, but the alcohol content really outweighs any real tasting in this beer, and in a way defeats it.
douglas88 (463), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Apr 25, 2008 Bottle shared by footbalm. Pours a bright amber with a medium white head. The aroma is really sweet; some malts and candy. The taste was dominated by a smooth and sweet malt with some oak and chocolates. Pretty good.
ogglethorp (705), Ohio, USA
Apr 25, 2008 Bottle. Pours hazy garnet color with a small beige colored head. Aroma is oak, sweet malts, tobacco, lightly spicy. Flavor is sweet malts, bourbon, vanilla, oak, tobacco. palate is full bodied, mild carbonation, finished sweet and warming. One of the better Weyerbacher brews!
ElGaucho56 (332), USA
Apr 21, 2008 Pours a coppery-red with lingering thin eggshell head, little lacing. Nose is intensely oaky, with a perfumy fragrance like turkish delight and bourbon woodenness. Creamy on the palate, starting with a vanilla sweetness before quickly progressing to a warming, alcoholic finish with notes of oak, currants, and a pleasing lingering cough syrup finish. Gives the blithering idiot some needed depth.
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