 BeerBunker (640), Burbank, Illinois, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 29, 2009
750ml bottle from 2007. Still lots of carbonation after a year. Pours deep orange with a foamy off-white head. Aroma is of wood, hops, alcohol, oak, and fruit. Taste is of hops, citrus, oak, several kinds of fruit, caramel, and some mild underlying rye. Alcohol content isn’t overly prevalent. Thick, stick mouthfeel. The oak aging didn’t take control of this beer, it just blended well with the other flavors. Enjoyable and worth drinking.
beernovice39 (436), South Carolina, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 6, 2010 Cloudy orane/tan pour with medium creamy off white head. Nice malty scent. Solid balanced taste. Most barleys i find too boozy but this one is nice.
tmoreau (675), Lombard, Illinois, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 26, 2010 Served on tap to a snifter at the Bavarian Lodge in Lisle, IL. Presented a cloudy, brownish orange hue, with a decent amount of white foam to the head, and very clingy ribbons and spots of tight lacing. The aroma didn’t offer up much more than light woodiness and a subdued fruity perfume. These continued into the flavor with a little more substance, not much sweetness but a light mid-fruit variety, full maltiness, a noticeable alcohol presence, and a persistent hop bitterness that continued with some dryness into the finish. A decent, full bodied brew, but I tend to be a fan of more distinct ester notes and more malt sweetness when it comes to American Barleywines.
tgncc (958), Bellmore, New York, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 9, 2010 Aroma is malty, fruity, oak. Very hazy orange appearance, with white head. The flavor is oak first, then malty, fruity, pine hops. The finish is pine and citrus, lingering. The body is medium/thick to thick, sticky. Nicely done, if not a classic.
scoth (325), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 29, 2010 Pours clear copper, with a one-finger beige head, very good clinging lacing. Grassy and woody aroma, with raisins, toast, vanilla, and brandy. Medium-full body, smooth, zesty, crisp, lightly dry. Medium sweetness up front, grass, earth, and floral flavors, with biscuit, grape, butter, grapefruit notes, warming. Some milt tartness kicks in midpalate, lasting mild bitter finish, with more floral notes. Delicate and grassy.
neepsntatties (440), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 19, 2010 had this on tap this past weekend at the Great Alaskan Beer and Barley Wine Festival in Anchorage, AK. Colour... gold-peach with no head. Nose... sweetly hoppy with toffee. Palate... dry, sappy, hoppy, oak, dried orchard fruits, dates and a medium length finish.
wxman (614), O’Fallon, Illinois, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Jan 16, 2010 Pours a clear pale amber along with a light tan head that is thick and coats the glass. Not meant to sound off-putting, but the aroma is wet rags and peat. Taste is fairly sweet - - bubble gum. Kinda smokey but in a fake bottled smoke way. This ale looks much better than it tastes. It’s not bad, it’s just not good. Maybe previous editions of this barleywine were better, judging from earlier ratings.
JaBier (1518), Capital City, Ohio, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 16, 2010 Bottle sample at the Barley Wine beer tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits on 1/14/10. Pours clear amber with a medium tan head. Caramel and grainy malt nose with some fruit and a bit of solventy character. Flavor is smoked malt that I somehow missed in the nose (probably due to the solventy character) along with some caramel and booze.
Dogbrick (3088), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Jan 15, 2010 Sample at the Barley Wine beer tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits on 01/14/10. 2009 bottle. This brew pours dark brown with a medium thick and fluffy beige head that diminishes slowly. Small patches of lacing. Smoked malt aroma with notes of oak and butter. Medium, dry body with flavors of smoked meat, toasted bread, butterscotch and bitter hops. The finish is smoky malt with a lingering smoke aftertaste. Overall this beer was difficult to enjoy since it seems to be all over the place.
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