Sweetwater Donkey Punch!

Brewed by Sweetwater Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Another fantastic surprise from SpringsLicker. Intensely rustic, russet-colored pour with a rocky, tan head that slowly dissipates. This is a big one. Huge malt nose of candied pineapple and caramel, with the hops hiding in the background, ready to pounce into action. Flavor is a malt-wave of sweet fruit, reminding me slightly of ’bananas foster’ in its richness, while a brigade of hops back things up to balance everything out. Letting it warm up caused the mouthfeel to become a bit ’slick’ and alcoholic, and was surprisingly more enjoyable at a ’cooler’ stage. Highly drinkable despite the 10%. I feel like this is an unique marriage between an English and American style barelywine. This enormous bottle was devoured by 6 brew-lovers. My father, brother in law, friends, and I send a big thanks to Jay for sending this wonderful treat for us to enjoy! We certainly got a ’kick’ out of it!

thanksthe cheese man this is nice. pours a hazy shit fuzz with a gooff ball peice of shit. hi . im a beer with a sweet malt tone and a mango hop note. im nice and i get you drunk bt if you drink to much of me at the end of the night you are going to get your penis sucked by one of the dudes that is chillin at your place. so better watch your back .

A: Pours a nice shade of amberish orange with a thin white head. Not much retention and no lace. S: Caramel malt, citrus, and hints of pine sweetness. T: The caramel malt can be picked up along with a bit of roast. It is rather hoppy with the hops tending to be more resionous pine than citrus. Both flavors can be picked up though. M: On the fuller side of medium, bold, sweet yet hoppy. D: Just good, not great.

I poured the 22 bottle into my DFH snifter to enjoy for a while. It produced a finger worth of white head that trailed of to a thin lace. The body of the brew was a cloudy burnt orange in color The first thing I got from the aroma was a slight oxidation, I due expect to find that on a barleywine with some age. I got some citrus aromas’ in there as well as some caramel malts. The flavor was sweet malts followed by a nice little orange maybe even tangerine flavor. It finished with a nice light bitter from the hops. I am guessing probably it was even hoppier a few months ago. It had a light to medium feel in my mouth with light carbonation so what I expect for the style It is an easy drinking brew. I am having no problems working through the bomber. I liked it but it wasn’t one of my tops in the style but by no means one of the worse Serving type: bottle

One liter bottle thanks to someone from awhile back- thanks man! Pours a deep bronze color with a large foamy white head. A great sweet BW flavor; rich caramel, loads of hops, sweet and fruity. The flavor is similar; a rich robust flavor of caramel, fruity hops, sweet candies and fruit. Very nice and well-balanced. Tasty, I could have drank the liter myself- thankfully I did not.

Sampled at the SLC tasting 1/23/10. Thanks to Doug for bringing this bad boy to the show!
Appearance: Poured a hazy amber with a nice amount of off white head
Aroma: Dark fruits, sweet malts, citrus
Taste: Sweet malts, dark fruits, citrus, pine
A very nice Barley Wine! Well balanced with lots of hops to balance the malt.

1 liter- batch 1. Pours a medium to light amber with a thinning white head. Aroma is light boozy, alcohol is apparent upfront, still ok though- tons of big sweet caramel and sugary malts, lots of citrusy hops, fruity as well- amarillo-like. Flavor is citrusy with lots of big sweet malts, sugary almost, with an earthy leather thing going on in the end- good bitter hops to counter the sweet malts,

DANK TANK Bomber Bottle. Holy sweet Moses this beer is hoppy, I was hit by it the second I cracked the cap. Pours brilliant ruby with some haze and a huge beige head that retains until the end. Aroma- pine, grapefruit, floral hops, toffee, brown sugar, DANK White Rhino, Northern Lights, Skunk#1, generally resinous. Taste is certainly bitter but not overly done, partly becasue of the balance of toffee, fruit and brown sugar. Thick body, great smooth carbonation. All flavors are present and the taste buds are having a great time. Somewhat of a peppery finish. Incredible beer, they can call it a Barleywine or whatever the hell they want to but I’m saying it’s just awesome. Best I have had from Sweetwater, 142.0 IBU’s, that’s awesome. I just wish I could buy this on a daily basis but unfortunately it doesn’t make it to Tennessee yet.