3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/2075cl bottle picked up at the brewery in july. Dark red-brown color with lasting foam. The aroma is quite woody with a big dose of cherry and some sweet caramely malt. The flavor is dry and vinous with lots of cherry fruitiness and a woody, almost tannic flavor. Dry and leaner in body than you would expect. Acidity is high, but not really a sour ale. Definitely not a modern barley wine though, as it lacks the rich malt of the style. Weird stuff to tell you the truth. I kinda got into it, but couldn’t help wishing that they had just made a rich, malty, and not acidic beer.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 750ml.
[ Vintage 2008 ]. [ Trade by madmitch76 ].Clear medium to dark amber red colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, wood, dark fruit, plume, light oxidide, light alcohol. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light light acidic with a long duration, dark malt, dark berry tart, oak - wood, light red wine. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121116]
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pours a clear ruby color with a medium tan head. Aroma has sweet tart fruit and cardboard. Flavor is tart fruit and caramel...lots of cardboard! Clearly infected or didnt hold up!
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
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16/11-12@ F1
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ FOneFan. Hazy dark amber/brown/red with medium tan head. Aroma is malt, dark fruits, toasted, plume and a little toffee. Flavour is malt, dark fruits, little sour, wood, oak, caramel, toffee, medium sweet, yeast, vinous, berries, hop, warming and nuts.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ "Det er meget mørkt i Ulfborg", November 2012. Pours ruby amber with a small creamy head. Nose is toffee, dark fruit and caramel. Vinous and well aged. Flavor is oak, red wine , caramel, berries and fruit. Full bodied. Slick and smooth.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Bev 4 Less: I was unfortunately too late to get a bottle of Decadence from the usual South Bay Drugs spot so I had to drive out to Santee in a desperate attempt to get my hands on a bottle. Luckily, I was able too. Created a huge thick fluffy head that was very stubborn and would not retreat while the liquid was a solid shade of mahogany with a brown tint. From the nose, there is a typical English barley wine scent of caramel or toffee along with dark fruit and cigar or tobacco. The immediate flavor is tart and shocking and seems a bit unripe or unbalanced but with the help of a thick molasses like syrup taste and sweet toasted caramel malt it does hold some kind of strong profile. However, I still feel strong about this beer not being as well rounded as all the previous decadences, but I guess sometimes it just doesn’t work out how you intended it to be.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Acquired two of these in a cellar cleaning a friend was doing. Very excited to try this! Enjoyed in a huge Riedel Bordeaux glass at just above fridge temp around 45-50 Degrees F.
A - Poured a plum to brown hazy purple into the glass. No head at all, almost no carbonation wisp as I uncapped it. Looks very murky.
S - Smells very sweet. Lots of dark fruits and sugars. Very like candied sugar sort of sweetness. Hints of vanilla and smoke.
T - Lots of fruity characters to this. Plums, bananas, mangos, kiwi and something else. Maybe grape juice? It has this uber bitter-sweet taste that stays around for a while. Middle of the tongue is very musty and sort of raw. Back of the tongue is this light campfire smokiness.
M - Very mild carbonation but it’s still there. Heavy body.
O - This is the oldest barley wine I’ve had. It’s remarkable. I’m going to hold onto the other one for a while.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750ml bottle. Poured a very deep and hazy amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, lots of maltiness, some woodiness, dark fruits, and some earth. Tastes of caramel, toffee, nuts, and dark fruits. Tastes of the softer side compared to the aromas with the alcohol content hidden.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
A hazy amber color with a small khaki head. An interesting array of aromas on this. Certainly sour with a strong citric acidity and a bit of vinegar. Candied orange peel, caramel, and some toffee. A little bit of grapefruit on the finish. The flavor is somewhat sweet with toffee and brown sugar. Still a little bit of booze along with some dark fruits. Definitely tart, but not overwhelmingly so.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750mL bottle, split several ways, pours a murky orangey amber with a small beige head. Rich about now I was really hoping I didn’t get an infected bottle. The aroma has red berries, English malt, and caramel - very rich. Flavour of English malt, tofee, dark fruits, apples, and a very subtle sourness, but it isn’t dominant. Lucked out with this - certainly isn’t infected. Quite the contrary, it’s held up very well over the years. Very rich and warming without any cloying notes. Full-bodied, sticky, and slightly sweet, and only a smidgeon of the sourness. Excellent.
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