 hellbilly (906), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
Nov 13, 2007
mesa gathering. provided by hopheadinaz. pours a crystal clear brewed tea color. aroma is really nutty, malty and raisin sweet. there’s also some soft wet pipe tobacco along with vanilla and stinging alcohol.flavor follows suit with the addition of lots of wood and a hoppy bite on the dry finish. it was not as sweet as expected..rather, it has a salty character. alcohol gets rather annoying and interferes with the complexity. thin bodied with little/soft carbonation.
zathrus13 (1091), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
Jul 1, 2008 Orange/amber, with an off white head. Aroma is amazing, sweet malt, bourbon, toffee, dark fruit, and vanilla. Flavor is bourbon, vanilla, oak, alcohol, and caramel . Nowhere near as sweet as the aroma leads you to believe. Thanks to sick_boy282 for this bottle.
BlackDonald (1039), North Carolina, USA
Jul 1, 2008 Rich and sweet and was just the thing I was looking for. The flavor profile here is all sweet maltiness, loads of caramel and toffee, some creamy vanilla bean, toasted oak, and a really well masked alcohol not coming across as hot on the palate, but very warming in the afterpalate, and throughout the body. really well done and delicious.
deftim13 (103), California, USA
Mar 13, 2008 375ml bottle purchased at South Bay. Thanks Joey! Pours a dark brown with light head. Smell is oak, vanilla, sweet malt, light whisky notes and dark fruit. No hops present. Taste is smooth sweet malt, light whisky notes, oak and a light oxidation. Little bit of caramel in the aftertaste and a off flavor of butter(?). for such a big barley wine there is not much burn. Pretty smooth.Flat mouthfeel. This is pretty tasty but I do not see this aging for years. Glad I only picked up a couple bottles.
1FastSTi (2402), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
Mar 5, 2008 Pours to a glowing mahogany body with a clean look and very thin bubbly white head. The aroma is strong oak, vanilla, sweet whiskey, barley, some things like Sam Adams triplebock going on in it. The flavor is sweet vanilla, strong oak, and whiskey. The palate is surprisingly not alcoholic. Sweet, rich, and full bodied. Caramel.
Ughsmash (3077), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Feb 29, 2008 Thanks to Blake for bringing this over! Poured clear caramelly-copper with a light, looser cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up overtones of sour oak and light bourbon mixed with some vanilla and nuttiness.. more dry oak comes through with warmth.. this really muffled the ABV well! The flavor has a whole lot of dried toffee, caramel, and well-toasted oak on the core, rather hot alcohol hit on the back-end, but that was expected.. warm back-end with a bit of bourbon/brandy along with vanilla right at the back. Thicker-bodied on the palate with lots of toasty oak and vanilla accents.. well-balanced and warming at the end. This was a very good brew!
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