3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20cloudy brown, smooth light brown head.
aroma is strong wood, malts, caramel.
flavor is sweet malty, lots of wood, alc is well hidden.
An okay barley wine, more english than american in style,and lots of flavor from the long wood lagering.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(sample at tasting with Mark, Kasper and Sandra) Pours a semi-clear dark amber with little white head. Decent retention. Aroma is port wine, a bit of toffee and malt. Oily texture, medium carbonation, full body and a sweet finish. Flavour is moderately sweet with barrel notes. Pleasant but probably even more enjoyable in the winter.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a clear dark amber with no head. Smells richly of port or cognac. Tastes sweet, somewhat bitter, but as an undertone. Pine. Pretty much like drinking cognac.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ home, batch # 159. Pours very dark amber with a very fast fading offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, port, dark fruits, oak, light oxidation, alcohol. Flavor is rather sweet with malt, caramel, ripe red grapes, raisins, port, oak, some booze. Medium body, soft carbonation, nice warming alcoholic finish. Nice one. 290413
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Batch #159 corked and caged 37.5cl green glass bottle opened with a whimper and then poured out with a murky mahogany body supporting a weak mocha head leaving behind sludgy dark yeast at the bottom of the bottle. The aroma offers up brown sugar covered prunes, sweet raisins and plum juice as well as some barrel notes of booze, faint wood and yeast. The taste starts out as brown sugar covered prunes and raisin swamp the early flavor then pick up a Quad like molasses covered spicy yeast quality. Beyond those flavors I find murmurs of booze, a bit of wood and then nectar like dark fruity sweetness taking this into the after taste. This has a really nice mix of notes creating a pleasing harmony.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
0.375l corked bottle #159 from Bierkoning. This is a deep cloudy rusty-red brown one with a near non existing quickly sidesticking bubbly transparent top. Lovely nose with loads of barreled-aromas. Thick sweet and glazed fruity with caramel, slightly sour red currants, traces of tobacco and a strong vinous port wine touch. Smells really nice this! It’s really gentle on the carbonation - near flat actually but some soft prickling on back of the tongue and the mouthfeel is surprisingly soft and almost a bit watery. Lovely flavors though! It’s a English style barley with a lovely spicy woody and vinous touch. The port shines through all the soft herbal and spicy flavors. Not overwhelmingly sweet in any way, actually a bit of the opposite and it has a good amount of oxidation on the taste. Ends with a nice warming and peppery aftertaste A great flavorful little treat full of flavor. 24.01.2013
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Ulkonäöltä samean ruskea ja niukkavaahtoinen. Haju on käyneen viininen, hapan, marjainen, voinen ja vähän vaniljaa. Maku on suklainen, hieman alkoholinen, maltainen, ruisleipäinen, makea ja hieman hapan. Suutuntuma täyteläinen. Kokonaisuutena jopa pilaantuneen hajuinen, mutta hienon makuinen olut, kannatti kokeilla,
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Dark mahogany with no head. Superb flowery aromad, vinous notes, dark fruits, a bit plummy. Almost full body, vinous, long warming finale of cocoa and coca cola. Loved it. Tasted side by side with a westvleteren , I think I prefered this one!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
My Bottom Line:
Cranberry jam, wood, oxidation and alcohol warmth meld before leaving the palate with a surprisingly lean, subtle finish.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-There is barely a ring of foam around the graceful plum-like mahogany.
-Caramel notes are light for a Barley Wine.
-Peach skin and apple fruitiness also appears here and there.
-Carbonation is very low.
-The finish is a tad too storyless for my tastes in contemplative strong brews.
Bottle.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle @ home.... It pours murky brown with no head...... The aroma is prunes, vinous, caramel and hops...... The flavor is vinous, some alcohol, dark fruits, caramel, bit sour notes, and hops....
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle) Clear brownish read colour with brief, beige head. Fruity, vinous nose with dried fruit, caramel, red berries, port wine and oak wood. Malty, fruity taste with notes of caramel, red fruit, port wine, a touch of chocolate, hints of oak wood and a slightly vinous finish with a warming touch of alcohol. There’s a slight oxidization, but that just seems to add to the complexity and balance. Almost full body, with a certain caramel sweetness. Quite well balanced and very taste. Excellent beer.
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