RunDWP (158), San Jose, California, USA Jun 3, 2008 Bottle. Pours a lovely mahogany color with a slight, yet persistant light orange head. Strong, buttery toffee flavors with a tea-like after taste. Some fig notes, too. Pretty complex flavor overall. Warmed me up. More as an after dinner drink thn something you’d want to pair food with.
JamesD (156), Centreville, Virginia, USA Sep 4, 2008 I thought this was a great barleywine. There’s a lot of alcohol and malt to the aroma. Hints of citrus, flower, and cinnamon are very noticeable. The flavor is very malty, a little bit of christmas spice, and a nice warming feel coats your throat as it goes down the hatch. The palate is creamy, velvety, and extremely thick. This would be a good bread and butter, everyday barleywine, given it’s low price relative to other barleywines. mirjukka (371), LOHJA, Finland Sep 2, 2008 bottle 355ml 4,32€ from Alko Arkadia EXP Aug 09 ?
deep amber transparent Taste pleasant sticky pine, citrus, caramel .Fruitiness kick in aftertaste. Warming alcohol presents. I tasted this last time years ago and it was more steamy than this one. Anyway I could think this as dessert after dinner. Mitch_Wayne (104), Kokkola, Finland Aug 31, 2008 A nice, hoppy barley wine with a pleasant citrusy dry aroma and a malty lovely taste. Very balanced stuff, I could drink many of these in a row.... SuperDave70 (765), Arizona, USA Aug 30, 2008 Pours a deep amber color with a small but creamy tan head that sticks around. Aroma of dark fruit, deep roasted malt, brown sugar and citrus hops. Flavor is much the same, sweet and sticky with a bit pine-citrus hop finish. Almost chewy on the palate. Nice warming alcohol. For less that $3.00 a bottle, you really can’t go wrong! Angeloregon (1891), Portland, Oregon, USA Aug 30, 2008 12oz. bottle from Dave at By the Bottle--Cheers!--Poured a rich vibrant amber body. Not too much of a whitish head. Fruity, bubblegummy, alcohol nose. Lots of hops and malts. Bitter, dark fruitiness, and piny grapefruit in the finish. Big ass beer. A little unbalanced, but, hey, it’s a barleywine.
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