3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(12oz bottle, 2009 vintage, courtesy of blutt59) clear rich ruby with a nice dark tan head. Nose of caramel, dark honey and light spices. Taste of caramel, light alcohol, brown sugar and toasty. Quite easy to drink for the ABV especially.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled Nov. 2008: Wow, pours deep red with an intense roasty, pruny nose, a lasting head and lacing to the end, the heaviest BW that I have ever had with a chewy palate, flavors of raisin & roast malts dominate, some sweetness balanced by an adequate hop bite at the finish. Noticeable alcohol burn and flavor, perhaps too much.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark ruby red color. Pours from tap with a very thin head and leaves no lacing. Smooth on the tongue with a strong taste of raisin on the finish. Gets more interesting as it warms up. Very nice!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle courtesy blutt59. 2009 batch. Pours a clear reddish color with light amounts of carbonation. Even swirling is difficult to arouse a head. Aroma is dark fruit, aged and woody. Sweet nose. Flavor is sugary sweet and brown sugar. Syrupy finish.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle, 2009 vintage thanks to blutt59
Dark red, nearly black color. Lots of malt, more than most barleywines - toffee and vanilla.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(12oz bottle, 2009 vintage, courtesy of blutt59) Pours a mahogany body with a medium beige head. Aroma of raisins, caramel, nuts, and plum. Flavor of caramel, raisins, light chocolate, roasted malt, light smoke, and plum.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from blutt59. Brown pour with an off-white head. Aroma is alcohol, lots of caramel, and vanilla. Taste is vanilla up front, a little caramel, coffee, and a little cocoa.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle, thanks to dkachur in trade, rich ruby color with a buttery toffee aroma, flavors are cocoa and some soft malty fruit, a bit watery on the finish
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at the brewpub in Gettysburg. Pours a dark ruby red with a small white head. Aroma of sweet sugar and malt. Flavor of butterscotch, raisins, sweet malt, and alcohol. Ugh, hard to drink and not very tasty.
6/4/5/3/11 [2.9/5]
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle pours a deep, opaque almost black, thin off white head. Nose is malty, crackers, biscuit. Flavor is sweet, malty, cookie dough, caramel, light burnt toast. Full bodied, sweet finish which is a touch hot. A barleywine that’s completely malt forward. This was a 2009 bottle that could definitely go another year or so.
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