 TampaBrew (748), Tampa, Florida, USA
May 3, 2009 Poured dark brown. Malt nose, low hop aroma, alcohol. Slight boozy flavor, malt forward, some spicy hops. warming.
sebletitje (1880), Tampa, Florida, USA
May 2, 2009 courtesy of ibrew2or3.
2008 bottle.
Pours copper dark, no head.
Aroma was overly hoppy with some malts and caramel.
Taste, malty, sugary, boozy, light caramel notes and some resinous fruits. Some caramel coupled with a nice dark fruit mouthfeel.
TheEpeeist (1430), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
Apr 22, 2009 12 oz bottle, 2008. Dark cola brown with a beige haze. Very fruity nose with strawberry jam, raisin and caramel. A rather full body for a barleywine with a slight tang. Taste is apple, caramel and then bitter grass.
Snoop59 (69), Penn Run, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 20, 2009 12 oz. bottle poured into a snifter. Pours a deep, deep dark red almost brown with foamy tan head that disappears quickly to a ring that lasts throughout. Not much lacing to speak of. Great aroma of sweet malt, dark fruits, molasses, and a pleasant hint of alcohol. Flavor is of sweet malt, raisins, some roasty notes, and cherries. Nice warming finish but not overwhelming for such a big beer. Full bodied. A great beer from ABC.
unclemike (834), Ft. Riley, Kansas, USA
Mar 19, 2009 bottle Small tan head that mostly diminished, fine-small sized bubbles, fair lacing, uncarbonated, transparent, and an orange brown hue. Sweet, fruity, port and alcohol aroma. Flavor was malty, vinuous, fruity and some hops. Medium body.
LinusStick (1831), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 8, 2009 Wow....way too sweet and alcoholic; even for a barley wne. Aroma was strong and full. Sticky malt with a Vick’s Vapo-Rub notel. Pour was a nice deep mahogany with a one finger off white head. Taste was all sweet malt with a harsh alcohol burn and a hint of hops in the aftertaste. Way too much.
hiddenvariable (194), pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 5, 2009 bottle. pours a deep, dark, mahogany. looks like it would be clear if it weren’t so dark. sizable tan head that fades pretty quickly, but leaves a ring that sticks around. smells of chocolate and caramel malt, with a light citrus hop note. sort of cola-like smell. a hint of booze. nice. more of the same in the taste--cola, chocolate, caramel, hops--with a bit of a cherry note coming out, as well as a bit more alcohol. lightly bitter on the finish, with a touch of sweetness mixed in there. thick and bubbly, sticky and resinous. pretty warming, though not hot. not bad. the alcohol comes out a bit too much in the taste, and i think i might like a bit less in bittering hops, but this is an interesting interpretation of the style. one doesn’t often seen barleywines this dark.
KornDogg (171), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Feb 28, 2009 On Tap at brewery.. great barleywine with an aroma of a chocolate covered cherries... taste was filled with chocolate, caramel and molasses...
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