 jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA
Nov 7, 2009 Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Amber in color with a wisp of off-white bubbles. Aroma is of fruit, honey and floral. Taste is floral, with alcohol and honey.
jgb9348 (2492), Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA
Oct 28, 2009 Nice super hazy copper coloured body with amber highlights and a non-existant head. Aroma of honey, yeast, curacao, alcohol and some nice oak. Full-bodied; Super strong alcohol and honey flavours with a lot going on in the centre - spices, oak, vanilla and some pine come out and end with a VERY alcoholic finish. Aftertaste shows the bitterness from some of the pit fruits and oak, but the alcohol is by far the largest taste that really warms the stomach. Overall, decent, but very strong and perhaps too alcoholic and oaky for me. I sampled this 65 cL bottle (overkill) purchased from Liquor Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 03-October-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 28-October-2009.
sigma23 (217), , Maine, USA
Oct 28, 2009 pours bright gold with minimal white head. aroma is strong alcohol, sweet honey, yeast. drinks with sweet honey throughout and some bread, alcohol, light malt. simple and heavy alcohol is what i can say when this beer comes to mind.
travita (1861), Frisco, Texas, USA
Oct 12, 2009 Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. The look is clear, copper colored, with an off white head. The smell is alcohol, honey, sweet, and ok. The taste is sweet and honey
angrypirate06 (678), Texas, USA
Sep 28, 2009 Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Orange ruby pour. Aroma is a fresh honey suckle flower. Flavor is yeast and bready, with some nice maltiness, with honey sweetness on the follow through. Syrupy mouthfeel.
mar (1740), Rowlett, Texas, USA
Sep 19, 2009 bottle thanks to bu11zeye. dark amber with no head. nose is honey and not much else. very smooth on the palate with honey and light vanilla for the flavors.
thirdeye11 (416), Texas, USA
Sep 19, 2009 ( 22oz bomber thanks to bu11zeye) Pours clear orange that coats the glass and no head. Nose of biscuit, light alcohol. Taste is malty, caramel, thick and syrupy. I felt it was also undercarbonated.
shadey (1496), Rochester, New York, USA
Sep 16, 2009 On tap at the brewery. I’m actually very glad I was able to taste this before I bought a bottle. Because of the aging potential I was interested in purchasing some and setting it aside. However, I was able to try the one-year old version and was overwhelmed by the sweetness. I know mead and I appreciate the sweetness, but when combined with an already sweet barleywine, it becomes cloying. Even the small taste I had was gross. The first thing I taste is the mead character - but then I’m hit with a sickeningly sweet barleywine-alcohol combination that is a real turn-off. I wish I could have liked this more.
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