 shadey (1501), Rochester, New York, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
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.
craftycarl21 (601), South Hero, Vermont, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 2, 2010 Tap @ Ebenezer’s. Pours a dark caramel with a very small head. Aroma is strong with honey, heather, grain, caramel, apple, and some light herbal notes. flavor is similar; really an interesting grainy caramel note, with molasses. the aging from ’06 really creates a nice mellow taste. Palate has some sticky sweetness, but slippery with a pretty dry finish. Nice unique brew.
oteyj (822), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 2, 2010 Garnet caramel pour with a small white veneer of a head. Aroma is heather, honey, caramel , with mild floral/herbal notes. Flavor Is boozy caramel, heather, massive honey, and molasses, brown sugar. Palate is silky, rich, thick, low in carbonation, and finishes semi-astringent and dry. Unique and tasty.
jkwalking05 (1501), Arlington, Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
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 (2515), Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
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 (240), , Maine, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
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 (1970), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
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 (803), Texas, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
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 (1981), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
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.
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