 FatPhil (3139), Espoo, Finland
Jun 28, 2009 660ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki) 2 year old bottle.
Sickly sweet stodgy malt porridge aroma. Slimy palate. Nondescript pile of big bold hops and stupidly sweet. Even though it’s 2 years old it’s still sticky and stodgy. It insults the "barley wine" style - it’s just a boozy ale. However, it’s not horrific.
(5:4:5+:3:10=2.7)
jlruthven (120), LaGrange, Georgia, USA
Jun 26, 2009 Bomber. Pours a viscous ruby-tan with HUGE white head. Nose is candied sugar, caramel, raisins, and the ripest of apples. Tastes of figs, pears, apples, caramel, with just a hint of clove on the back of the palate. The hops are notably at the forefront for a barleywine. Not the best of the style that I’ve encountered, but damn fine. Will definitely buy again.
Butters (1278), Not-so-Temporarily in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Jun 25, 2009 Bomber split with scottyp at woody’s. Pours a ever so slightly hazy maroon with great tan head considering it’s a barleywine. Big matly plum nose with a little peat. Flavor adds a distinctive citric hop bitterness, with a spicy hop and huge malt backbone. Medium chewy body with good warming and a syrupy sweet, yet hop bitter finish. Good label, good price. Very nicely done
LearninBeer (175), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
Jun 24, 2009 The color is caramel, golden brown with a thick body. The aroma is sweet malts, caramel, cookie and maybe a touch of honey. The head is light brown, creamy, mostly diminishing with excellent lacing. The body is murky. The initial flavor is a little bitter, not a whole lot of flavor at first. Then you get some citrus and a hint of the malts. No alcohol, creamy body good feel a little more age for the malts to do some more work.
KnN (615), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Jun 23, 2009 Poured a hazy reddish yellow color with a thick fluffy white head. Aroma reminded me right off the bat of a sweet malty Double IPA. There was some tasty hop action going in in this one. Flavor was like a DIA with the malt turned up to 9 and the hops turned down to 6. Pretty tasty overall and not at all what I was expecting.
l1br4r14n (174), Washington, Washington DC, USA
Jun 23, 2009 Very nice and complex aroma of floral hops, light fruits, citrus and pine. Flavor is more of the same, especially the hops but enough malt to keep it from being too bitter.
curly (412), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Jun 18, 2009 Hazy ruby amber pour with a beige head. Alcohol, berry, maple, and apricot aroma. Taste is very complex with a multitude of fruits and hops. Finishes with a bitter roast finish. Very well balanced beer.
LilBeerDoctor (1291), East Setauket, New York, USA
Jun 17, 2009 Bottle. Pours a hazy light brown with a thick off-white head. Aroma of sweet caramel malt, apple skins, light fruits, and light citrus hops. Flavor of sweet malt, lemon iced tea, some sweet grassy hops in the finish. Heavy palate, huge malt bomb here. Hmm, I wasn’t really impressed by this beer.
7/4/7/4/14 (3.6/5)
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