4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draught at Southpark Tavern, Dayton, OH. Deep amber color. Aroma was massive citrus and floral hops. Is this a barleywine or a IIPA? Taste was more hops, but on the back end was balanced nicely by some sweet malts. Finish was hoppy bitterness. An overall subtle complexity, but an excellent beer that I really enjoyed.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a cloudy light amber. Aroma is of honey, peaches and leaves. Taste is somewhat light, with a significant amount of hops, and a little malt and molasses. Pretty dry for a barley wine.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a hazy medium amber with a frothy white head made of large white bubbles. While I was a bit congested while tasting this beer I could tell that there was a lot of hops and malt coming through. If I was smelling this without knowing what it was I would have assumed it was a strong IPA. This beer tastes like a double IPA with a lot of body and some serious malt on the back end. This is a smooth drinking beverage, but it is fairly heavy and almost syrupy in the mouth. Not a crisp and refreshing drink but good for a cold evening or if you are in the mood for a serious drink.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle pours a dark orange with a nice tan head. Aroma is citrus and orange. Taste is heavy on the hops with citrus, orange, and heavy bitterness but a nice sweet caramel and date flavors are also present. I imagine that at some point cellaring this beer would help to balance the malt and hop profiles better as it was the hops were overpowering the malts in this barleywine. Really tasty and enjoyable.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle, 2009-11-27., Gøteborg
AP: amber with a creamy yellowish head
AR: bButtery, citrus and caramel
F: hops, nutts, fudge, nice vinos body. .
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On cask @ Avery. Pour is a perfect rusty orange with a big creamy head. Nose is just an absolute assault of dank, resiny columbus hops. Flavor is the resiny/weed of the hops upfront, balanced by a nice fruitiness and slight touch of caramel and light alcohol to finish. This is a really well-done brew. The cask lends a little more roundness of flavor than you’ll get from the bottled version. One of Avery’s best.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Poured deep red with off white head, smells of citrusy and woody hops with a slight malt character. Taste starts out resiny/citrusy hops and then moves into a caramel sweetness with a nice hop bitterness that lingers. Overall definitely more of a DIPA than a barley wine, but a hop head like myself can’t complain! Awesome beer.
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: APR 21, 2010 (br-btl pk-lbl flying-hogs, 22oz, 9.2%, dry hopped with Colubus, 100IBUs, $7, 32¢/oz)
lct-cpr, moldy-lasting-head, wavy-lace, full-body, ^co2, smooth.
^sweet-crml ^flowery-hop ^rich aroma.
§chclt §rum T1 ^crml-malt bitter-hop-bite §astrngnt-chrd-malt T2 ^alchl-warm ^crml-hop T3.
^rich-hops, mostly-sweet, ^drinkable.
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