fg8080 (37), San Diego, California, USA
Apr 27, 2008 This is a very thick, sweet bitter brew with a heavy bite. Reminds me of a lesser old guardian
 KimJohansen (6676), Copenhagen V, Denmark
Apr 26, 2008 Deep amber with medium off white head. Sweet aroma with caramel, hops and fruits. Sweet and hoppy flavor with caramel, fruits and toasted malt. Ends bitter.
Cletus (5002), Connecticut, USA
Apr 25, 2008 2005? bottle Pours amber with a thin white head. Even with some cellaring, the first thing I noticed about this beer was an intensely resiny hoppy aroma, followed by lots of sweet caramelly malt. Tastes of sweet malt, lots of bitterness is there, some resiny chewy hoppy hints. This reminds me more of a cellared IIPA than a barleywine.
johndavidj99 (123), Township, Maine, USA
Apr 24, 2008 The best barley wine I have had. Very hoppy! The malt character is the perfect compliment to the hops. I love it.
gator2683 (133), Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Apr 24, 2008 medium red with thin white head. smells hoppy and alcoholic. initially candied sugar, when a bit of hop bite and a dry somewhat bitter fruit finish
BlackDonald (1127), Boise, Idaho, USA
Apr 18, 2008 Pound for pound one of the best barleywines on the market. That is if you like your barleywines bending the line between IIPA and barleywine. This is just a tad bit on the bigger, aggresive hoppy side for the style, but still having siad that it is delicious. Lots of lighter fruits in this one, grapefruit, peach and tangerine, but has some nice candied sugar sweetness as well, some heat from the alcohol, but overall pretty well balanced, you feel it more than you can taste it.
Slayer85 (582), Firenze, Italy
Apr 17, 2008 Bottled. A clear amber beer with a big and persistent creamy beige head. The aroma is very hoppy, with notes of grapefruit and pine but also some caramel and alcohol. The flavour is again very hoppy as you can imagine, not totally balanced, nor unpleasant. The alcohol is felt, but it’s not the biggest problem, more than these 100 IBUs IIPAs and BWs with American hops are at a long distance a little bit filling to give them higher ratings. Near full body, lively carbonation, long finish with elevated bitterness. Not exceptional, but good.
thewolf (5635), Kolding, Denmark
Apr 14, 2008 Bottle, bought @ Kolding Vinhandel.
Pours a depp, lightly hazy red-golden. A great, creamy beige head that leaves okay lacing. Aroma is very hoppy, lots of grapefruit, grass, vanilla and malty caramel. Medium carbonation, super oily. Lovely sweet with lots of caramel and a great hoppy flavour. Not that bitter, but still enough bite (with the alcohol) to balance the sweetness nicely. A chewy biscuity feel to it.
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