4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Clear red/brown body, with a large creamy off-white head.Aroma is candy sugar, hops some dark fruits. Flavor is also candy sugar, hops, dark fruits and alcohol.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
22oz bottle. Pours amber with a fluffy off-white head. Lively carbonation. Aroma is of caramel, sugar, rye, dark fruit, and hops. Taste is of hops, sugar, and dark fruit. Has a caramel malt backbone, that almost comes off as dusty and earthy. Has a lot of rye, which I don’t think is a good character for a barley wine. Lingering sugary candy taste. Finish is very hot with a harsh alcohol burn. Mouthfeel is light and smooth. Body is heavy, but easy to drink due to the carbonation. I just found the whole beer kind of muddled. I hoped to warm up to it, but it just never got past mediocre for me.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Brewed in the USA...... Pours a lite amber color with a small white head and nice lacing. Aroma of candy malts, fruits and caramel. Taste is much of the same with the addition of some spices. The mouthfeel is pleasant and finishes on the dry side. Pretty good barley wine, but a bit on the sweet side.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 oz. Pours a bright, orangish amber with a massive yellow head that leaves behind sheets of lacing. Huge strawberry cheesecake aroma reminiscent of Stone Old Guardian sans citrus hop madness. Taste is similarly strawberry cheesecake with a dry, peppery, caramel malt heavy finish with some bitter orange peel in there too. Very sweet and yummy with the 9% well hidden. Nothing like an imperial IPA in my opinion. I would say that the hop character in this is almost nil compared to other craft barleywines.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: APR 28, 2009 22oz bottle at 2nd beer drinking meeting. Great barley wine. think this was the gfs favoriute beer of the night
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Taste 3/9 bottle. Looks: Copper body with a sticky lacing foam. Aroma: Sweet malt. Taste: Nice hoppy spice and floral around a bug malt body. Worth an occasional purchase.
4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
The hoppiest Barleywine I’ve ever had. If you didn’t like barleywine, this is the one to try. Brings in a caramel finish that works well to round out the package.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Thours poured a ruby red to brown color with almost no head. Aroma was of dark fruit, alcohol and hops. Flavor was bitter hops but not much hop flavor, caramel and some dark fruits. Not the greatest tasting BW but hid the alcohol very well.
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