 kmweaver (1762), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
May 14, 2008
Served @ Brickskeller’s Lupulin Reunulin event. Pours an orange-burgundy color; light khaki head with patchy, fine-bubbled lacing. Solid amounts of earthy and mineral hops, red-ale maltiness, and cantaloupe in the aroma; a touch watery. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: red-ale / caramel maltiness; again, oddly watery and lacking viscosity; tea-like tannins and earthy hops; odd, disappointing barleywine. Medium finish: tea, fruitiness, and some lingering hop dryness.
Ale_Drinker (1021), Sunnyvale, California, USA
Jul 3, 2008 Pours amber/red with a nice lasting off-white head. Big hoppy aroma is immediately perceived; it’s mostly pine and fresh grass. Smooth bitterness coats the tongue. There’s just barely enough malt to keep this beer from being an IIPA. Body is surprisingly light and drinkable. A barleywine that is actually a bit refreshing??? Cool.
Skeegle (277), USA
Jul 3, 2008 Nice soft mouthfeel on this barley wine. It has a bit of hoppiness with a subdued sweetness that was very nice and very characteristic of the style. Overall, nothing extremely great, but very well done. Some very light fruits that don’t assert themselves much.
Bigmmartin (80), Kettering, Ohio, USA
Jun 29, 2008 Bottle thanks to 1_2many. Pours a dark reddish amber with a very thin head. Aroma is more hoppy than many barley wines. The flavor is a great balance of strong bitter hoppiness, sweet malt, dark fruits, caramel, and some alcohol (although not overpowering at all.)
1_2many (89), Ohio, USA
Jun 28, 2008 Burgundy amber with a nice but unimprssive head. Intense malt and piney hop nose. Well balanced hop bitterness and sweet malt flavor. Smooth and lasting bitter aftertaste. Very nice beer. Would like try it after it ages.
VitaminR (234), USA
Jun 28, 2008 Caramel soaked apricots and resiny hop nose. Soapy small head that lingered, reddish amber color. Rich caramel sweetness...multi-layered hop bitterness. Tight carbonation, full body and silky, long complex finish, alcohol is almost completely masked by flavors. One of the best "Barley Wines" I’ve ever had!
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