 grandridge (137), Port Clinton, Ohio, USA
Jul 19, 2008
12. oz bottle from 2005 Batch 1. Been looking forward to this one. Pours amber with head that vanishes quickly. Aroma is sweet and alcohol and maybe some oak. Flavor is sweet, bananna is there, carbonation is gone, alcohol burn on the finish but not bad for 15.53%. Oak isn’t as apparent as desciption states, overpowered by sweetness. Nicely mellowed, as I noticed some peope saying the alcohol is too much, I think it’s drinkable if you get past the sweetness. I’ll be letting this one sit some more and revisit in a couple years.
Beer_Hawk (673), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
Aug 6, 2008 Bottled Apr 08 (Batch 4). Poured a ruby red with a thin off white head that settles quickly. Big oak wood aroma backed with caramel and vanilla. Light alcohol also in the aroma. Sweet flavor of vanilla, caramel, and toffee/butterscotch with an oak lining. The alcohol is well hidden in the flavor. Medium body that is sweet throughout. Toffee/vanilla aftertaste. Warming. Very decent barley wine!
travita (707), Lewisville, Texas, USA
Aug 6, 2008 Look is amber colored with an almost white head. Smell is sweet, molasses, honey, sugar, pretty good candy caramel smell. Taste is sweet toffee, overpowering sweetness, and some oak. Definete alcohol. Almost too much trying to go on.
logan_townsend (13), bonner springs, Kansas, USA
Aug 5, 2008 Very malty aroma. almost smells like an apple cider with apricots. nice ruby red color. Amazing how little of the alcohol you taste in this but just too sweet for me. Can deffinetly taste the oak in the afterglow.
MakeItDrinkIt (60), Portland, Oregon, USA
Aug 4, 2008 Light mahogany ruby color with a thin lihgt-tan head. Aroma is rich with raisins, prunes - big and sweet! Flavor is intense - sweet, caramelly honey with lots of stone fruits, and nectar. The oak comes through more toward the finish. Quite an exquisite finish to an otherwise absolutely fabulous birthday! Tasted May 29, 2008 at Birreria Paradiso in Georgetown - Washington, DC
dpjuart (549), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 4, 2008 Bottle courtesy of Nate. Pours orange/red with no head, clear, maybe a brown tint. Sweet sugar, caramel, butterscotch candies. Heavy alcohol prescence and spiciness. Taste is sweet, hard candy, syrupy honey, and molasses, some fruitiness, cherry and raisin, bubblegum, oh, and lots of alcohol. Very sweet. No balancing bitter. Just straight candy. Needs to age for a very, very long time.
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