4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
08/03/2012 Open Baladin Roma (10cl tasting). Riassaggiata in compagnia di Mark (KyotoLefty). Bellissimo color dorato carico con riflessi miele, limpido, schiuma assente. Al naso ricorda un vino fortificato dolce, con note ossidate importanti, di vaniglia, fruttate, una punta vagamente acidula, vinosa. In bocca si conferma uno dei barley wine più delicati e sopraffini che abbia mai assaggiato, dolce, mirabilmente bilanciato, rimanda immediatamente a un Madeira. Corpo medio, consistenza vellutata, setosa, alcol molto ben nascosto. Barley wine originalissimo e di grandissima finezza. Un capolavoro.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Baladin tasting, Baltazar, Oslo, May 2012.
Clear brown, no carbonation. Very vinous aroma. White wine character. Sweetness, oaky finish. Madeira-like.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Open, sample. La birra dedicata ai vini bianchi è un delicatissimo amabile con tanta vaniglia e dolcezza quasi da vino paassito.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle 500ml. clear glass.
Clear medium to dark amber orange colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, white wine, cask wood, oak, vanilla notes, light alcohol. Flavour is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, vanilla, caramel, wood. Very complex and lovely ;O) Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20120324]
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
100ml from tap, served in a snifter glass at Open Baladin. Clear amber body colour, missing head, bright surface. Aromatic with dried and spiced fruits. In-depth flavour of dried fruits, like apricot, vanilla oak and toffee. Velvety vinous throughout with warmth from the alcohol. A very completely made brew. Enjoying (Roma, 31.03.2012).
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled, thanks fiulijn! Hazy amber. Intense aroma of caramel, pears and dessert wine. Sweet and full bodied with soft mouthfeel. Elegant and vinous with oak and brandy warmth. Pleasant witg balance and depth. Low bitterness.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Lovely barley wine, so delicate like silk. Aroma is vanilla and some sweet wine, fruited. Flavour is sweet and relative low-body that makes it drinkable compared to other barleys.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
From bottle. Pours a deep golden/orange color, almost amber, with no head to speak of. Aroma is sweet and fruity, complex and warming. Dried grapes, apricots and peaches, white wine, little funk and wood. Taste is similar and reminds of a sweet straw wine. Some wood, little booze, stone fruits and raisins. Almost full bodied with very soft carbonation. Extremely enjoyable and complex. Very wine-like. It reallt reminds of a sweet white wine and is much less "beer" tha its counterpart Terre. Yet it possible even more satisfying.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ Miss January / AA Meeting Afterparty Tasting, March 2012. Pours clear dark copper with bubbles on top. Nose is fruity and rich. Lots of white wine and oak. Matured and vinous. Toffee and caramel beneath. Complex. Lovely flavor. Nuts, caramel, dark fruit, oak and white wine. Sticky and oily. Pleasant warmth . . Best Barley Wine I’ve had in a while.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
10 cl pour from the bottle at Open Baladin Roma. Very fragrant nose of oak, white wine, sherry, vanilla. Well oxidized. Deep salmon pink to red with no lace. Flavor of Sauternes, sweet white wine, a bit of honey, vanilla, sherry, alcohol. Complex and lovely, with lots of barrel. Soft and silky body. Very low acidity, but the light tatness works well to balance. Excellent.
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