Baladin Xyauyù Etichetta Rame (Copper Label)

Brewed by Le Baladin
Style: Barley Wine
Piozzo, Italy

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. The color is amber and no head to the beer. The smell is sweet, caramel, toffee, almonds, and good. the taste is candy, sweet, alcohol, and nice.

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2012 2004 copper. Been waiting to open this for awhile. Aroma is unimpressive, appearance is plain at best. Taste, however, is a revelation: layers upon layers of silky caramel and smooth malts. Approaching best-of-style for an English Barleywine. Goddamn this is good.

Brilliant beer 2007 vintage Looked like a port in every way. No head at all. Near perfect color. Rich nose. Slight oxidation in the smell but that dropped off. Caramel, Figs, strawberry, bread, and port. Taste is so very similar but more amped up and a touch sweeter. Quite sticky and full on. Very dry finish and well hidden 14.5%. Quite sticky and more like a maple syrup in a odd way. Splendid beer to have had and have one more to savor.

2004 Bottle, 500 ml. Nice color, orange-brown, thin, oily. Big toffee, fruit, stewed peach nose, mostly toffee. Sweet, peaches, big toffee, completely flat, oily and silky smooth. Delicious. I love this stuff.

Bottle shared by dbsdelight- thanks again, Dan! Didn’t bring the box for a boxed beer yet again. I feel cheated. It’s less special that way, Dan, and you know it. 2004 vintage, 13% ABV on the label. After some consternation, we decided the label looked more copper than gold. I think we’re right. Pours a cloudy amber color with no head. Very sweet aroma- toffee, syrup, dates, brown sugar, dust, and vanilla. The flavor is mostly the same- sweet, syrupy, and a little boozy, with plenty of dark and dried fruit notes. Medium-bodied, with low carbonation. This one was a hit. Really interesting. Didn’t mind the sweetness. I’d bet a newer vintage would show more complexity but this was a fun one to drink. Thanks a ton, Dan!

2004 vintage. Pours a dark copper/amber color with burnt orange edges.  Completely still with no head or lacing but it does have nice legs after an aggressive swirl. Sweet, boozy aroma that’s almost all alcohol until t warms up considerably.   Once it does, sweet malt and dark fruit are apparent.  Hints of caramel, toffee and maple syrup followed by raisin, fig plum and more alcohol. Viscous with no carbonation to speak of and a real syrupy consistency.  Boozy, syrupy flavor dominates with lots and lots of alcohol sweetness but not overly hot.  After it warms the sweet malt and dark fruit notes come to the forefront.  Hints of toffee, caramel and hazelnut followed by plum, raisin and fig.  These notes are still pretty faint with the overbearing alcohol flavor dominating everything.  One dimensional, lacking in carbonation and pretty tough to drink more than a few ounces of.  I was the only one at a recent tasting that finished their pour.

2004 vintage of this. Pours syrupy amber, no head. Smells candy sweet. Tastes like honey and syrup. Very sweet, like a dessert. Clean finish. Very, very good.

50 cL bottle. POurs golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is smooth malty and caramelish. Sweet malty, sugarish, light cheesy. Smooth sweet caramelish into the far finish. Smooth.

Sample from Ken during the Bourbon County Tapping event. Poured a cloudy dark orange almost red. Small head and lacing. Aromas and taste are sweet but not cloying. Notes of sugar, plum, mead, cherry, wood and some more honey. Further flavors of raisins and other dried fruit, apples, and more honey mead. Amazing beer from Piozzo.

Single 1.5oz sample @ BeerBistro. Dark amber colour, still and viscous, with no head. Beautiful aromas and flavours of dried apricots, candied pecans, rich honey, apricot preserves. The more I sip, the more I’m surprised at the nutty sweetness in this brew. An excellent desert sipper, really lovely.