 Quake1028 (628), Tampa, Florida, USA
Dec 12, 2007
Bottled shared with <b>Degarth</b>, <b>Ibrew2or3</b> and <b>Gillard</b>. Plum colored body, very grape looking, gorgeous color. No head at all, not even any foam really. Some sediment in the bottom of the glass, especially from later pours of the bottle. Nose is pretty hot with fusels, also plums, dark malts, raisins, figs, caramel, rum soaked bread, caramel candy and candied sugars. Smells really, really good. Very fruity and dark without smelling sweet at all to me. Now the flavor, wow, what a difference. Super sweet, tons of sugar and sweet, sweet fruits. Behind all of that is a strong caramel and dark fruit backbone, and virtually no hint of the ABV. I just keep smelling and then tasting this beer over and over, because my head can’t wrap around how different those two things are, while both being superb. Medium bodied, sticky and satisfying. Warming as you drink more of it, the ABV shows up as a very slight burn in the very back of the throat. Caramel, sweet fruit preserves and malts carry into the lengthy finish. World class beer, and a startling discovery.
matrixmorb (6), , Italy
does not count  Dec 3, 2008 Pleasant aroma rich of chocolate caramel, malt, dark fruit and sweet chocolate. Strong but balanced
FrankJohansen (2876), Sabro, Denmark
Nov 28, 2008 Bottle. Clear dark amber colour with a small white head. Rich malty aroma and taste with strong sherry-like notes. Good beer.
HenrikSoegaard (3291), Randers, Denmark
Nov 28, 2008 Bottle. Frothy fair mostly deminishing head. Red-amber colour. Heavy malty and hoppy aroma. Sherry-like. Moderate sweet and light bitter flavopr. Burnt almond and licorice dominating. Average finsh. Creamy palate but too alcoholic. Tastes more like mead than barleywine.
saxo (2436), Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark
Nov 27, 2008 Bottle. Torben Matthews tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is ruby amber. Aroma and taste are sherry and port, sweet almond, fruits and alcohol. Vinous.
GMCC2181 (504), Bear, Delaware, USA
Nov 27, 2008 Bottle shared by swolf3.. The bottle was labeled 2005. Brown in color, no head. Aroama of all alcohol and raisons, and then some more alcohol... Taste was syrupy sweet and raisons/plums. Alcohol in the taste but not as much compared to the nose. The body didnt have much carbonation, which made it to be a little thicker. There are better bareywines out there in imo. I didnt even finish my glass... so I think that sums it up
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