Barley BB10° (Dexi)

Brewed by Birrificio Barley
Style: American Strong Ale
Maracalagonis (CA), Italy

750ml bottle (Bir & Fud, Roma) - shared by Alejandro - a million thanks!
Black, and a tan head. Very rich roasty aroma. Beautifully soft palate. Burnt but mellow finish, with a hint of liquorice. Some marmite too there. The finish is superb - a toasty roasty maltiness, and a long dry finish. I’m not getting the 40% grape, but by heck and I getting malt, malt, roasty roasty malt. Stunner!

21st December 2008. Cloudy dark brown beer. A slightly odd brew. Feels like somewhere between a porter and a stout but dry and with an undertone and finish of something sweet. The head is quite grapey. The alcohol is warming. Different!

I sardi la sanno lunga!!!!!!!� questa birra è eccellente.... una volta ho bevuto una bottiglia al bir&fud ke sembrava una quadrupel trappista stle westvleteren!!!

Bottle@Home, vintage 2008. Lactic and malty aroma. Hazy, dark brown colour, light brown head, good lace. Sweet, bitter, allspice, licorice, coffee, light lactic. Dusty mouth feel. Flavourful, bit off balance, alcohol hidden.

Bottle, bought @ De Molen.
Pours deep muddy greyish brown with a small, creamy, off-white film head. Aroma has raisins, chocolate, viniousness, caramel, liqourice and fat maltiness. Medium carbonation, fine and very dry mouthfeel. Flavour is quite ashy, raisins, light chocolate, softly roasted, vinious. Long, lingering grainy bitterness. A bit weird. But okay.

Bottle at Cole’s - Buffalo
Appearance: dark brown look , minimal light top. Mellow appearance.
Nose: Caramel with brown malt feel , chocolate ,roast , touch of smoke. Solid , clean and smooth.8-
Flavor/Palate : Chocolate shown up front , bit roast in character , hint of spice followed by brown sugars. Roasty with vinous finish. Interesting brew.

750ml bottle, with thanks to Beastiefan2k for sharing. Pours dark brown with a frothy tan head. Aroma is heavy on the dark fruits, some toffee, and a little chocolate. Flavor is a bit thinner, also forward on the dark fruits, with dark berry and a little caramel. Eugene says this bottle has over a year on it, and that seems to come across on the palate and flavor. Thanks for sharing Eugene!

Pours a very dark brown, almost prune purplish black with a huge 3 finger frothy coffee colored head with excellent retention that slowly fades into a lasting cap that coats the glass with large chunks of soapy lacing. Roasted malt aroma with hints of bitter dark chocolate malt, dark fruits, especially plum, dark cherry and fig as well as some spice. Roasted malt flavor with a lot of bitter dark chocolate and dark fruit, especially plum, raisin, dark cherries, grape and fig. There is also a good bit of cocoa and coffee bean to balance things out. The sweetness of the estery fruit notes are balanced by the roasted notes and the subtle hops provide a slight dry finish. The alcohol is undetectable and the excellent balance make this beer extremely quaffable. Highly recommended!