 shintriad (698), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mar 14, 2008
Dark reddish brown with no head, soda-style carbonation. Strongly leafy in the nose, caramel, fruit punch. Thick without being syrupt. I detect dried fruit, maybe pineapple. Pleasant, but ultimately nothing great here.
mabel (1748), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dec 29, 2007 [769-20071020] Cask @ Volo Cask Days 2007 (Toronto, ON). Sweet burnt leafy caramel aroma like week-old oven burn. Clear, amber red body with a quick off-white head. Sweet malt whiskey without the tang flavour has caramel floral fruit notes. Smooth medium body. Alcohol is hidden.
Radek Kliber (3433), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oct 31, 2007 On Cask at Volo , Canada <br />
<b>Appearance :</b>Clear amber red with small long lasting tanned top. 3+ <br /><b>Nose :</b>
Light hint of smoked dry wood, ripe fruit , meadow hop with drying alcohol followed by dark malt whiff.<br /><b>Flavour/Palate :</b>Medium light bodied with semi-oily textures. Sour front shown with alcohol but not to dry. Fairly thin for Barley ale . Some chewy citric end. Barley that need more substance.
GregClow (2395), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oct 27, 2007 Cask at Volo Cask Days 2007. Clear amber with a tiny, bubbly head. Aroma of sweet malt and a bit of booze. Thin body. Flavour is sweet, with notes of toffee and licorice, and a very quick finish. Not a bad beer, and surprisingly mild given the alcohol percentage, but it lacks the bosy and character of a real barley wine.
blankboy (2711), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oct 24, 2007 <i>Cask at ’Volo Cask Days ’07’.</i> Pours a clear orange-amber with a spare diminishing off-white head. Decent aroma of sweet malt, sugar, fruit and faint hops. Watery flavour of mild malt and fruit. Alcohol’s well hidden though. Not awful by any means but a Barley Wine?
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