2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask. Copper-auburn body with a bubbly ring of head. Aroma of apples and sweet malts. Light cocoa and cherry flavours in a soft creamy body. Alcohol warmth is probably the only extreme feature of this beer. This stuff definitely lacks any hop character....
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
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.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
[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.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
On Cask at Volo , Canada
Appearance :Clear amber red with small long lasting tanned top. 3+
Nose :
Light hint of smoked dry wood, ripe fruit , meadow hop with drying alcohol followed by dark malt whiff.
Flavour/Palate :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.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
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.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at ’Volo Cask Days ’07’. 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?
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask. At Volo Casks Days ’07. Okay, I wasn’t expecting much, I admit. Clear copper pour with a small frothy head. Aroma of oxidized apple cores, dry stale hops and moderate alcohol. This, slightly sour taste, mildly boozy, a little woody, again the apple cores - tastes a lot like a watered-down Old Ale. Thin, slightly dishwater-sour mouthfeel, quite flat and lifeless, with a wan, sour linger. Ehhh.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Reddish brown, no head. Fruity aroma. Taste was fruity with absolutely no alcohol or spice, or really any hops to speak of. This was straightforward malt with some fruit and sweetness. Very drinkable, but there was nothing here at all to indicate Barleywine. A disappointment.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Volo cask days 2007. This was the last one i had. Nose was Apple i found kinda brown amber color some foam, flavor was malty with little hops to my palate. Very well hidden alcohol. Intresting beer
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Volo Cask Days 2007. Ruby tinged brown body with a small beige head. (3+) Aroma of scorched caramel with a sweet malty base (7+) Sweet malty flavour with a tangy bitter note to it. Labeled as 8% abv, but you would never know it from the flavour. Lacks the punch of a barleywine, but is fairly quaffable albeit simplistic.
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