4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20 I was expecting a straight up Barleywine but I was pleasantly surprised that when I put it up to my nose, there was a bit of sourness to it. It was nice. Aroma is full of sourness, oak, funk, and spice. Taste is more of the same really. It really tasted a lot like a Flanders Red Ale to me and I loved every bit of it. Something I would sip on again. Don’t expect a Barleywine here, expect something different.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft @ Tappeze Pub Athens, GA. So, if you just throw anything you know as a barleywine and the expectations surrounding it out the window, then this is not a bad beer. Muddy red/brown pour with no head. Taste is old wood, berry sourness, alcohol, astringent, apple. Just odd and if you had the version made in Athens, you will know that these are no where near the same beer. I would expect some bugs got in this one, accident or not.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
How do you rate a beer that is completely off-style, yet still drinkable? I was told these bottles were infected by a friend after dropping eight bucks on a twelve ounce bottle. Sour, sour, sour. Pours beautiful brown raspberry color. The beer is completely flat and produces no head. Not a barleywine. Sour cherries and unripe strawberries dominate. Bottle - Ale Yeah! - Decatur, GA
3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Bruisin Ales 2011 version - pours still murky ruby with no head. Aroma is sour cherries, vanilla, and funky. Taste is more sour ale then barley wine, but it doesn’t quite work as a sour ale either. There is this bitterness that comes through on the finish that becomes more pronounced as it warms. Weird.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
November 2012. Bottle. Malty and fruity aromas. Pours red brown with a small head. Flavors of dark fruits, malt, alcohol and caramel.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Squat flip-top from Capone’s. Pours dark brown with minimal tan head. Nose is oaky cherry, run, some lactose and tannins. Tastes very tart, funky, with notes of cherry, lactic tartness, mild funk, and oak. This one is mis-categorized, and should be a sour ale.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled (thanks bov). Deep hazy amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is alcohol, tart wood, and some earth. Flavour is sweet malts, alcohol and some mild resiny notes.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33 cl bottle @ wPBF’13.
Pours dark hazy copper color with no head. Aroma of fruits, dark berries and yeast. Flavor of dark berries, dark dried fruits and some toffee notes. Sourish juicy palate.
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3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
33 cl bottle @ wPBF’13
Aroma has oaky notes, sourish cherries and some vinegar. Flavour is sweet with oaky notes, vinegar, tart cherries and juicy notes. Too sweet, too oud bruin.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
330 ml bottle @ WPBF 2013.
Pours a cloudy amber brown colour without a head. Aroma of caramel malts, sour berries and some hay. Flavour of sweet caramel malts, sour berries, bread, strong acidity and lemon juice. Medium bodied, slick mouthfeel and a slick, juicy, lemon finish. Decent.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours a murky deep reddish brown, no head, and a couple spots of lace. Nose of caramel malt, oak, booze, raisin. Medium body, some tartness. Decent.
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