3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 22fl.oz.
Clear medium orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dusty, moderate to heavy hoppy, wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Nice hoppy BW not over sweet ;O) [20110918]
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. An unclear golden beer with a thin lazing off-white head. The flavor has notes of fruit, malt, and cararmel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and over ripe fruits, leading to a dry finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of Cletus. Pours a hazy deep golden with a creamy and lacing off-white head. Sweet caramellish aroma with quite some citrusy hops. Solid body, caramel and oxidized fruits with a solid hoppiness. Good and solid Barley Wine. 180911
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy to murky orange with a huge off-white head. Aroma is caramelish and light toasted caramelish. Sweet caramelish and light breadish. Bitter and toasted malty and bitter. Dry and bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled@Akkurat, Stockholm (thanks to BK for helping me out drinking this one). Deep ambery red colour with big off-white head that leaves some lace. Aroma is fruits, wood, caramel malts, mild bready notes as well as some zesty notes and a bit of alcohol as well. Flavour is being quite much the same, but the alcohol is burning a bit too much.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear ambr, small head. Sweet and viscous. Full bodied with dense syrupy mouthfeel, lots of chewy malt simmering in cognac. Deep, buttery malt flavours, brandy-like and warming, Thomas Hardy-style barley wine. Low hop presenence and bitterness, malt and alcohol comes to dominate.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at Papsø.
Hazy orange coloured with a small off-white head.
Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits, hops and cookies.
Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, dried fruits, hops, grass and cookies.
Dry hoppy finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: SEP 14, 2008 Name: Old Howing Bastard
Date: 09/13/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2003
Appearance: clear amber, wispy off white head,
Aroma: sweet caramel aroma with earthy hops, wet cardboard evident,
Flavor: sweet caramel and crystal malt flavor, bitter earthy and floral hops, mostly sweet with just a touch pf remaining hops, light bitterness in the finish, touch of peppery alcohol adds a hotness to the caramel malts,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4
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Name: Old Howing Bastard
Date: 06/14/2006
Mode: Hand Bottled
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2005
Appearance: clear dark amber, whispy white head, bits of lace,
Aroma: sweet carmel aroma with light earthy hops,
Flavor: oxidized malt flavor, nice lasting earthy bitterness, touch of sweetness, light fruit character
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(750ml bottle, 2003 vintage) Pours a cloudy deep amber body with a medium beige head. Aroma of toasted bread, fruit, peat, and caramel. Flavor of hops, caramel, some fruit, maple syrup, and breadiness.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish malty hoppy toffee aroma. Sweetish malty caramel and bitter hoppy flavor. Has a sweetish malty warming bitter finish.
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