3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle @ Aarons place, Thanks. Ppours hazy brown with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, oak, boozy, nuts, wood. Taste is Malty, caramel, oak, nuts, dry bitter hops, some booze. Medium body, soft carbonation, light alcoholic finish. 020312
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle @ home. Reddish brown appearance with a small, tan head. Soapy, floral, a touch spicy, rich dark fruity, a bit citrusy aroma. Quite rich, dark red fruity, caramel, soapy, floral, grassy, cardboard flavor with some booze finish. Bleh.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours cloudy dark copper color with tan head. Caramel malt aroma with brown sugar and pine. Toffee and brown sugar flavor with resinous pine. Slight medicinal taste. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tallahassee, Fl - Fermentation Lounge - on tap. Medium copper colored pour, off-white head, sticky lacing. Earthy, wort-like aroma, hint of chocolate. Flavor has some kids cereal sweetness, hints of toffee, some milk chocolate, some roasted notes, back end nuttiness. Interesting. Thick mouthfeel.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
11/6/11. On tap. Barely unclear amber red pour with a soapy khaki head that sticks. Huge hop aroma, showing cattiness, pine, and grass with a slight undertone of chocolate and caramel. Bold hoppy flavor as well - again catty and grassy - with lingering bitter malts and a hint of caramel. This is almost an IPA or something... eh.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber from Total Beverage - Westminister. Nose is toffee, citrus, and spiciness with hints of pine and bubblegum. Clear rust color with a medium, heavily lacing beige head. Flavor is peppery with golden raisins, light bitterness, and caramel.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
GABF 2011. Pours clear tawny with a medium-small, frothy, light tan head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is malt (caramel, cookie, biscuit), alcohol, spicy hops, fruity esters and dates. Flavor is malty, nearly hot alcohol, lightly oxidized (more like an old ale), high hops, dates, and a dry finish. Full body, medium warmth and carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz bottle (Courtesy of Headbanger) - poured into a Snifter at 44°. Color is a deep ruby amber good carbonation and a thick tan head. Aroma is hops up front with a citrus/orange scent and a faint malt scent in the back. Full bodied but with a lighter crisp mouth feel. Flavor comes in hoppy, lots of citrus, then a bit of malt shows before this bitterness grabs at the sides of your tongue. In the after taste the citrus rises back up and hangs on. Overall its a tasty brew but for me it comes across more like an Imperial IPA than a Barley Wine, the hops just dominate this one.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle 9/30/11 (Davidson Liquors)-44° in Snifter-Pours a ruby red with a small off white head. Aroma of hops, malt, caramel, toffee, and slight citrus. Taste of hops, malt, caramel, toffee, and slight alcohol. This full bodied brew is not bad but a bit too hoppy for a Barleywine IMO.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
650 ml. bottle. Pours a medium, light beige lasting head with a bit of lacing, over a clear copper (SRM 15) body....nose is raisin, toffee/caramel, fig.....taste is sweet initially with heavy raisin, fig, toffee/caramel, leading to a balancing cleansing bitterness, which then becomes harsh and lingering.....mouth feel thick and sticky, alcohol hidden, carbonation low. This is obviously an American Barley Wine. It is unbalanced in the harshness of the lingering bitter finish, which negates some of the earlier more balanced flavors. It is possible to over do hops. BJCP 7/3/12/4/7
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