3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
This poured a copper color with a white head. The aroma contains some kind of berries, citrus, caramel, and cherries. The flavor is rather sweet with some oak, vanilla, cherries, and alcohol. Overall this was a pretty good barleywine.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours an amber with an off white head and aroma of fruit and malt. Taste is sweet and complex, of dried fruits, alcohol, and malt, heavy mouthful, with a warming alcohol finish. A sipper that is a solid barleywine.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours ruby rudy with a nice soft head. Nose is fruity and sweet, with hints of alcohol. Taste is tart and bitter. Landing is dry, medium and bitter. Not as much flavor as I was hoping. Quaff Score 5 /10
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 2011. Pours orange-brown with an off-white head. Slightly sweet aroma of dried fruits, caramel and piney hops. Moderately sweet flavor of caramel, dried fruits, brown sugar and piney hops. Nice slightly bitter hop finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured from a bomber into a miniature snifter. Appearance is dark amber with a thin white head of foam that lingers a good bit of time. Aroma is roasty caramel malt with dark fruits and plums playing a dominant role. Taste is somewhat sweet with little hop influence to speak of. Alcohol presence is minimal, if at all. Good barleywine. Not sure why the ratings seem so low on this one.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Fairly disappointing! The flavor is medicinal and very one dimensional. As a fan of this style, I have to say this is not one of the best. The aroma is the best part with scents of malt and brown sugar. I would have expected more from Boulder.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a red brown with a thin off-white head. Aroma is piney hops, burnt sugar, and dark fruit. Taste is much the same - a decent BW.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
03-May-10 (22-oz bottle: Purchased 30-Dec-09 for $8.16 at www.liquidsolutions.net)
With barley wines being one of my favorite styles, I’m always excited to try a new one, but that makes it even more disappointing when something like this hits my palate. This barley wine is extraordinarily floral, perfumy, sugary, and fruity, with some grassy hops in the mix, but it is seriously lacking malty richness. Heavy caramely malt flavor in the entry, but the finish descends into a bath of sugary perfume and bitter grain huskiness. Light to moderate carbonation and medium-full in body, though the weight seems sugary rather than malty. The nose offers a bit richer malt character with a touch of earthiness, and as a result, the perfumy and floral hoppiness is somewhat tempered, but alcohol fumes are also apparent. Clear in appearance and amber in color, with a pretty, off-white head initially occupying the top inch of the glass before gradually settling to a filmy layer. Definitely not my style of barley wine.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Aroma is malty and sweet. flavor is metalic and malted. Descent barley wine but not worth the wax dip!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours reddish brown with a thin white head. The aroma is dominated by piney hops, but not much else. Some brown sugar perhaps. The flavor is thin and so is the body. Sweet on the open, bitter on the finish, but not overly complex. Pass.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
NOSE Metal and alcohol, burnt sugar; APPEARANCE coper with sticky lacing and cafe au lait head; TASTE slightly bitter and sour, syrupy sweet, a bit cloying; PALATE long finish, big body, sticky texture, mild carbonation. I enjoyed it but the aroma was a bit off.
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