3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(12oz bottle, thanks CaptainCougar) Creamy medium tan head with lightly hazed copper body. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, cherry/raisin, light strawberry. Taste is moderately sweet, raisin, caramel, plum, some alcohol. Medium-full body, some stickiness.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft. A hazy amber beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma is weak - what is there is malty and alcoholic. The flavor is very sweet with notes of malt, caramel, alcohol, and phenols, leading to a dry and alcoholic finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sample at the brewpub on 8/7/10. Clear red pour with a medium tan head. Grainy malt nose with earthy hops and a bit of fruit. Grainy and caramelly malt flavor with some earthy hops and a sweet caramel finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle thanks to bhensonb sampled on 4/5/09: Pours a transparent dark copper mahogany with a well-lacing light tan head. Aroma of sweet caramel and complex fruity flavors with some mild piny hops. Starts with good malty sweetness and some light fruity aged complexity and a touch of warmth before a doughy bittersweet finish. A true to style and enjoyable English -styled barleywine.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark amber pour with a thin head and soft lace. The nose is floral and a little citrusy. Some sweetness, and a touch musty. Caramel malts up front, toffee, fruity sweetness. Big malty body followed by floral and citrus bitterness. Rather balanced really.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap. Clear warm nutty brown with an off-white head. Aroma of overripe fruit, nuts and aroma hops. Quite full-bodied, burned caramel and lightly oxidized notes, nuts and again an edge of chlorine. Bitter and alcoholic finish. 130709
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From tap at the brewpub. Pours golden deep amber with a small tan head. Aroma is overripe fruity and dense malty. Sweet and solid hoppy with a distinct sharpness from the hops. Sweet and bitter flavoured finish. Smooth body.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Name: Skydiver Barleywine
Date: July 06, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy dark copper, fine off white head
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma with lots of earthy hops
Flavor: big sweet caramel malt flavor, lots of balancing earthy hops, long bitter finish, just a hint of the house astrengency
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **+/4
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12oz bottle. Pours amber with the smallest tan head possible. Aroma is of malt, alcohol, caramel, and dark fruit. Smells like it would knock you on your ass. Taste is all alcohol for the first few sips. After you manage to get past the alcohol content, there is some caramel malt, dark fruit, and sugar. Mouthfeel is medium and sticky. Lingering taste of alcohol and dark fruit. This falls into the category of "get you drunk barleywines, but not much else." Not too harsh, with just enough flavor to make it easy to drink.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
[Bottle, thanks CaptainCougar!] Pours reddish-amber with a small yellow-cream head. Pretty subdued aroma, fruity, strawberry, notes of cherry. Not bad. The hops are pretty big up front on the taste. Also, a lot of caramel, some nuttiness and malt in the finish. Decent mouthfeel, smooth, and has a lingering bitterness to go along with the malt in the finish. A pretty decent barley wine overall.
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