3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20(my 200th review) Aroma of alcohol, roast, oak. Taste sour cherries, alcohol, hops. as much a bourbon as a beer, the melding of alcohol sting with hop sting. the grain presence more bourbonic, but the hops just wont let any sweet through cept a hint of vanilla. clear mahogany with hints of garnet; negligible head.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
A sweet, sweet barleywine that mainly has notes of those process brach’s caramels.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 oz. bottle. Pours a deep amber/copper color with a medium plus sized beige head. The aroma has sweet caramel malts, bourbon, vanilla, wood and a slight tart character. The flavor is decent overall; caramel, bourbon, vanilla and wood with hints of dark fruits. The bitterness was a little more than I would like at the back.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Well balanced. Sweet caramel, and very light bourbon, which is the way I like it. Sweet aroma.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Boy, this one’s been sitting in the cellar for a wicked long time. I forgot it was there and when discovering it figured it wasn’t going to get any better. Medium copper pour, some carbonation remaining, although it tends to look a bit flat and grumpy. Evident tartness in the nose made me think wrong things. But surprisingly, the flavors are neither infected nor especially over the hill. Moderate wood and bourbon in there to complement what was at least at one point a boisterous West Coast BW. Malty and faded but still decent.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught@brewpub (Portland, OR, ABV 9.2 %)
Dark chestnut color, steady brownish head. Malty, sweet fruity, chocolate cake aroma. Medium-bodied. Quite alcoholic. Malty, dark fruits, rye bread, alcohol and late strong hoppyness. Quite hoppy barley wine with better drinkability than ABV indicates.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
6th June 209
Cloudy brown beer. Softish palate leading to a dry finish. Inbetween is chocolatey malt with a woddy edge. Sour bourbon underpins. Not bad but some of that barrel vanilla sweetness would not have gone amiss.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours brownish red with very little head. Smells of oak, cherries, toffee, and fresh fruit. Taste caramel, toffee, citrus and earthy funkiness to it. Mouthfeel is medium thick and the finish is somewhat bitter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
This pours a murky golden color with a nice thick head. Smells of heavy caramel, vanilla, toffee, chocolate, fruits, and a bit of earth. Rather complex aroma to this. Sweet caramel and strong hops with a bit of chocolate. The finish is a touch bitter as well.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle that’s at least two years. Pours a hazy, translucent copper amber with just a little white head. Nose is lots of raisin, caramel sweetness, a little leather, a little oxidation, orange, a little booze, a little bourbon. Flavor is orange, tons of sweetness, woody, leather, booze, vanilla, caramel, not a whole ton of bourbon. Full bodied, still a little hot finish. Bourbon has started to fade but the sweetness hasn’t.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from blutt59. Dark orange pour with an off-white head. Aroma is alcohol, caramel, licorice, and bitter chocolate. Taste is the same, but less impressive, with woody and boozy flavors as well.
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