 ScottyP (314), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
Sep 28, 2009 Pours a clear copper with off white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, hops and some fruit. Similar taste, alcohol is well masked. Medium bodied. Some warming
MmmcKay (269), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
Sep 28, 2009 Good barley wine. Nice mouth feel. Nice caramelized flavors. Pretty darn good.
Butters (1622), Virginia, USA
Sep 28, 2009 Sampled at another monday night football tasting over at scottyp’s. Sampled blind with 6 others. All poured a clear amber red. Nose has a buttery note, but that is absent in the flavor. Has a perfumy floral hop presence. Good job of hiding the abv. The third favorite of the night.
zizzybalubba (335), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
Sep 28, 2009 12 oz. bottle from Coasters. Dark copper pour with a thin off-white head. Toffee and brown sugar aromas with just a hint of grapefruit. Rich, malty flavor; sweet brown sugar, molasses, and very little hop bitterness. A good barleywine but I prefer mine on the hoppier side.
cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland
Sep 25, 2009 Bottle at home ... Thanks to Maria ... born 2004 ... Crisp copper ... small rising bubbles to a light foam head ... toffee and little cardboard nose ... rasins ... light plum ... some toffee .. bit over oxidised ... little rum ... some grape.
pintbypint (1002), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Sep 5, 2009 355 ml brown bottle. This one is about 2yrs oid, there are no best before dates on the label. Deep brown colour, ruby highlights, head is short but tight bubbled and creamy and swirly. Aroma is malty with toffee and a sweetish brown sugar edge. In the mouth this beer is strongly malty, brown sugar, toffee come through iniitially, then the bitttterness kicks in. Grapefruit is there, moderate alcohol sticks around in the finish. Body is medium to full, medium carbonation. The alcohol content is 10.8%, but it’s far more drinkable than you would expect. Another nice effort Brooklyn.
williamherbert (420), Syracuse, New York, USA
Sep 2, 2009 Light ruby/cherry grenadine look. Almost no head to speak of. Looks thick and syrupy; positively stagnant.
Smells of strong sweet cherry/berry. Sweet but in a deep, rich way, not saccharine. Has a red grape/red wine character to the smell, but with a strong alcohol and barley malt. Also light yeast. Really inviting.
Taste is of heavy bittersweet wine/grape flavor. Nicely balanced with bitter grape and sweet grape flavors alike. Excellent dry yeast adds even more dimension. It’s a wonderful flavor and the yeast is key.
Feels thick and chunky. It’s a choker but a good drinker. Has a real bite, but a welcome one. Meant to be savored. A really great, aged beer. Outstanding.
tokyogoat (505), San Diego, California, USA
Aug 22, 2009 Poured a nice and clear orange/gold with a creamy eggshell head.
Nose was of caramel and figs and plums. Slight woodiness.
Tastes bitter up front, mid is all purple fruits, raisins, plum, fig, and it finishes like a sheet of aluminum foil. The metallic taste is just terrible. barf
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