 mcbackus (724), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
Mar 2, 2008 bottle 2007: pours a good rudty brown with a small thin white head. aroma is very malty with a good mix of hops and fruit. i get both fresh and dried fruits. i cant really pick out what they are. very nice aroma. flavour is pretty strong of sweet caramel malts and pungent alcohol. i get a good ammount of dried apricot adn some fresh citrus peel. there is a decent hop bitterness in the finish. not bad
Ansset13 (127), Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Mar 1, 2008 The pour is a hazy amber with a small white head. The nose is astringent, and not very complex. The flavor while not unpleasant is rather thin and not complex either. a fair barley wine but not typical of its style.
Crit (2398), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Mar 1, 2008 Hazy amber, small beige head.Brown sugar nose.Molasses,brown sugar alcohol palate.Too thin for style. Rough and unfinished
n0superman (7), Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
does not count  Feb 25, 2008 2006 bottle, just bought it, not sure why everyone else seems to be getting ’07 bottles, but Im not complaining. Cloudy, dark amber in color, sweet aroma of hops, molasses, citrus, honey. Well balanced, alcohol is well hidden for 11.1% abv. Taste is sweet, honey, citrus with a little bitter hops in the finish.
jeffwilliams11 (310), hooterville, Michigan, USA
Feb 25, 2008 very tasty. nice floral hop aroma, and not as sweet as most barleywines. very little alcohol flavor. a little sharp on the aftertaste, but very good otherwise.
hickey (32), Georgia, USA
Feb 22, 2008 12 oz bottle from New Beer Distributors, SoHo, NY. Pours a mildly dark, maybe more amberish colored ale. light head. the beer overall is perhaps a little too sweet for my palate for a barley wine, though it was definitely a reliable "go-to-barleywine" if you are into that type of beer.
critiques are primarily the overwhelming sweetness, though the beer is fairly well balanced for an alcohol content of nearly 11%. go for the victory old horizon though if you are looking for true quality in barley wine.
EHSRanders (1121), Randers C, Denmark
Feb 22, 2008 Bottle. Copper colour with small off-white fully diminishing head. Fruity aroma and flavor with lots of alcohol.
Trev (849), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
Feb 21, 2008 (’07 bottling)
Nice deep copper colour with little to no head.
Aroma is sweet and boozy. Cherry & Apricot fruit tones, cotton candy.
Flavour carries dark cherry cough syrup (slightly medicinal though not much) backed by smokey malt.
Alc. comes through strong yet smooth in the finish.
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