 theisti (1638), Leawood, Kansas, USA
Apr 2, 2007 2006 Bottle. Pour is dark brown with a quickly disappearing tan head. Aroma is dried fruit, malt and alcohol. Taste is dried fruits again, bubbly and solid malt. Their is a fairly strong alcohol finish, but not as much as I was expecting from the aroma. Agree with other raters, I should have cellared this one.
garrison (455), Cin. city, Ohio, USA
Mar 30, 2007 From a twelve ounce bottle purchased at "Keller’s IGA" in Cincinnati, Ohio - This one pours a dark copper huead brew with a tall off-white head and a spicey aroma. Tastewise, it has a very sharp flavor, not as balanced as Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, but still not bad.
Soonah (900), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Mar 25, 2007 From Immy via trade. Thank you dark wizard for your gifts. I get the feeling I should have cellared this one for a year and drank this next March. Seemed very raw. Pour was a rich copper color with a two-finger plus head that was off-white. The aroma was raisins, prunes and alcohol. The flavor was sweet, almost sugary malt, with the alcohol only barely held in check by some citrusy hops. The hops helped give this young brew a fairly succinct finish. Thanks again Immy!
pantani (1894), Salinas, California, USA
Mar 25, 2007 Body is a amber brown, no head. Aroma is caramel, alcohol, raisens, toffee. Taste is caramel, light alcohol warming, some grapefruit.
IrishBoy (2685), Bakersfield, California, USA
Mar 25, 2007 Born in 2006: bottle, nose of cherries and berries, sweeter smelling than most barlewines; clear light brown witha small off white head; taste of some fruit (berries) and some hop bitterness; doesn’t compare to the Drakes Bourbon Barrel Barleywine I had earlier today!
EithCubes (2140), Indiana, USA
Mar 17, 2007 Bottle. Dark malt nose with alcohol and very sweet and somewhat vinous fruity notes (berry, cherry, raisin) and very light hops. Amber body with a beige-brown head and significant carbonation. Tasted malt is hard and pretzelous. Sugary but not overly sweet, darkened by those light hops and caramel. Alcohol is harsh and the carbonation does not help. Taste did not match the aroma. Warming boozy finish with dark, dry bready malt. Earthy, chewy, medium-full body is somewhat syrupy but maintains relative softness. Raw, unfinished.
blinesam (233), USA
Mar 16, 2007 This is a big beer. Very astringent, can probabaly substitute for mouth wash. However, I know some people who really like this stuff, dont know why.
Beerdedone (1873), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 11, 2007 Pours a deep amber color with a little white head. Aroma of malts, dark fruits and alcohol. Flavor is caramel malts hops with some spices. This might be better with a little more age
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