3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/2012oz bottle in a snifter. Pours rich amber with a lacy, beige head. Aroma of fruits, light hops, and a strong caramel malt note. Flavor about the same with a god balance of these and some alcohol in the finish. Smooth texture. A pretty good beer, but not as thick and rich as I would like it to be.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
dark amber/orange color, aroma of caramel, grain, dark/tropical fruits, flavors of sweet caramel, grain, bread, dark fruits, and a slight tropical fruitiness, citrus hops, booze, med body, good brew
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle courtesy of biggsbowler. Pours an orangish amber though more transparent than translucent as most other barleywines tend to be. Aroma is very limited with bitter hop notes coming through along with some barrel. Flavor is very hop forward with a deep line of bitterness, followed by some alcohol and finished off with some sweet caramel notes. The palate is where it should be for the style, slightly sticky and just heavy enough to be felt. Overall this is an American style Barleywine and it shows off it’s hops but lacks a lot of other defining factors; with some age this might develop some character. Too bad I don’t have another bottle to find out.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle bought in Copenhagen drank at home, shared with Dutchdrebus. Hazy red to dark amber color, small white to off - white head that diminishes pretty quickly. Smell malts, sweetness, leaves and some alcohol. Taste malts, some sweetness, lightly alcohol, some hops. Medium to full body, medium to full carbonation. Very nice beer!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ benzai. Amber to ruby colour with a medium sized off-white head. Smell glue, alcohol, nailpolish remover, slightly fruity, malts. Tastes sweet, nut, some vanilla, slightly fruity, some hops. Full body, soft carbo.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours cloudy amber with low white head. Aroma of toffee, vanilla, fresh hay, light fruit, hops. Taste is huge sweet at first, milk chocolate, before a boozy port wood finish. Lingering alcohol sweetness. Body is nedium creany.
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3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
A nice, strong barley wine. Flavors are smooth with the same fruit and alcohol that originates in the aroma. Seems to have just a touch of spice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
copper, small off-white head. toffee, caramel, citrus, stone fruit, alcohol. heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness. full body, sticky.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught (Akkurat, Stockholm) - Amber in colour. Leather, dried fruit, caramel and hops in the aroma. Warming, fruity and hoppy taste with notes of sultanas, raisins, grapefruit and toffee.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Bronze and clear with a small head. As you would expect it is quite full bodied with a well rounded hard hitting taste. Unlike some beers of this style and strength it was not hard to drink. Well worth trying.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap - I actually did have this with ice cream and can attest to the fact that that is a good pairing.
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