Reddish-amber. Slightly spicy nose, with lots of rich caramel. Big, rich, raw barley wine with lots of clean caramel notes and light peachy fruitiness. Good, but typical green BW. It’ll be a few years before we know how this one really is.

Name: Legacy Ale
Date: 05/05/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Yankee Go Home!

clear darm amber, short lived beige head leave a drop or two of lace, sweet toasted dark caramel malt aroma with light earthy hops, big sticky body, lots of caramel sweetness, touch of bready character, well balanced long bitter finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***/4

Pours a transparent bright copper with a thin ring of light tan head. Sweet caramely malty aroma has some light fruity esters. Body starts fairly viscous and malty sweet drying slightly toward a more warming finish. Has a hint of butterscotchy diacetyl as well, but it’s not overpowering. A fairly complex barleywine.

Thanks to Oakes for sending this one out. Hazy amber beer. Aroma is sweet and minty. Some bright pineapple, mango, and other tropical esters. Brown sugar, rum, toasted barley and a rich sweetness. Nice balance of soft hop bitterness, sweet juicy malts and fruity yeastiness. One of the fruitier barleywines I’ve had, but it works very well for me. Tasty brew.

Poured a slightly hazed dark amber color with a minimal head. The aroma is sweet, thick and fruity. Notes of browned aged fruits, brown sugar and dried apricots. the flavor is cloyingly sweet with a fairly bitter middle and finish. Dry and very peppery. Odd tasting.