 HogTownHarry (3200), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
Apr 17, 2008 Draught. At Pizza Plant (Walker) in Williamsville. 2005 vintage, according to the board. Clear walnut-amber pour with a small drizzle of off-white head. Good balanced aroma, appleseed bitterness, caramel malt, strong alcohol and a fair bit of light fruit. Very dry taste, more bitterness than malt, fruit a mild dry woody notes in the finish, quite pleasantly boozy throughout. Quite a light, slick, astringent body, and while it had obviously smoothed out and blended well, my impression was another year or two would make it even better.
blankboy (2570), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Apr 18, 2008 Draught at Pizza Plant, Williamsville, N.Y. 2005 Vintage. Pours a clear golden-orange with a small diminishing off-white head. Aroma has a nice amount of hoppiness to it along with caramel malt in the back -- a bit mild for the style but pleasant. Flavour’s also a touch mild but still quite nice, and you’d never know this was 10%. Plenty of hops backed by caramel malt along with fruit and a dry, bitter finish. Medium bodied. Pretty good but the most impressive aspect of this beer is how easy it goes down, dangerously so.
Drew (2376), Kent, Ohio, USA
Oct 17, 2005 On tap at Church, 10/14/2005. Listed at 60ibu. Piney citrus hop aroma - very nice and luckilly strong - they were brewing that afternoon, so the whole church smelled malty. Taste was smooth and thick with malts, fruits - black cherry, plum, apricot; ended very dry and piney. Amber color, short head that settled into a ring of lacing. One of their better high abv attempts.
Dogbrick (2228), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Aug 21, 2006 Cask sample at the brewpub. The beer pours a very dark amber color with a minimal beige head that is gone quickly. Very little lacing is evident. Huge caramel and malt aroma. Rich and smooth sipping beer with an emphasis on sweet malt, caramel and brown sugar flavors. There is a bit of bitterness in there that keeps it from becoming cloying. The finish is sweet brown sugar and maple, and even a bit of a sorgum aftertaste. Pretty interesting from start to finish.
cheapdark (1559), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
Feb 17, 2008 On cask at the CBW. Compared to most barley wines (and the discription here) this stuff is dark. Has a taste that leaves your palate and throat warm. Flat alky laced beer. Fruit soaked in alky flavors. Very rude and over the top, like any good barley wine. Long lasting alky flavors and bitterness on the finish. Not one of my favorite styles, yet on style.
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