3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft, in a giant goblet as big as a fish bowl, at the brewpub. Golden orange with a mere wisp of a head. Drinks like a big IPA, acidicly hoppy and sweet. Alcohol is evident. Good. (#3845, 2/18/2010)
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On draught at Barleys Smokehouse, served in a snifter. The beer pours a hazy orange color with a thin off-white head that burns away relatively fast. Spotty lacing on the glass. Malty and fruity aroma with a bit of brown sugar. Full bodied with flavors of sweet caramel malt, floral hops and notes of dark fruit. The finish is sweet and malty with a lingering soft fruity and hoppy aftertaste. The aging did not seem to have a big impact on this one, solid all around.
Earlier Rating: 5/2/2008 Total Score: 3.8
Firkin version at Barley’s 6th Annual Mini RAF (04/26/08): This brew pours a mostly clear dark amber color with a minimal off-white head that dissipates quickly. Spotty lacing. Rich malt aroma with piney hops underneath. Full body with a strong earthy malt character, along with flavors of hops, citrus and pine. The finish is hoppy with a tart fruit aftertaste. Pretty good all around.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft at the Columbus Microbrew festival. Poured a cloudy gold color. Had a sweet fruitty taste, but was extremely drinkable for a 10% ABV.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
2008 version at the Columbus Microbrew Fest. Nice hop character, barely any malt character (pale malt only?) Hazy copper pour. This is not a barley wine, it is an IIPA. Overall: good but no barley wine characteristics, except the hops (American Barley wine). Couldn’t have more than 1 though... no more than 12 ounces.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
In short: An extremely drinkable crisp hoppy Barley-Wine
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Partly cloudy golden orange body with a medium off-white head.
In long: Lots of crisp caramel and lots of bitter leafy hops with some orange zest. This barley wine goes the Sierra Bigfoot way and focuses on drinkability instead of decadence. I had an overall fresh and crisp sensation while drinking my pint. Alcohol very well hidden. Medium carbonation. Surprisingly sold by the pint and not the usual smaller snifter glass that such strong beers are usually served in. to me that probably was the one-too-many pint I had on that night. With a pub serving beers like that by the pint if I was Columbus authorities I would post an officer in front of the pub and repave the entire downtown with all the collected fines.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
4/26/08: Firkin version at Barley’s 6th Annual Mini RAF
Bright orange, tranquil body with a perfectly hopped fir tree nose. Fresh pine and citrus flavors nicely balanced with caramel malts. Medium bitter finish. Best in show for me at this year’s Mini.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Hazy copper color with a beige head. Aroma of citrus and floral hops. Possibly simcoe? Flavor of citrus hops and sweet malts. Finish of tangy hops. Very good.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at CBC - Poured Amber with a tair tan head that stayed briefly and faded back to a ring. Aromas of big hops upfront nice grapefruit and pine. Flavor is big of hops upfront too almost unexpected very west coastlike hops.. Grapefruit and pine dominate, Caramel malts behind and even a bit of toffee comes through before the bitter finish. Like Tmoney I can say I almost detected rye in this.. It was quite unique. Palate was somewhat on the sticky side and full bodied.. I think this might be the best CBC brew I’ve tried..
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