4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours amber with a small had.Now this sounds nuts but the best way to say it it has sunscreen on the nose with the aroma of alcohol.Tastes of dark fruits, figs, dates and raisans and the alcohol was hidden well.I did not taste the sunscreen.The end is where the alcohol poped up but not overbearing.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
33 cl bottle @ Gastropub Tuulensuu, Tampere.
Rated on 20110701.
Pours beautiful red color with no head. Aroma has smooth oaky notes, honey and ripe fruits. Reminds me of an aged Fullers Vintage Ale. Flavor of syrup, plums and bee wax. Nice warm alcohol burn on the palate.
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3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
33cl bottle, vintage 2009.
Pours a hazy amber with a thin white head.
Smells of prune juice, brown sugar, citrus.
Tastes of a heavy sweetness, a medium bitterness, and an alcohol bite.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, syrupy/oily texture.
Finishes with a warming alcohol, and some fruitiness.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle courtesy of Benjii and Sevares. Golden amber, no head. Nice fruity rich nose, honey, slight christmas spice, slightly medicinal, earthy spiced hop notes also. Sweet fruity front, big malt flavours, honey, caramel, pretty hot finish but not in a bad way, actually hides the 12% pretty well. I like this.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
In bottle from Beers of Europe, thanks @Sevarity! Pours a dark golden brown colour with no head. Aroma of treacle, oak, candy sugar and caramel. Similar flavours with mild carbonation and an oily mouth-feel. Alcohol is present to finish but well masked given the abv.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at home ... thanks to B&S ... copper ... thin white lacing ... deep sweet fruits ... vineous fruits ... juicy malts nose ... soft sweet fruits ... soft toffee malts ... creamy fruits ... light dry malts ... smells great ... tastes ok...
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Had this at T’Arendsnest, Amsterdam, 03.03.12 hazy dark amber in colour. This is thick and sweet, in fact a touch too syrupy for me. Heavy on the alcohol, really warming actually decently hoppy. This is good but not great. A6 A3 T7 P4 Ov13 3.3
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
2003 bottle. Poured crystal-clear, fiery reddish-orange with a short-lived beige head that settled to a looser-bubbled ring. The aroma picked up sweet, aged caramel, molasses, and fruity notes with not much hoppage and, more surprisingly, not much oxidation evident.. this seemed to hold up really well. The flavor didn’t quite age as gracefully.. some spicy, well-aged dark fruits and caramel at the core, but it really broke down around there.. some soapy notes, some raw alcohol, and more black peppery notes, especially toward the back.. very dry with some coriander and grains of paradise too.. tacky and warm on the finish. Heavier-bodied with low carbonation on the palate.. this stared out well, but went downhill from there.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 2005 shared with Chicago Mike. Caramel aromas with a little alcohol. Pours caramel colored. Brown sugar, caramel, raisin flavors. Overall a very good barleywine.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Süß-saurer, recht trockener Malzbeginn. Fruchtig, rund, süß-malzig, harmonisch aber seht trocken werdend. Dann zitrusartig sauer. Im Abgang alkoholisch brennend. Nett! 7/11/8/11/12/11
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. cloudy brown and full bodies. As you would expect there isa strong presence of alcohol. Warming strong and not very subtle.
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