3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
P: Murky nut brown ale with a rippled wake and minimal lacing.
S: Fruity syrup laced barley, molasses, fruit cake, natural fruit roll ups, cinnamon, brown sugar, earthy hops and booze. Moldy dank esters once warmed.
T/M: Cherry NyQuil upfront with smoldered barley, caramel and orange oil. Spicy booze, wood and herbs cut through the sugary malts. Syrupy feel in a fully carbonated body and finishes with a juice dose of hops that aren’t overly bitter.
O: Super sweet and easy drink barley wine. It’s decent but really comes off as lack luster. No real problems but its just not great.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
February 2012. Bottle. Malt, bread and hoppy aromas. Color is dark brown with a tan head. Flavors of brown sugar, hops, roasted malt and raisins with a semi-sweet finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Glowing brown body, fairly clear and with light kaki head. Moderately hopped, bready malts, humous, nutty and overall nice me not as expressive as I’d hoped. Smooth body, appropriately low carbonation. Starts malty bit actually fairly bitter towards the end. Overall I hoped for more. Hides the alcohol well though. (12oz bottle from Bière Cultes)
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
341 ml bottle. Pours a dark mahogany with full head. Aromas of dark fruit and roasted malts. Flavors of brown sugar, sharp hops, and rich malts. 10.2% for 2012. Quite nice for a young barley wine
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2011 bottle. Pours a dark muddy brown, the smell is Carmel and booze. Taste is mildly boozy, with hints a sweet Carmel/butter scotch. Not bad
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
On bottle. Dark color with a tone of red. Small white head. Caramel, coffee and raisins aroma. Sweet and spicy taste, heavily bodied with easy afternotes.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz bottle pours black. not much nose taste is slightly sweet . taste is the same nice beer.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: APR 21, 2013 Bottle, 10.2% ABV. Pours a fairly dark ruby red with a hint of a beige head. Aroma is caramel, syrupy, dark fruits, light ethanol. Taste is much of the same, semisweet, a bit more ethanol in the flavor though it cuts the sweetness fairly nicely. Palate is full and oily, somewhat carbonated. Decent, but as far as barley wines go, sub-par. With so many better options out there, I don’t ever see myself choosing this one again. So far, Dieu du Ciel has proven to be a disappointment.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours a hazy brown color. Aroma and taste of dried fruit, vanilla and some caramel. Very strong and boozy flavour. It would probably turn out better with some ageing.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Location/Date:Bottle on April 13th, 2013.
Appearance: Pour s a dark reddish brown.
Aroma: Aroma of light caramel.
Taste: Light bitterness, darker caramel, hint of chocolate maybe.
Palate:Medium light body, lingering aftertaste.
Summary: Solid barley wine, the caramel flavor is slightly different then others.
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