Beerdedone (1885), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Nov 27, 2009 Bottle. Pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beigh head. Aroma was malty with caramel, brown sugar and raisins. Flavor was malty and slightly sweet with dark fruit, caramel, toffee and was lightly hoppy. Pailhead (2583), Allen Park, Michigan, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Nov 23, 2009 Bottle: The aroma consists of caramel, toffee, chocolate, fruit, nuts, and earthy hops. It pours a mostly transparent brownish-red with a quarter inch off-white head that quickly fades to a thin ring around the edges of the glass. The flavor starts with caramel, toffee, and fruit. The finish has notes molasses, brown sugar, alcohol, and citrus and floral hops. Medium-full bodied with light-moderate carbonation with a somewhat syrupy mouthfeel. mcbackus (741), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 | Nov 23, 2009 Bottle 12oz: pours a murky chestnutty brown with a large off white head that stays as a thin line. Aroma is full of beautiful malts, caramellt, rich toffee, and a decent hop aroma that is very earthy. Also some brown sugae notes that compliment well. Some fantastic baked cherries come out as it warms. Fantastic
flavor is very malty but a good balancing hop bitterness. The flavor is extremly mellow and a real joy to drink Dlight waing reminds you of the alcohol a great barley wine. TampaBrew (805), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Nov 21, 2009 Pours a deep orange with red notes. Nose is bready, sweet malts, cherry, ripe fruits, yeast, toffee, mild smoke, floral earthy hops. Flavor is musty sweet malts, caramel and toffee, earthy hops, cherries, grapes, plum, bread. Has some sherry notes, nice aged feeling oxidation. Beauty! badlizard (2344), Berkeley, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Nov 19, 2009 Bottle from the Beer Store San Francisco. Dark garnet brown with no head. Aroma and taste of maple, molasses, mild chocolate and cereal grain with some mild spice notes to the finish. probstk (1028), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Nov 18, 2009 341 ml bottle via JulienHuxley, served at cellar temperature in a snifter glass.
App.: Very deep copper with a rim of tan.
Aroma: Really boozy deep, dark dried fruits, Lots of brown sugar, so incredibly malty and crunchy, some minty herbals, caramel and toffee, a touch of bright fruitiness, light sniffing brings lots of biscuit and bread, this is huge.
Palate: Medium-full body, fairly low effervescence.
Flav.: Much like the nose, tons of deep, rich, crunchy malts, big resinous, pine-like hops, quite fruity, some alcohol burn, chocolate, toffee, caramel, dark dried fruits, lighter nuttiness; very sweet with a great deal of bitterness, residual malts and alcohol, so big.
Wow, this is a huge beer. A poor choice for a late night through the week. The sacrifices we make... garthicus (1274), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Nov 16, 2009 On tap at Volo. Appearance: Ruby red, small off white head. Aroma: Slight malt, a lot of sweetness and a nice yeast and pineness to it also. Flavour: Alcohol, malt, sharp raw sugar cane, sticky mouthfeel, ling bittersweet finish. Interesting. drpimento (817), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Nov 15, 2009 MMmm - MM! Good cracker!! Great barleywine. Poured wth a very nice off-white head that lasts and some lace. Color is a slightly hazy deep medium to dark amber. Aroma is super rich and typical of an american bw. Flavor’s the same and much more full and intense. Great bittersweet character. Full body and great carbonation. Nice finish. bit rich for a session.
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