4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Lightly hazy red brown color with a tight off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of dark fruits, vanilla, wood, toast, red wine, caramel malts, nuts, and alcohol. Taste of vanilla, red wine, citrus, pine, tobacco, wood, grapefruit, and a rummy alcohol finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sample courtesy of motortoddhead. Deep red-brown pour with plenty of yellow head. Deep dark fruit, almost tangy, toasted malt, caramel, some wood. Flavor better as it warms with slight acidic dark fruit, toasted malt, caramel, brown sugar - all fairly well-blended. Finishes with a decent hop bitterness to match the sweet malt characteristics. Moderate to heavy on the palate.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ Aarons place, Thanks. Pours hazy dark brown, no head. Aroma of malt, dark chocolate, oak, dark fruit, port. Taste is malty, chocolate, caramel, oaky, dark fruits, plums, portlike, very nice and complex. Medioum body, low carbonation, long lasting portlike finish. Very good. 020312
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pour out of bottle is dark reddish brown with thin to no white head, aroma has notes of port and wine notes, hints of dark fruit, caramel, some slight wine and oak notes as well. Thanks to Aaron for the pour! Taste has notes of wine and port notes, with big sweet cherry and dark fruit notes, hints of vanilla, finish with a hint of booze but not bad. Nice brew!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ home. Cloudy, dark brown appearance with a small brown head. Super rich caramel, thick dark sugary, woody, toffee, grape, dark fruity aroma. Very thick, sweet, thick caramel malty, sticky, dark fruity, light vanilla, slight woody, toffee, port flavor with a warming, somewhat, white vinous, boozy finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Courtesy of beer rating maven hopdog, thanks Steve! Pours clear amber with thin tan head. The aroma is yummy with brown sugar, dates, prunes and some mild caramel notes followed by booze. The taste is similar with brown sugar coated prunes, raisins and cherries along with some rich malt sweetened pine hops off in the background. Yummy smooth stuff where all the age on it has done nothing adverse to the experience.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Ogre-sized bottle poured into Tired Hands stemware. Ruby/chestnut, light tan head. Nose is faint, consisting of mostly sweet caramel malts. Sweet caramel emerges for just a second before the tannic red wine takes over. A bit of acetone in the finish. Full bodied with spot on carb. Overal, quite dry and barrel dominent...the bottles I opened last year were much more balanced. Fresh batch please!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black Friday tasting. Quite an interesting brew. All of the normal flavors in a BW you would expect then the mix of the pinot barrels and hops...quite unique and good.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a dark brown to slight red. But with little headbut good mouth feel. Nose is malty but slight vanilla. First sip is malty goofiness with dry wine like feel. Complex flavors of oak, vanilla brown sugar. Finish is clean. Very good stuff.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Big barleywine aroma dark fruit, light fruit brown sugar jammy wine, some oak. Like the aroma. Pours amber hazt, nice creamy legs. Wood on top of toffee, apple caramel lots of wine vanilla tangy awesome balancew. Smooth light to medium carb. Solid stuff. I like this.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
thanks riversideak! boozy caramel nose, dark mousey body. rich bourbon body, some apple. yummy.
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