4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. Clear amber color with a small white / off-white head. Aroma is heavy malty, fruit, heavy hoppy, pine, oak, alcoholic. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is full, texture is syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. I think it is a cross between barley wine and IIPA. But very nice :o))
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A hazy orange beer with a dense orange head. The aroma is sweet fruity on an alcoholic backdrop. The flavor is fruity with mango and passionfruit being most dominant, leading to an end, that mixes in some wood notes.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a beautiful, clear, dark amber with a creamy, off-white head. Soft, sweetish aroma with lots of oak. Very full body with lots of caramel and roasted malt. Some sherry-like notes. Extremely alcoholic finish that even the solid body cannot really uphold. Hoppy finish, but not overly so. Thanks to Degarth for sharing. 030406
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From tap at Sunset Grill.Pours clear and golden orange with a small creamy and off-white head. Aroma is roasted malty and light breadish malty. Pine wood herbal hoppy. Dense malty, caramelish and alcohol just beneath. Ends bitter and sweet toasted caramelish. With a bit of an alcohol warmth.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled@The Chriso rock the roof down pre-GBBF tasting. Golden colour with small white head. Aroma is a lot of nectar, tropical fruit juice and mild wooden notes. Flavour is being quite much the same. A really strong fruit juicy beer, which hides the alcohol rather well. Pleasant!
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled, thanks JCW! Clear amber, small head. Sweet with notes of passion fruit and lychee. There’s candy sugar and peppery alcohol as well as plum brandy and some fruity apples. Intriguing and complex, but too sweet.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle.
Clear amber coloured with an off white head.
Aroma of malts, vanilla, wood and fruits.
Flavour of malts, caramel, wood and fruits with notes of dried fruits.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. Very nice hop aroma, balanced nicely by sweetness. Cloudy dark urine colour. Aftertaste is slightly bitter, but more aromatic. Great beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: DEC 15, 2009
Date: May 11, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: clear dark red, thin yet frothy beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet peppery pine aroma
Body: good body
Flavor: sweet sweet pine flavor, touch of heat, good dose of bitterness tries to keep it balanced
Date: September 10, 2008
Source: summits woodstock
Score: 3.6 to 3.8
Aroma: sweet and spicy aroma with a good oak character
Body: creamy body
Flavor: big sweet caramel malt flavor, lotsof vanilla sweetness, growing caramelized sugar character, nice spicy hops, touch of peppery character, balancing oak, light bitterness, sweet caramel and vanilla become the dominant character balanced by the oak
Date: August 16, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
much mellower on draft,
Date: November 23, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Aroma: huge sweet pine and oak aroma
Flavor: sweet caramel and vanilla flavor dominated by lots of oak, plenty of hops kick in for balance and complexity
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: DEC 10, 2009 2009-11-25, bottled 2009-06-19, 7-5-8-4-15=39
Wonderful dark amber color; huge head. Delicate aroma, with vanilla, malt and cookies. Good body strength, with strong caramel flavor, light vanilla and oranges; strong bitterness; maybe a bit to much warming alcohol in the end. Well blended, powerful yet balanced, but missing some complexity.
2008-10-16, Courtesy of friend Matteo, 8-4-9-4-17=42
Cloudy amber color, very thin head. Powerful aroma, malty, with a hint of sweet vanilla. Full bodied, with a strong and very sweet malt flavor, as I like, some caramel and toffee too, lightly fruity. The bitterness is not as powerful as expected, maybe softenend by the oak-ageing; in the final and with the time passing by, the caramel rises. An excellent Barley Wine. I like this kind of beer, but maybe missing some character.
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