 GAManiac (217), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
May 3, 2008
Pours a deep brownish amber with a one-finger off-white head that dissipates almost immediately leaving very good lacing. Very sweet smells of caramel, vanilla and dark fruits. I also got a nice whiff of alcohol and molasses in addition to the wood smells. Big brown sugar and molasses flavors with a nice sweet malt base. The oak is also evident along with vanilla and toffee. This one is pretty complex and I have to admit that I probably didn’t parse out all of the tastes. Very nice though. Medium mouthfeel, creamy and smooth. Syrupy would probably be the right word. This a really big, syrupy beer, so it’s definitely a sipper. This is one of my favorite beers from DFH.
joekfsu (114), Boardman, Ohio, USA
Jul 21, 2008 12 oz bottle. Pours clear dark amber with 2 cm of off-white head that is slowly diminishing. Aroma of maple, vanilla, and a hint of spice. Initial flavor is sweet with dark fruits and maple. Flavor becomes more balanced with smoke and a distance touch of hops. Light carbonation, moderate lacing, medium body, and tons of alcohol, especially as it warms. Overall an interesting beer, as they all tend to be from dogfish head.
SuperDave70 (652), Arizona, USA
Jul 21, 2008 Deep amber pour with a small creamy tan head that lasts. Nice aroma of maple, vanilla, smoke and alcohol. Very similar flavor. Lots of smoky bacon and maple syrup. Nice alcohol bite. Interesting and good.
carruthm (316), USA
Jul 21, 2008 V - slow developing head with a murky, bubbly dark amber color
A - malts, cherries, barley and sugar
T - vanilla, caramel, fruit spices, oak
P - little burst of alcohol, bit carbonated, overall very pleasent
GMUcrew7 (158), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Jul 19, 2008 Pours beautiful rust color with a beige head that doesn’t fully dissipate. Aroma is predominately oak and sweet malt with some alcohol. Oak,vanilla and maple syrup dominated flavor. Very malty brew, not much in the way of hops and the alcohol is hardly noticeable. Great full, sticky palate. Excellent beer, a unique but great barley wine.
dogfish120love (19), west hartford, Connecticut, USA
Jul 19, 2008 can’t help but taste blue cheese, must be the peat smoked barley. Not a bad brew but not something that i would drink often
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