3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark amber reddish pour with small tan head. Aroma of caramel, molasses, alcohol and red ripe fruit. Taste is caramel, brown sugar, hoppy and a definate alcohol burn. Nice carbonation and a nice velvety mouthfeel. Very enjoyable barley wine. Good job.
2.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
on draft at union. was thinking i was way off on this untill i saw some other reviews one such nailed the taste this reminded me of nail polish remover! possible bad batch?
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Went with the second recommendation and aged it for about 2 years. Poured into my snifter. Deep, ruby-red pour with no head. No surprise there. Swimming with light and dark fruits, and still a hot booziness coming off of it. A slow-sipper for sure, but damn tasty, too.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours a clear dark amber with a thin white head. Smells of flowers, citrus and a strong sweetness. Tastes of a strong sweetness and bitterness, with some medicinal qualities. Medium bodied. Syrupy texture. Finishes bitter but fruity.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz. bottle- Pours a very hazy orange with little black specks of sediment swirling around in the bottom of the glass. Aroma is thick candy sweet malt, alcohol, prunes. The taste is alcohol up front, very powerful beer, but you could have guessed that based on the label. There is a taste of figs, and dark fruits, prunes and grapes, alcohol is very noticeable, dry yet sweet finish. This is obviously a massive beer, but it seems that Dogfish is brewing these huge beers just to be huge, does over the top equal quality? This is a beer that is not for everybody, or even most beer drinkers, and most of the time really not for me, but once in a while, it is nice to have a beer that kicks your ass.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Exactely what I expect from a barley wine. Perfect balance between fruity and caramel notes. Light sour notes which lighten the mouthfeel that is never too sugary. Pretty drinkable for a beast like this. Almost no alcohol even with the 15% abv. Delicious.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle in a snifter. Pours ruby/amber with a lacy, light beige head. Aroma of cereal and caramel malts, dark fruits, and floral hops. Flavor the same, really strong on the malts. Thicker texture. A really good beer.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
writing this from memory from last night on draft at the hungry monk. The appearance was dark with a dark red/amber highlights. the aroma is boozy with hints of dark fruits/raisons and sticky malt. Taste starts out with hot aclohol, sweet malt quikly takes over with notes of raisons and candy sugar. A nice hop bitterness balances out the heat and the sweetness. mouth feel is quit viscus and coats the tongue. overall a very nice nightcap beer, a little hot this beer will do well with some years on it.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Chevy Chase, DC 12oz ($5): Pours an amber color with minimal head. Aroma is first and foremost of le booze, kind of like sherry or brandy or something like that. And I should add that the aroma is surely quite powerful. A strongly fermented fruitiness is the main flavour in this beer. It is somewhat sweet, but I don’t think it is that cloying. Additionally, there have definitely been DFH beers with a thicker body (I was expecting something absurdly sticky here). Leaves an aftertaste that is more mild than one would expect. This is a sipper for sure. Good for what it is, but this is not really my thing. It is admirable what they pulled off for such a high ABV barley wine though.
1.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 2/20
Right up there on the like-ability scale with 120. Pour is not too viscous, was expecting something thicker. Somewhat mild volatile rubbing alky soaked fruit aroma. Taste is big cloying aftershave alky barely wine, surprizingly on style, but one of my least favorite beer styles, if this style can be called a beer. Gag reflex stays alert in the background, lets me know it is unnatural to consume this brew. Yes, big cloying on style barley wine nasty nellie experience. Does the trick, got dizzy. Barely wine lovers rejoice; then drink a 120 to celebrate, heheh.... I guess the smell of this mess keeps it from being a total flop for a lager lover. What is it; beer then, wine you’re doing fine or is it wine then beer you’re in the clear? Terrrible style; ruff, crude, union thug mentality, wew. Very difficult without many revealing qualities. Each medicinal slug reminds me of me of force feeding.
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