Dominion Millennium

Brewed by Old Dominion Brewing Company (Coastal Brewing Co.)
Style: Barley Wine
Dover, Delaware USA

Serve in Snifter

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Poured a deep orange color with good head, just okay lacing. Aroma was malts and was fruity. Flavor was caramel, pine and earthyness. Fruits mint? 11.4% not sure where that is hide it very very well.

Pours a clear orange amber color. Big malt aroma with a framework of floral hoppiness. Malty nose, builds into a greater level of sweetness with a tide of alcohol warmth backing it. Sharp and floral hoppiness dominates the finish, with more alcohol presence.

12 oz. bottle thanks to Slob. Special thanks too for the aged bottle. This was a 2003. Excellent aromas. Honey, molassas, caramel, dried fruit, a touch of chocolate. Flavors were more molassas and caramel on the front. Some slightly tartness in the middle. Kinda different there. The finish was alcohol warming and then a lingering of hops and some kind of spice. Very good

From a twist cap 12 oz. bottle with a bottling date in the upper right hand corner, 02.16.06, sampled at cellar temperature in a chalice. Poured a bright orangey copper with a foamy, bubbly off-white head that settled into a thin bubbly lacing. Aromas of caramel covered figs, toasted grains and honey, earthy hops and whiffs of alcohol. Good moderate carbonation and a crisp, creamy smooth medium bodied mouthfeel. Tastes of caramel, buttery toffee and pineapple, a honey sweetness, a light graininess the mixes with the alcohol, the alcohol is also warming in the palate, a soft herbal, earthy hoppiness, and a dry oily, malty and pineapple fruity finish. An excellent English-style barley wine, tasty with a easy sipping drinkability, a must try for anyone who likes barley wines.

hoppy apricot gummy aroma-barley muscat wine puncent. amber with garnet tinge, short beige fine layer. hoppy, citrus fresh for a barleywine, less heavy, more quaffable, rummy coriander, medium complexity, crisp. ceamy palate with a crisp bite. Excellent.

UPDATED: JUL 5, 2006 Botted 2-16-06. Nice aroma of sugary caramel, honey, yeast, bold like a barlywine should be. Pours amber red with off white head. Flavor is very heavy on caramel and dried fruit, that transitions to a semi dry and pleasantly bitter finish. Slight warming. Not an aggressively hopped barleywine, nor a thick mouthfeel, but still very enjoyable. I enjoy this one as much as Bigfoot. A good barleywine for those with a developing palate

Lots of malt and alcohol dominate the aroma.Pours a deep copper/brown with a medium off white head.Big malt flavor along with hints of alcohol and some hops in the flavor.Full mouthfeel with a lot of alcohol in the finish.

UPDATED: FEB 28, 2008 Re-Rate 2/28/08 .... bottled 2/1/08 ... new label and from what I remember a different description ... same name but says "Premium Ale Brewed with Honey" ... amber pour with a thin white head ....sweet malt aroma with light hops in the background ... this is GOOD ...bitter start and finish .... alcohol in the aftertaste, but not overpowering .... medium to thick mouthfeel but not syrupy .... alcohol is more pronounced as it warms ... this has a nice IPA and strong ale balance ... I’m thinking that this probably the same recipe as last year ... still awesome original rating 5/1/2007 (4.2) copper brown...better head than I expected...sweet malty aroma...big body with a hop bite....fruitiness helps to disguise the high alcohol content...what a great beer, much better than some of the other barley wines I’ve tasted

Bottle. Nice smell of hops, sugar, and alcohol. Pours dark amber with a cream colored head that quickly disappears. Solid, tasty beer with less overpowering sugars than you’ll find in a lot of barleywines. I tasted roasted caramel, muted fruits and spices, then a surprising hoppy finish that barleywines often lack. Frightening drinkability and smooth mouthfeel for a brew with this much alchohol, and the aftertaste leans more towards warm hops than booze, so it’d be easy to drink too many of these. I’m an Old Dominion fan and this is one of their best efforts.

Bottled Feb 2009. Pours a rich copper color with no head. Aroma is alcohol and honey. Taste is caramel, honey, alcohol, and a nice citrus hop finish. Heavy mouth feel with moderate carbonation. Definitely a sipper considering the body, alcohol, and smack-you-in-the-face flavor profile. Very enjoyable though.