Dominion Millennium

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

Serve in Snifter

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11 ounce goblet - $4.25 at Taco Mac in Buford, Georgia. Appearance: Arrived at Table Fifty-Three a clear, dark amber body with a thin, fine, egg shell-colored head. Smell: Sweet-smelling, fruit-scented nose of malts (brown sugar, then dark caramel, then Grade B maple syrup) and fresh-made chutney with an overall earthiness to it and marked by whiffs of alcohol. Taste: Sweet tastes brown sugar and dark caramel with just a touch of chewy breadiness to the overall maltiness. Fruity mixture of ripe cherry, apple, and discarded plumskins which, along with the booze contained within, gives these tastes a slight liqueur feel to them. Sure, I’m willing to cheerfully accept a certain amount of alcohol, but the level of heat its imparting is rather unbecoming. Hint of cinnamon with a wry, knowing wink and the "shhh" finger. Earthy, woody hop character with maybe a light vague touch of citrus. Moderate hop bitterness. Then, it’s back to the fruits swirled in brown sugar and maple syrup. Finishes fruity, bittersweet, and with more than a noticeable hint of alcoholic heat. Mouthfeel: Medium-full body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: At this stage, it’s still a bit coarse and unrefined, but it’s basically good. Though it does make me more than wistful for a bottle of J.W. Lee’s Harvest Ale or, hell, one of my older bottles of Oak Barrel-Aged Millennium. I’m just sayin’!

Pours a beautiful ruby red to brown with a touch of head that laces thinly around the glass. Nose & taste are of caramel, toffee, sweet fruits like plum & raisin. A bit of tartness almost of cherries without the cherry flavor. Solid brew, thanks for the toss in Watson1977!

Draft. Pours golden orange with an off white head. Sweet fruity aroma, almost juicy, with light toasted malts. The flavor has some peach-like fruity sweetness, toasted malts, and honey. Not bad.

Pours a cloudy copper brown color with a quickly dissipating cream-colored head. Aroma of fig, plum, caramel, and honey. Plum,fig flavor with caramel and a honey sweetness. Very nice beer!

Great dark brown appearance. Smells and tastes of honey. Strange, papery aftertaste.

Pour thanks to motortoddhead. Orange-amber in color. Nose is very caramel with a bit of fruitiness. Flavor well-refined toasted malt, dried apricot, caramel sweetness, and a bite of hop bitterness at the end. Residual sticky malts and hop bitterness to the finish. Alcohol moderately well hidden with a little trailing heat.

11/2011 SBF: Pours a copper color with a whithe head. Sweet and malty overtones with coramel and bready finish.

Tap. Decent barley wine. generally like them a little hoppier but not bad. Almost reminds me of caramel.

Dark brown-orange, off white cover. Aroma is dark fruits, caramel, brown sugar, alcohol. Taste is sweet, fig, plum, lots of fruit and caramel. Nice stuff.

Amber to reddish brown body. Fruity, citric, grainy aroma. Moderately bitter, moderately sweet flavour. Quite well balanced, but not very complex (bit subttle).

12 ounce thanks to watson1977. Big orange barley wine with a nice pour. Bottled January this year. Lots of sugar, honey, and sweet in the taste. I find the alcohol to be hidden. Bit of apple and pear as well. Very nice barley wine.