4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20UPDATED: MAR 10, 2008 Bottle... This beer rocks!... Great aroma. Just a lot going on. Very malty, moderately floral and yeasty. Nutty with hints of sweet bread, dough, plum, apricot, ruby port and honey.
Nice looking beer. Cloudy amber with a small, creamy, khaki head... mostly lasting.
Flavor is very malty and very bitter. Perfectly balanced despite high abv. Full bodied. Syrupy mouthfeel. Fizzy carbonation. Long dry finish. Excellent beer!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught. In DC at the bar attached to the convention center. Ok but not a great barley wine.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Hazy orange with white head. Sweet, almost vinous aroma with apricot notes, and taste is the same with boozy red plum, and red grapefruit hops. $2/12oz
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle from Wegman’s Leesburg. Bottle bought in 2011 Pours amber with an inch of khaki foam that disappears quickly. Slight hint of honey on the nose. A bit Of hop bitterness going down. Flavors not very complex. Eh!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Bethesda bottle shop. Nice amber body with medium head. Nose is sweet, sugary, malts with vanilla. Taste is sweet, caramel, malts, oak. Quite nice.
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3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
2010, 10.5% abv bottle thanks to billshmeinke. Pours with a quite murky deep bronze to amber hue with a medium sized offwhite head that fades to a ring. Big aroma of booze, sweet cara malts, stewed fruits, figs, dates, marmalade and honey. Very sticky smelling yet pretty refined. Flavors are malty, sweet, toasty, honeycomb, tea, marmalade and raisins. Lots of crystal malts, yet surprisingly not quite as sticky as expected. Medium to full body, medium carbonation with some alcohol.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
earthy, roasty, golden, clear, cloudy, minimal head, medium bitterness, very bitter, full body, lively, bitter, long finish,
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draft at the Mad Fox Barley Wine Festival, Falls Church VA. Pours an almost clear amber with a creamy off white head that receded leaving lots of lacing. Caramel and raisin notes in the nose. Viscous mouth feel with medium carbonation. Flavors of honey, caramel and citrus hops. Alcohol strong in the bitter finish.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Delicious Barley Wine-style beer. Malty with fruity notes. The heaviness of this beer means you won’t be tempted to "throw them back". This beer should be sipped and enjoyed. Works very well as a "dessert beer". 2012 vintage was MUCH better than 2011’s.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle into snifter glass. Reddish brown color with off-white head. Aroma of sweet bready malt, caramel, honey, dried fruits(raisins, plums, figs) and alcohol. Taste is the same as aroma, a little tartness too. Moderate mouth-feel and carbonation, balanced, somewhat hot alcohol and hoppy finish after the overall rich sweetness. Very good.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
yeasty,roasty malts in the aroma,a bit fruity and raisiny too,honey,and a hint of hops as well...appearance..slightly cloudy brownish amber creamy white head good lacing...i get a strong and slightly scotch like alcohol hit up front in the flavor and finish.. fruitiness and surprising bitterness,or is that burn,in between..some barleywines tend more toward the scotch ale side and this is one.if thats your bag you might like this,but for me it’s.not bad but not a fav
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