3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap @ City Beer Store SF. Poured a nice amber mahogany color. Probably the most malty BW I’ve had. Nose was sweet and carmel malt and some pine hop aroma. Flavor is very hoppy with the malt creeping into the mid, with the bitter dry finish making this a decent brew.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at PP Carlsbad (6/12/09): Pours a transparent bright copper orange with a well-lacing off-white head. Aroma of light caramel maltiness and some light fruity esters. Starts semi-sweet and toasty malty with a touch of caramel toffee before a drier bittersweet finish. A decent hoppy barleywine.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. A pale amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, grass, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of hops lending it notes of spices and grass as well as lighter notes of lemon peal, combined with medium notes of malt, leading to a dry and very bitter finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tasted at the 5th Annual (2008) Triple Rock Firkin Fest. This barley wine pours a dark gold color from the firkin. Small sized head. The aroma is fruity, caramel and sweet. A medium to full bodied Barleywine. The malts are caramel and sweet. The hops are citrusy and floral. Nice balance. Nice soft carbonation. There is a touch of alcohol bite at the finish. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet with a touch of alcohol oiliness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Beer Revolution. Pours foggy amber with a fruity aroma. There is a typical bareywine flavor - very fruity with a bitter finish. However, this one is quite tasty without being cloyingly sweet.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at pizza port. Brown with a creamy off white head. Sweet aroma and a molasses toffee and spice taste.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft from Toronado Barley Wine Festival. Fairly dark amber. Aroma is malt dominated, quite sweet. Caramel, wood, some darker fruit. Full bodied, quite sweet, alcohol hidden well for how high it is.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured at Firkin fest at Triple Rock, labeled firkinwine, amber-orange small white head little carbonation. Nose of citrusy floral hops, alcohol and sweet malt. Decent barley wine. Has a rush of piney citrusy hops upfront, good flavor not too hoppy but the sweetness rushes in with some fruity and bubblegum flavors making for an almost too sweet finish. Drinkable but not a top contender.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at Beer Revolutiin - Muddy dark amber. Slight head. Sweet makty aroma. Thinner body than expected. Flavors of peaches and apricot followed almost immediately by bitternrss from the hops. Only slight warming in throat. Due to bitternrss is definitely a sipping beer.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. ’07 vintage. Rich amber with a dark cream colored head. Light malt aroma. Malt and light wheat flavor with sherry notes. Medium bodied. Sherry and malt lingers with wheat and light spice.
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