4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours dark amber. Aroma: is pine, herbs, and some alcohol. Flavor: sweet, pine, strawberries, brandy, and caramel.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap @ CBC. Deep amber orange color with a tiny white head. The nose is sweet malty peaches and pineapple. There’s definitely a nice hop presence though. Bouncy malts. The taste is peach juice and strawberry, some caramel and hoppy cheese. Like a very malt-forward IIPA. A bit hot and astringent. Full bodied, prickly carbonation. Overall, very nice.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
CBC. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, alcohol and rather hoppy - fruity. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with warming alcohol. 110512
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Resiny and piney. Rye on the nose. Very hoppy and malt. Caramel backbone. Smooth and silky finish.
3.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
2Nd best barley wine I’ve ever had. Can’t go wrong with the Floyd. Like drinking a noir when I love merlot. Flavor’s there, just a little more mellow.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught at CBC. Slightly hazy orange, off white head. Aroma of caramel, herbs, peach, grapefruit & citrus. Taste is well balanced bitter & sweet, huge boozy body yet extremely fresh mouthfeel, guess it is the generous amounts of hops. Had one of theese, then one more - and one more. A thirst-quenching barley wine!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
tap at cbc - pours clear amber golden - off-white head with yellowish hints. Aroma of peach, grapefruit & citrus. Massive body, bitter & sweet in a quasi perfect balance.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Another American classic passed me by for too long, now finally in my glass. :-) Clear deep orange body, big off-white head. Very nice looking indeed. Aroma is caramel, grassy hops, hints of melon and fresh herbs. Very hoppy, even for an American BW. Taste is melon, grass, pine, caramel, hints of syrupy (DIPA-like) hop tones and bitter herbs. Seems a bit fresh to me. Medium carbonation, rather smooth body. Nice, but vastly overrated IMO.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
2012 bottle with red wax. Pours copper color with a whitish head. Aromas are citrus and floral with a hint of malt. Classic American BW aroma. Tastes are big hops with floral and citrus and pine. Also caramel maltiness and a hint of vanilla. delicious all around. Another classic from FFF.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Pours dark golden with a creamy offwhite head, leaving nice lacings. Aroma of sweet roasty malt, caramel, citrusly hoppy, grapefruit, pine. Taste is sweet malty, caramel, light vanilla, lots of fruity hops, peach, apricot, grapefruit, pine. Medium to full body, soft carbonation, alcohol well hidden.110512
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012. Golden amber with a decent white head that leaves behind some lacing. Aroma is hoppy - pine, apricot, grapefruit. More balanced on the palate than the aroma implies, sweet with a touch of bitter in the aftertaste. Taste is orange marmalade, apricot, peach, pineapple and a touch of resin. Not bad but I prefer my barley wines to weigh a little more on the sweet side.
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