4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled in October 2011(1 year). Pours very hazy brick red color with a nice 1-2 finger dense khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing on the glass, with some alcohol legs. Aromas of big grapefruit, pine, caramel, earth, molasses, toast, herbal, raisin, biscuit, light chocolate, wood, and herbal spiciness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity. Taste of big caramel, pine, toast, grapefruit, biscuit, grass, earth, molasses, light chocolate, wood, herbal, raisin, and piney spiciness. Good amount of pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, pine, herbal, grass, molasses, dark fruit, biscuit, light chocolate, toast, wood, earth, and piney spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Great flavor balance and complexity; nearly zero cloying flavors on the finish. Medium carbonation and full bodied; with a creamy, slick, and sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is an excellent barleywine. Very nice complexity, depth, and balance of flavors; quite smooth to sip on. Very enjoyable offering.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours opaque amber with a three finger head. Smell is hoppy and fruity. Taste is light bread, caramel, lemon. Pretty light for a barleywine. Sort of odd.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle pours dark brown nice head. Tastes smells of hops caramel malt. Mir my kind of barleywine Too much hop taste didn’t care for it.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
650ml bottle pours a dirty amber orange color with a 2 finger off-white head that settles down to some thin spotty lacing. Aroma is grainy malts with some citrusy and earthy notes and woodiness and alcohol. Taste is quite hoppy with citrus and earthy tones balanced nicely with a bold malty sweet backbone. This is a bit hoppier than a typical barley wine, but satisfied my palate just fine. Very well done.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sampler @ brewpub.
Pours hazy copper color with small head. Aroma of ripe fruits, hops, caramel, toffee and some alcohol notes. Flavour of ripe fruits, caramel, toffee, hints of alcohol and some vanilla. Quite good bw with a fruity hoppy palate.
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3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught at Fish Tale brewpub
Quite mild aroma with some caramel. Flavour is sweetish with caramel, vanilla and slightly harsh malt. Also some resin and hints of woody notes in the finish. The hops keep on lingering in my mouth. Good, not too sweet.
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
150712. Tap at fishbowl, Olympia WA. Pours hazy amber with a small head. Aroma raisins, dry hops. Sweet dry happy taste and a hint if malts. More like a dipa now. Not Bad.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sample at Jackie O’s during Ohio Brew Week. The beer is a mostly clear dark copper color with a medium light beige head that diminishes steadily. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of grainy malt and piney hops. Medium to full body with flavors of toasted malt, caramel and resiny hops. Touches of citrus too. The finish is malty with a woody and hoppy aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap @ Chuck’s 85th. (This is the Alltech Kentucky Bourbon Barrel aged version.). Pours dark cloudy reddish brown with thin head. Aroma is sweet malts with some hops and bourbon. Taste is big rich sweet malts with pine hops and thin aged whiskey on the finish. As the name suggests, there’s a bunch going on here. Leather, oak, molasses are in the mix. Nice and complex. Alcohol is evident but not overwhelming - I wouldn’t be surprised if this was in the 12% range after barrel aging. I typically don’t like barleywines, but the regular version of this is good and this is outstanding.
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle via Capones split with my bro-in-law. Poured a thick full reddish brown with an average sized full foamy beige head. Aroma is the best part of this beer, notes of honey, molassess, toffee, caramel, dry wood. Body is full, syrupy, soft carbonation and very dry from the midpoint to the swallow. Flavor of dry molasses, caramel, wood, dry sugary and some dried fruits. Good stuff but although the flavor drops off the aroma is amazing.
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