 Vac (2389), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 14, 2004 2001: This Barley wine pours with a deep amber/red body topped by a medium thick head with a decent amoun tof lacing. The aroma and flavor are slightly sweet yet bitter and full of woody notes, with nice alchol notes and a bunch of caramel. Full bodied, smooth yet dry and warming.
Eyedrinkale (3209), Astoria, New York, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 13, 2004 Cloudy red and brown color with smallish head. Aroma was huge, with flavors of dried fruit and oak. Taste was very mellow old citrus and strong spicy, warm hops. This was some big flavored stuff. Oak flavors are also everywhere.
tiggmtl (4311), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jun 2, 2004 Big malt, oak, vinous, aroma. Burnt marzipan alcohol sweetness in the nose. Notes of orange chocolate and mint. Murky brown colour with off white head that recedes to a swirling cover and ring. Soured red wine and oak underscore a big caramel maltiness with assertive but balanced citrusy hops. Smooth, silky port-like mouthfeel. Full and rich. This I’d go out of my way to find again. Delicious. Bottle (Batch #4 11/02 - enjoyed with beerbuzzmontreal, MartinT and Rastacouere).
MartinT (5050), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 31, 2004 Bewitching wooden wine cask perfume fed by rotund fieldberriness and citrus-laden yeast notes...This poetic prologue follows into a port-winish feel smeared by orange zest, cherries and black currants, always joyously married to that dignified yet firm wooden cask...Ever so beautifully emphasizes the "wine" in "barley wine"...Thanks David!...
Rastacouere (5553), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 30, 2004 2002 bottle, kudos to sham It pours a dirty earthy color, brownish orange dirty river alike with a thin off-white head. The aroma is explosive with oaky tones, mint and oranges. Vinous profile jumps to the face, full of grapes, sherry. Palate is fruity (grapes, cherries, bilberries, apples, pears), yeasty (bready particules) with a mild tartness and a wine-like astringence. I know some people dislike it, but I just admire the balance kept and very original character of this beer after aging in oak barrels. It gave it a totally unique flavor profile and it kept most of the lovely barley wine characteristic, complexity included. Rather full body with low carbonation. I need more of this, somehow, but you just owe respect to original quality recipes executed well.
Alcoholist (570), Peoria, Illinois, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
May 28, 2004 Dark mahogany color with minimal head. Aroma is hop malt and oak. Flavour is rich and thick but a bit too much sweetness.
wesley (10), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
May 28, 2004 Aroma of hops dried fruit oaky wine. Flavor wine, sweet malt, hop bitterness and oak. A wonderful beer
SubstanceT (1090), Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
May 27, 2004 I want to like this I really do, but overall the texture and the sweetness just push it too far away from greatness. Nose is suggary malty and very sweet. taste is full of sweet malts and alcohol with tons of suggar and lots of (potassium?? I cant read my notes)
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