 robertsreality (2460), Minnesota, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 13, 2005 Dark Brown Coloring with Sandy Head. Medium Mouthfeel. Hemp Aroma. Some Sweet Malt but For the Most Part Lacking. Still An Enjoyable Barley Wine but Extremely Plain Tasting. In Either Case, Many Thanks to Wawood for Obtaining It.
erway (1002), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 4, 2005 GABF- No head w/amber body. All malt aroma. Huge body. Intensely malty. Very little hops. Sweet caramel. Slight bitterness but this was realy lacking as far as the complexity is concerned. Way too malty without the hops to balance.
ElGaucho (1730), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 30, 2005 Updated: Dec 28, 2005A friend picked this up from the Free State brewery and watched them pour the growler on 10/27/05. I cracked it on 10/29/05. Although the aroma was very promising, with some unique hempy bitterness, the flavor was quite flat and not reminiscent of barleywine at all. It’s almost as if they poured the wrong beer. It didn’t taste 10.5% at all. The trademark rich complexity of a barleywine was just not there. It was a reasonably quaffable brew with some roasted malt, and that hempy bitterness, but I never would have guessed it was a barleywine. I paid $25 for this growler and ended up pouring half of it out. Very, very disappointing.
JK (2968), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 29, 2005 My thanks to Wawood for this treat. I did not think there were freshness issues with the growler. The aroma is grassy hops. A black barleywine? Yes. Yes it is. Still. There is some malt sweetness and a sour, grassy flavor. Palate is a little thin for a barleywine. The alcohol is hidden very well. More of a bitter hops rather than sweet barleywine. Pleasant.
badgerben (3610), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 29, 2005 Growler, courtesy of Wawood. A pitch brown color with no head. Woah, that’s an outstanding color on a barley wine! Very interesting aroma that hints at herbal. The table finally settled on hemp. The taste was very bland and disappointing. Bitter malt with some sugar, but it was getting a Windex quality. It was fresh, only 2 days old, but it just did not impress me.
Kevin (1920), Colorado, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 26, 2005 ruby red pour with a minimal amount of head. alcohol aroma with cherries and moss. taste is sweet and hot with brown sugar, sorghum, and the fruit flavor comes out with plums and chocolate covered cherries and some strawberries too. great lingering mint finish with bubblegum, cocoa and plums. the pretty lady working bar said she thought i liked this since i never stopped smiling the entire time i had this magnificent beer near me.
KAggie97 (2485), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 10/20 |
Oct 23, 2005 Updated: Jan 14, 2008GABF 05. Pours a dull tea color with an aroma of raisin, yeast, and bread. Flavor is rotten apple and raisin. Coating palate.
Re-rate, hand bottled and sent by Theisti. Thanks, Tim! The electrical tap around the cap is a nice touch, by the way! Sorry, but I’m gonna have to stick by my original rating. Not my cup of barleywine.
lilannie (384), State College, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 16, 2005 GABF 2005
Aroma: wood, dark fruits--cherries, cream, hops
Appearance: murky brown, little head, no lacing
Flavor: brown sugar, molasses, wood, dark fruits
Palate: smooth with burnt malt/woody aftertaste
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