3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 66cl. [ Vintage 2004 ].
[ Courtesy of henrikb ]. Light unclear medium red orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, berry - fruity, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20090710]
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
An unclear amber beer with no head. The aroam is sweet malty with notes of caramel and alcohol. The flavor is sweet malty with hops, chocolate and alcohol notes. A nice powerful Barley Wine.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle 65 cl) Vintage 2003. Pours a hazy, very orangey amber with a small, rough head. Nose full of caramel and aroma hops. Full body with sweet caramel and some lovely fruit esters. Lightly aromatic, hoppy finish. But somehow appears a little tired. Tasted at the Oklahoma Beer tasting March 06 hosted by mjames and lilannie. 250306
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From tap at Toronado, Barley Wine Fest 2010. Pours clear and dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is hoppy and fruity. Mild vegetable note. Bitter and dry caramelish. Light fruity and caramelish into the finish. Dry and fruity lasting impression.
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
2001 version, bottled (at the Rate Beer gathering at Flying Saucer, Addison).
Amber couloured. Cork and flower aroma. Very thick with chewy maltiness. This is hop syrup so thick it doesn't make your mouth wet. Flavourful, and rather complex, yet not extremely bitter.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle.
Clear orange coloured with an off white head.
Aroma of malts, caramel, dried fruits and ascorbic acid.
Sweet and light acidic flavour of malts and dried fruits.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Magnum Cigar, Phoenix; vintage 2008, 3 years old
Beautiful red-amber color; medium sized creamy head. Mild aroma of caramel, nuts, light malt. The body is medium structured, less than expected for a Barley Wine; there is a strong nutty caramel flavor, not much malt, not much sweetness; strong bitterness, even a bit too much in the end.
Unbalanced and off target.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JAN 17, 2009
Name: Old Boardhead
Date: October 15, 1996
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: redish amber
Aroma: sweet estery malt and nw hop aroma
Flavor: rich malt flavor with good hop bitterness, apparent esters
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Score: **4
Name: Old Boardhead
Date: August 02, 2005
Mode: Bottle Conditioned
Source: Brewpub
Vintage: 1998
Appearance: rusty red, short lived tan head, opaque after a shot of sedement
Aroma: rich malt aroma with a nice amout of malty sweetness
Flavor: big fruit malt flavor, barley enough bitterness to add interest, a perfect blance between fruit and bitter yet big and rich, awesome
Aroma: 9/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Score: **4
Name: Old Boardhead
Date: August 06, 2003
Mode: Bottle Conditioned
Source: Brewpub
Vintage: 2001
Appearance: red, whispy tan head
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with a touch of earthy hops
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of fruity character that almost covers up a good dose of esters, just enough hops to almost keep it balanced
Name: Old Boardhead
Date: September 09, 2006
Vintage: 2001
hops have mellowed nicely to provide a good balance to the carmel and fruity malt, esters are faded to the point of being gone
Name: Old Boardhead
Date: June 09, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: Noog 3D
Vintage: 2001
Aroma: huge fruity aroma with lots of earthy hops<br
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy amber with a tiny white head. Sweet aroma with toasted malt, caramel and and ripe fruits. Sweet flavour with toasted malt, caramel, pine and hoppy notes. Quite vinious.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
1999 sampled end of 2002. Bright red; richly malty, syrupy aroma...peach, toffee. Still a very syrupy body, with warming malt, peach, pear...alcohol underneath it all. It’s not that I don’t like my barley wines malty (Old Woolly!) but this is a bit much, especially for its age. It should have developed some style by now - it takes more than big flavours to get over with me.
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