t4h2c0 (63), seattle, USA
Feb 18, 2008
I always liked this barley wine, it is relatively cheap and has a good hop flavor. Does very well with age. Tried the 95’ at toronado barley wine fest 2008 and it was awesome. This was the best tasing barely wine I have ever that was aged over ten years. Most of the others I tried tasted a little funky but the old boardhead aged great. Preatty clear apperance tends to mean a more pronounced hop flavor as this one ages
 Nik925 (136), California, USA
Sep 2, 2008 Sweet, simple, and bitter. Poured thin, no head, looked sad in the glass. Simple flavor, on the sweet end of barley wines. Overall just a straight forward barley wine, nothing too special.
Aquilo (157), California, USA
Sep 2, 2008 Pours clear caramel colored with no head. Smell is strong peach and spice. A little bit of pine as the beer warms. Cloves, cinnamon. Flavor is more bitter, with pine and fresh hops taking center stage, but still fruity. Peach and apricot in the finish. Medium bodied. Very well balanced and enjoyable.
MI2CA (1036), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
Aug 29, 2008 22oz - 2006 - Thanks Crosling - Aroma has a strong bitter hop nose, caramel with an almost astringent pine resin finish. Pours transparent copper with a medium head and great lacing. Flavor is a lot more caramel and a lot less pine resin than aroma. Hops are still there 2 years later. Some fruit and spice thrown in but I can’t pinpoint them. Palate is sticky and tart. Not groundbreaking, but tasty nonetheless.
BelgianBeerGal (902), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Aug 29, 2008 2007 bottle. Pours a ruby brown colour with a big, foamy tan head and sticky lacing. HUGE hoppy aroma that starts sweet and bitters out. Same flow with the flavour, very hoppy taste that finished with grapfruit rind and pine resin. The aftertase reminds me of gin and juniper berries. Not really my favourite BW, maybe it needs a year or 2 more to mellow.
radiomgb (1761), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Aug 23, 2008 Deep ruby in colour with a thin beige coloured head, light lacing. The aroma is sweet with some caramel malts, light alcohol, apples and plums. The flavour is sweet, fruity, some plums, light malt and small amounts of alcohol. Sweet mouthfeel, medium/light body, medium carbonation. FInishes a bit quick with some alcohol.
The alcohol was never overpowering but 7 years in the bottle probably had something to do with this. The body is suffering and this probably peaked 3 years ago.
650ml bottle obtained in a trade with 5000 in March of 2004, thanks Andre.
Opened on March 19, 2008.
Vintage 2001.
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