3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle thx to ekstedt cons 2011-12-04 Göteborg
AR: sticky, rasins, sprity
AP: amber clera colred body, frothy wee creme brulee colored head
F: sticky, caramel, sprity, rasins, plum cake from GB
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle sampled @ Ekstedts tasting on December 2. Courtesy of Ekstedt. Pours amber with a white head. Smell is fruity and floral with sweet fruits, caramel, gummi candy and some alcohol. Taste is vinous, malty and slightly acidic with peach, persimmon and some metal. Finish is malty sweet.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle (50 cl) from Systembolaget. Clear amber, medium white head. Bisquity, slightly caramelly malt aroma with floral hops. Medium bodied, medium carbonation. Semi dry, medium bitterness. The best Vintage in many years, at least when fresh.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled at Ekstedt’s Testing 11-12-02. Pours copper with small white. Smells and tastes hoppy and slight malty with a similar finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAR 18, 2012 First rating
Bottle at ekstedt tasting on December 2, 2011
50 cl, no 049973, BB End 2014
Clear copper color, white head. Sweet, alcohol, apricots scent. Sweet, malty, cream taste. Warming alcohol. Moussy mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
6/3/7/3/13=3.2
Rerate
Bottle 50 cl at ekstedt vertical tasting on March 17, 2012
Hazy copper color, smallish off-white head. Sweet, vinous scent, some applesauce. Sweet, marzipan taste. Very mellow. Gut warming. Smooth mouthfeel, low bitterness.
7/3/7/4/14=3.5
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at Ekstedts tasting 2011-12-02. Amber beer with a small offwhite head. Malty aroma, alittle roasted. Malty flavor, bready, hoppy, some citrus. Hoppy finish with some roasted notes. As always I guess it will get better with time.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Bottle, 0.5 l - #090347, 20111203) The beer poured ruby red and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, dried plum, strawberry and alcohol. Palate was medium bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, dried plum, alcohol, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and mildly roasty. This one was too young but still pretty good. The harshess will quite likely disappear with aging.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Awesome fresh tasting barley wine - not a hint of the 8.5% abv but a beautiful fresh aroma and flavour. Solid all the way.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at White Horse Parson’s Green. It pours deep amber-brown, with a thin beige head. The nose is cinnamon, caramel, golden syrup, gingerbread and lemon. The taste is wood, caramel, toffee, varnish, brown sugar, alcohol warmth, dark fruit, syrup, pear and melon, with a dry finish. Full body and soft carbonation. Perhaps a bit too sweet. Could be done with a big of aging.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Entered to celebrate my 9000th Rating. Pours ruby amber with a small creamy head and lacings. Fruitcake and caramel at first. Some port and a fine level of vinousness (already). A bit of vanilla and caramel with a fine fresh hop bitterness in the end. Very nice, though very young. Better than previous years. No question.
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