 kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Apr 5, 2008 Date: 03/22/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: hazy dark ruby red, fine beige head,
Aroma: sweet dark caramel malt aroma, nice fruity tartness,
Overall: sweet fruity malt aroma, dark caramel sweetness, touch of fruity tartness, light earthy balance, peppery alcohol adds extra complexity rather than distraction,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
CaptainCougar (4663), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Mar 22, 2008 Pours a transparent dark copper mahogany with a thin ring of off-white head. Aroma of sweet biscuity pale and caramel malts with rich fruity estery cmplexity. Body starts rich and dark caramely sweet with a good amount of light fruity esters before a drier sweet bready finish. A pretty complex barleywine, but could use some time to age.
hopdog (4645), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 7, 2007 22oz, gold waxed topped, bottle shared courtesy of weeare138. Poured a medium reddish brown color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of dark fruits, toffee, caramel, wood, green apples, and vanilla. Tastes of dark fruits, brown sugar, and alcohol. Sweet. Very hot with a ton of alcohol in the tastes. Alcohol detracted from what tastes I was able to pick out. This one will definitely improve with a few years under its belt.
DocLock (4170), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 8, 2007 Updated: Mar 10, 2008Pours ruddy medium brown color with 1-finger khaki head that goes away and never returns. Aroma is nice; caramel malt, prunes, berries, tobacco, mincemeat, plum, blackberry, some feety funky notes. The aroma is very complex. The taste is plummy, pruney, with caramel malt, brown sugary figs, tobacco, cabernet, and slight maple notes, plus some mid-palate hops and funky notes. Remains on the sweet side, and somewhat syrupy. The alcohol is minorly noticeable, but to me it doesn’t detract; rather, it adds to the nobility of this one. With age, this could easily become a perfecto robusto.
JoeMcPhee (3807), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
Dec 30, 2007 Sampled at Barcade Anniversary party. Deep amber beer with a thin white head. Rich nutty plummy aroma. Heavily toasted malts. Very sweet with a lovely rich bready character. A little bit syrupy and sweet. Hops are quite subtle letting the rich sweet malts show off. I quite like it.
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