3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20Pours a clear and very dark amber with minimal head. Aroma is sweet with roasted malt, caramel, mild fruitiness and also some nuttiness present. Taste is roasted malt with dark fruit and some faint bitterness. Nothing really dominates the flavor profile and things are well balanced. The body is medium and the finish is on the dry side. Now that it has warmed a little I am noticing toffee notes in the aroma. A decent beer especially on a cold night.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2011 version.
A - Pours a dark ruby/garnet color with a light tan head
S - Bready and yeasty, toffee and caramel, strawberry. As it warms plums, sweet oaky bourbon, caramelized brown sugar. Bits of lacing.
T - Dense toffee malt, pecans, brown sugar, strawberries, notes of vanilla, citrus and mint hops bring in a crisp bitterness. A light caramel/maple sweetness coats the entire mouth while barley dominates the palate.
M - Full chewy body, crisp and smooth at different stages, warming.
This should be in a catagory of it’s own. I’ve always that of this as a winter Barleywine. Start with a semi-cold one and let it warm completely. This beer really transitions and becomes complex when warm. I’ve always had it fresh as it’s so hard to age because I always end up drinking it.
Serving type: bottle
11-20-2011
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel. Thanks avrashi. Pours deep red with a beige head, aroma of honey, toffee, werthers original, rounded mouthfeel, flavor is roasted with dried fruits and chocolate, medium bodied
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel. Thanks avrashi. Clear deep amber color. Malty aroma with caramel, a bit of earthy hops, slightly floral, and a bit of fruitiness. Sweet malty and caramelly flavor with a bit of hops bitterness, slightly stale, and a bit of fruitiness. Medium-bodied.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark reddish brown with a small cream head. Aroma of figs, brown sugar, caramel, spice, and molasses. Taste is light fruit, spice, figs, and caramel malt. Solid.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Looks like molten carmel. Tastes sweet and smooth. A pleasant surprise. I like this a lot. Great Divide ... Quality brews.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown/ruby body with a minimal white head. Aroma is spicy, some liquor, ripe fruits. Taste is malty, with a pleasant and moderate hoppy presence. Dry long finish
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This beer’s aroma was strongly reminiscent of roasted malts and clove, and the appearance combined a brownish red color and a small off-white head. Indeed, these first impressions prepare you completely for the taste, which is quite sour, slightly sweet, and a touch umami, as well as the palate, full body, thin texture, soft carbonation, and long finish. Although it wasn’t be best beer out there, it was still really enjoyable and pleasant.
4.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Lovely barley wine. Sweet smell and taste but it tastes very good it is almost as nice as a rochefort 10
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On draft at Sharp Edge Brasserie. Poured deep brown with thin ring of lace. Minimal head. Dark fruity flavor; plums, raisins, figs, chocolate all present. Dry, slightly bitter finish. Not my style.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
355ml bottle, 2010 bottling, from cellar.
Pours a deep, brilliant copper, with a beige head.
Complex, spicy, mature aroma, malt, dried fruit, almonds, caramel, toffee, marzipan.
Off-dry, full bodied, mid to high bitterness, creamy CO2.
Mature, complex taste, malt, caramel, marzipan, hops, hazelnut, dried fruits, figs.
Incredibly smooth and balanced, a fantastic beer to cellar for a few years. A truly hedonistic beer! (2013-03-29)
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