 ghawener (953), San Salvador, El Salvador
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Aug 26, 2007 Thanks Ramenen. Bottle: Baley or Imperial IPA? Grassy and herbal, lots of hops to get those 90 IBUs.
ilikestuff (222), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 23, 2007 HOLE - E - SHIT. Incredibly hoppy barley wine balanced by the huge malty sweetness. Got this one confused with Hercules for a second when I had the tasters in front of my, but the sweet wine flavor lets you know, it’s Old Ruffian. Pours an orango color with a white head and has a wonderful nose of fruit and hops. My favorite barley wine.
gsteph (263), knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 21, 2007 Nicely done. Beautiful dark amber color with a thick off-white head. Pours heavy. Sweet aroma..buttery caramel, molasses, vanilla, and slow roasted, sugary fruit. Looks a little too clear..needs less filtering. Young hops blast upfront, candied grapefruit, citrusy that mellows slowly into a sweet molasses cookie goodness. Let this one rest for a year or so.
georgekappus (296), Brookfield, Connecticut, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 18, 2007 Bottle. Started out with a cloudy orange pour and a thick white head. The head dissipated quickly but left strands of brussels lace clinging to the side of the glass. When I held it to my nose I smelled caramel, hops, sugar, and cotton candy. The first taste was thick caramel and subdued hops in the background. A very thick beer that stayed on the tastebuds long after it was swallowed.
badlizard (2339), Berkeley, California, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 16, 2007 650 ml bottle mail ordered from liquidsolutions. Hazy brown with a foamy tan head. Aroma of fruit, caramel, sugar, and alcohol. Bright tangy somewhat creamy palate. Initiallly sweet caramel, citrus, and pine taste transitioning to a good bitter bite in the finish. The commercial description is pretty much right on, but they don’t emphasize enough that this beer is exceptionally well balanced. This is in the top tier of barley wines.
Carl99Fan (186), Suwanee, Georgia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 16, 2007 Truly a hoppy barley wine. Of the few I’ve had, this tastes more like an IPA or DIPA.
jarspag (594), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 16, 2007 Updated: Oct 2, 2007On tap at the brewery in Denver... didn’t get a great impression from this one. Aroma was incredibly lacking - mouthfeel was solid and the palate crushing hoppy finish lingered like a bad habit. Overall, pretty damn good - but nothing epic. Very cool brewery with a nice staff is worth noting.
Brix (371), Denmark
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 13, 2007 Tasted 2007-06-02. The whole family was there to celebrate mine and my girlfriends birthdays. We served sushi as an appetizer, and my uncle made some jokes about the "green ketchup" as he called it (wasabi). It appears it burned his throat quite a bit. Later he asked for a beer. I asked what he wanted and he said that he likes hops. I’m not sure, but I don’t think he’d ever had a really hoppy beer before, because after one sip of an old ruffian, he said: "I need that green ketchup to wash down this beer!!!". He finished it though, and he may even have liked it! I liked it alot!
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