 RCL (1458), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 12, 2007 Aroma is resplendent with candied fruits, brown sugar, and hops. Hop finish seemed a bit "ruff" if you’ll pardon the pun. I may have had a newer bottle.
JB175 (1662), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 7, 2007 2006 bottle. Had this one awhile back and liked, but it was one of my first BWs. Reddish-plum-brown with a medium off-white head. Aroma is thick and hoppy with lots of grass, pine, and citrus mixing with some thick and sweet malty aromas. Flavor is abudantly hoppy with lots of caramel, dark bread, citrus, pine, darker fruits, alcohol, and some earthiness. Nice mouthfeel, but too hop-forward and too much alcohol taste to be a top notch barleywine. Will check back with some aged Ruffian later.
hayduke (1629), Eureka, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 6, 2007 From a 22 oz bottle this poured a very colorful red to copper color with a big foamy head of the same color. Lacing was good as it settled so I could get my nose in there. Really big and complex nose, with piney hops coming up first, but followed by sweet malts, and raisins. Mouthfeel very rich and creamy and on the back of the tongue is almost slippery. Flavor is a little sweet,with distinct hop bitterness, flowers, pine, caramel, fruiits, and a touch of the alcohol. Long sweet bitter finish. Good barley wine, and am glad I found this one here on the East Coast because I don’t think I have seen it in California. Shows once again if you want to try new beers you have to either trade or travel.
puzzl (2599), New York, New York, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 5, 2007 Bomber in a blind tasting again Green Flash BW and Southern Tier Back Burner. This lost. Harsh, minerally aroma. Big booze. Light caramel. Pleasant, mellow taste, but a bit rough in the back. Lacking complexity, and very rough around the edges. Regardless, this would probably age quite well. It could definitely stand to round itself out a bit and lose the bite.
mholdefer (5), Northport, Alabama, USA
does not count  | 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 11/20 |
Aug 4, 2007 Very complex ale that pours a lovely deep amber color - the aroma hits you immediately and is fruity - but the taste swings the fruity aroma back to a biting hop flavor ending - this is real beer!
Bullit (1334), Glasgow, Scotland
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 29, 2007 Copper-red, white head. A lot is going on in this beer. It has complex aromas of citrus and herbs, and is flowery as well. Very silky and dense on the palate. Taste of pine dry hops. The aroma is better than the flavour. Too dry for me.
skortila (2893), Bunnik, Netherlands
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 29, 2007 This beer has a wave of always changing aroma’s. Very nice. Different hops, some caramel malts and dried fruits, cognac style. A little hazy, brown-reddish coloured with a thin, off-white head. Taste is sweet, and has hopbitterness, cognac, flowers, pine, some caramel malts, some fruits, bit dusty and with some warming alcohol. This beer is very good. The hops work out well. Nice.
nearbeer (1834), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 20, 2007 500 mL. Slight haze on the copper-amber body with a large lasting foam above. Sweetish evergreen and slight citrus in the robust nose. Flavor is similar at first, then melts into a nice bitterness that last to the finish. Palate is medium-bodied, smooth, and fairly balanced: only slightly syrupy.
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