 GrbDg (301), Avon Lake, Ohio, USA
Feb 17, 2008
Well, this was quite underwhelming. Poured totally flat, not sure if it was on purpose or not. Fairly nice aroma, lots of sticky hops and malts. Flavor is quite the same, quite sweet, pushing towards cloying, yet the end is strongly bitter. The lack of carbonation really killed the texture, it was just so sweet and with no carbonation, the two didn’t mix well. Overall, the beer was good, but I was expecting a lot more and I really wished they would have bottled it so we could see what some age would do.
Drnk_McDermott (1538), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
May 8, 2008 Shared at the pre-DLD ’08 party. Some syrupy malts at work here. This doesn’t seem that old, but it’s already lost its hop profile. I’ve had astonishing stuff from Great Lakes, but this isn’t one of them. Keep trying.
19641948 (492), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Apr 9, 2008 Poured FAR too cold at the brewpub. It seemed to be an absolute age cupping it in my hands to warm it up. Pours flat with a miniscule ring of foam. Golden sunset orange. Diabetically sweet aromas of sugary stickiness. Flavors are underwhelming with a disjointed hodgepodge of alcohol fire, lip-smacking sugars, raisin, honey, and green leafy hops. I wanted to like it, I really did. But there was nothing there to warrant a second snifter...and I always order up multiple full-size samples during our yearly baseball Opening Day get-together.
dmac (837), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Mar 31, 2008 Shared at Cornboys Barley Wine Blind. Wow did I dislike this one. Poured a rather flat brownish amber with virtually no head. Aroma honey, brown sugar, grain and garlic. Thin watery body with very light carbonation. The aroma left no indication of the horrible flavor to follow. I think I actually dumped this one an couldn’t even finish my two ounce sample. Yuck.
JCB (1000), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Mar 30, 2008 On tap at the brewery. Nice amber brew, clean body with lively carbonation and nothing cloudy detectable. Resiny hops detectable in the nose, as well as some apricot and brandy. Definitely hot and boozy, and a strongly hop forward BW like Old Guardian. I found it enjoyable and fairly impressive, but it would definitely benefit from aging (bottle it!).
egajdzis (2950), Terrapin, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 30, 2008 Poured a clear amber color with a small, white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of toffee malts, floral hops, citrus fruits, light honey, vanilla, and some alcohol in the finish. Taste of sweeter caramel up front, citrus fruits, toffee, pine, toasty dough, and moderate bitterness, with a bit of alcohol in the finish.
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