 omhper (12171), Stockholm, Sweden
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 18, 2008 Bottled, thanks Crosling! Hazy ruby, small head. Aroma of juicy lychee and grapefruit. Sure, it’s malty, but it’s dominated by juicy fresh citric hops. The carmelly malt is a mere excuse for the 10%. The hoppy lychee flavours later turns into long powerful bitterness. Certianly not the most complex barley wine, but very good.
Lowe1983 (1029), Fairborn, Ohio, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 17, 2008 Pours a darker amber color with an off-white head. Aroma is of caramel malts, dark fruits, and some citrus hops. Flavor is sweet at first with caramel and toffee malts. Finishes strong with a little citrus hops and an alcohol warming. Pretty good.
MakeItDrinkIt (66), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 14, 2008 Dark amber hue with a medium tan head. Aroma is hoppy (spicy, a little citric), and caramel. The flavor is a big splash of malt and hops at the same time - a little bitter/dry for my tongue, but I bet this will be a fabulous been in another year or so.
anders37 (4601), Malmö, Sweden
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 10, 2008 Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Long hoppy malty aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweet malty dark fruit flavor with lots of hoppy hints. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter finish.
caesar (3028), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 1, 2008 Bottled, bought in Vejle. Clear amber color, short head. Aroma is very hoppy, some caramel malt, hint of toffee and citrus. Very hopbitter taste, malty body. Not a typical example of the style I guess, but nevertheless nicely balanced and good.
skortila (2897), Bunnik, Netherlands
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 30, 2008 Bottle from Velje (Danmark). Vintage 2008. Aroma has hops, caramel and rasin malts. Bit more like an american strong ale. Clear, ruby brown coloured with an off-white, lasting head. Taste is sweet, quite bitter for a barley wine. Carmel, raisin maltiness. Some pine in it. Belly warming beer. Straigh forward and good. Very fresh & crisp. Compliments.
mike mcneil (660), St Augustine, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 29, 2008 2007 vintage. Pours an attractive deep garnet-burgundy color producing a thick, creamy tan beige head with superb retention throughout the entire snifter. Thin streaks and rings of lacing mark each sip. Nose is very well balanced presenting assertive notes of chocolate covered malt balls, caramel candy, toasted bread, herbs and citrus/pine hop resin. Palate is pleasantly full, round, thick and creamy with just a touch of resiny oiliness in the swallow. The extremely well done balanced flavor is this BW’s great acheivement to me. Almost a 50/50 hybrid between an English and U.S. West Coast style with the sweet malts and crisp, bitter hops equally making their stand. The sweet brown sugar, fig, raisin and caramel flavors initally coat the tongue. This is immediately followed up by the pine needle and cirtrus rind hop contributions. Finish is long and bittersweet with some subtle warming alcohol to tame the sweetness a bit. Wish we could get this in FL, I’d be a regular consumer. Well done!
Acknud (772), Morganfield, Kentucky, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 28, 2008 Nice Barleywine. Caramel on the nose and tongue. Pine hops predominate at the end. Hop taste lingers a while.
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