Green Flash Barleywine

this was the 2nd Anniversary Ale, I find them both to be quite different, could be the age. Pours a reddish brown with a thin off white head. Aroma is very big with caramel malts. Flavor is caramel, toffee, chocolate, roasted malts, brown sugar, and a bit of alcohol. Finishes slightly carbonated and got better as it warmed. A very nice barley wine.

08 version was intense and hoppy. Lots of bitterness, plenty of west coast juicy hops with citrus bursting all over the place. Just as good but completely different. I’ll just keep my rating the same.

Pours a dark amber color with a off white head. Big floral citrus aromas with aromas of caramel malts. Taste is of sweet malts and maybe a hint of toffee foloowed by a nice big hop blast. Not bad at all! Thanks Ubamartian!

sampled at kelly’s hell with the lid off 2008. pours a clear red amber. scent of big citrus hops, with notes of grapefruit, orange, and pineapple, a solid note of caramel malts, and some slight alcohol. taste of burnt brown sugar, bubblegum floral and citrus hops, and even a bit of piney and earthy hops. good stuff. probably my third favorite of the festival.

Deep mahogany color with tight head. Aroma is malty sweetness and definitely higher alcohols - earthy, leathery notes as well - piney/ citrusy hop tones behind. Flavor is initially dominated by sugars (demerara, light brown) almost cloying. Malt does come through with a healthy dose of bittering hops on the finish.

Bottle. High good-looking creamy light brown and lasting creamy head. Clear dark red brown body. Mild and yet hoppy aroma. and strangely enough the otherwise strong IPA lookalike is having a bit of cocoa. Flavor is pretty hoppy and unfortunately with a good deal of alcohol taste. The bitterness cannot hide it, sorry mates. Low carbonation and a long bitter aftertaste. My version was drunken at about 10 degrees celsius. I would not want it warmer. Sorry, noit a favorite.

22 oz bottle - pours a a crystal clear deep copper/red with a very thin off white ring of foam, skimming the top of the barley wine in clusters, islands of larger bubbles. Aroma is Malt. Hops. Booze...in that order, nothing subtle or delicate here. Sweet malt, clean with a dose of caramel malt.grapefruit/zesty citrus with some pine resin. Definite alcohol presence in the aroma. Up front it’s all toffee and caramel backed by nice clean sweet malty flavor with some fruity esters then the bitterness and hop flavors; big citrus and pine hops that pave the way for the dry and fairly hot finish as the alcohol comes in. Minimal carbonation with a moderately heavy mouthfeel.

HUGE barleywine here. Bold aromas of malt and pacific hops. Full bodied and quite sweet, but the bitterness cuts it perfectly. Very well done barleywine.

Red brown with tiny head. Sweet aroma with fruity and hoppy notes. Sweet fruity flavor with caramel and hops. Yummi.