Green Flash Barleywine

A pretty healthy head for a barleywine. Deep amber in color. Aromas are orange, light caramel, nutmeg and cimmamon. Flavors suffer from a bit too much up-front astringency, but the caramel is good and pure. Oaky, malty finish features some chocolate. Long finish.

Pours reddish brown with a medium light tan head. Smells of heavy malts and cinnamon but was somewhat vegetal as well which hurt it. Big, bitter sweet taste, heavy malt characters with touches of some cinnamon spice. Leaves a sweet aftertaste on the tongue. Decent brew.

Hazy ruby/amber. 4.5cm of dense, tan head. Vegetal nose- like root, stem, and leaves pulled from the ground. Flavor of resinous hops and sweet caramel/toffee malt. Full body, balanced carbonation. Very good.

Bottle gift from Stegosaurus. Amber brown pour. Sweet/ bready aroma. Caramel taste with some bitterness and grass. This is pretty good !!

Bottle courtesy of Naven: Poured a medium brown/burgundy color ale with a great foamy head with good retention and good lacing. Aroma of caramel malt and light dry fruit is offset by some west coast hops. Taste of sweet caramel malt and subtle dry figs is balance with some citrus hops. Body is about average with some great carbonation and no alcohol was noticeable. Well done and I have to confess that I did enjoy this even though I usually prefer my barleywine with more malt profile then hop profile.

The look of this beer is fairly light with little head. Plenty of kick to this one though. Pretty good aroma of hops and alcohol, but it is not too pungent. The flavor isn’t as good as other barley wines out there but the finish is wonderfully mellow. Not a fantastic barley wine but it will improve with age.

From a 22 oz bottle this poured a rich red to brown color with a medium and spongy off-white head that left good lacing. Big rich nose of caramel and fruity hops. Morhtfeel is smooth and hides the alcohol well. Flavors of caramel, fruits, and some bitterness. Good dry bitter finish. Overall a well balanced and delightful barley wine that should only get better with age. I need to get some more of these for the cellar

lots of smooth carmelly goodness in this one. some cherry, figs, apricot, and piney bitterness. very tasty and surprisingly smooth given the percentage.