 mds (2112), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 11, 2007 Bottle. Pours a ruby-copper body with a medium white soapy head. Cereal aroma with fruity, floral hops. Quite sweet and alcoholic. Tea bitterness. Not bad but a little one-dimensional and hot.
bhensonb (4187), Woodland, California, USA
May 9, 2007 Strong malty aroma backed by some citrus hop. Ruby toned amber color with a white head that is minimalist. Starts with a full mouthfeel, sweet darkish malt, and strong citrus hop. It’s fairly balanced, and the hop bitterness is stronger in the finish than the case with many barleywines. Not excessively complex; straight forward. Very nice sipper.
bfeldmann (1042), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
May 7, 2007 Poured a dark orange with a whitish head good lacing. Aroma was of pine hops. Flavor was of caramel and pine hops lots, hint of toffee. Not bad but also not as complex as a lot of barleywines.
eaglefan538 (2355), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
May 6, 2007 Pours an orange color with a nice white to off-white colored head, good retention, good lacing. Aroma was strong resinous pine notes, a touch of caramel. The flavor was tons of pine hops, firm caramel malts, some toffee, and tons of pine hops. Flavor highpoint was the non-invasiveness of the alcohol. Mouthfeel was fairly light for a barleywine, ample carbonation. Very simplistic, and overall a pretty weak (although not bad, per se) BW in my opinon.
Ughsmash (3981), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
May 6, 2007 Bomber, thanks to Blake for sharing! Poured a deep, bloody red with a short, level off-white head. Aroma picked up deep, well-toasted sweet caramel and dark fruity notes.. nice pine resin accents.. rather significant booze factor. Flavor had a bunch of dark fruit laced with diacetyl notes.. this was tasty, but came across as way too hot. Thick and boozy on the palate.. left longer, grainy pine resin notes on the lengthy finish. T’was OK.
shp555 (1678), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
May 5, 2007 Pours an amber color with an off white head. Aroma is malty with some citrus hops. Flavor is malty with a citrus hops finish.
DYCSoccer17 (2187), Davis, California, USA
May 3, 2007 22 ounce bomber purchased from Nugget on Covell in Davis, CA. Aroma is cardboardy, woody, and sour. Smells like green apples and I totally agree with grant’s assessment of this aroma. Virtually no hops in the aroma. Not very appealing. Transparent dark amber body with a nice off-yellowish head present. Fairly attractive stuff. Some caramelly malty sugary notes to start, which becomes burnt and roasted and grainy in the middle. THere is a lot of dry, bitter, puckering hoppiness to finish with a TON of booziness. This is very challenging to drink.
grant (792), Long Beach, CA/Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
May 3, 2007 Filtered reddish brown appearance with fine, long-lasting head. Aroma hits you first with strong acetaldehyde (green apple), vaguely citric hops, some weird fruitiness, then some booziness, and lastly some bready and slightly caramelized malt notes. Not altogether pleasant. Flavor initially hits you with more acetaldehyde and a plethora of hot alcohols. Unusually hot even for a 10% beer. I get some moderate roasted malt notes, light phenols, surprisingly muted hop flavor and quite noticeable, rather harsh bitterness.
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