Green Flash Barleywine

Thanks to illinismitty for sharing this bottle with us at the Nashville Tasting! Poured dark amber with a frothy off-white head that leaves some lacing. The aroma is very hoppy for a barley with some floral and some alcohol present. The flavor found a nice mixture of hop and malts that leaves a moderate bitterness throughout. Medium to full body. Definitely an American Barley!

Pours a clear dark brown with chestnut brown hues. Aroma of caramel,prunes and raisins. Flavor is malty with burnt caramel,citrus and pine notes

Thanks to Illinismitty for sharing this one at the Nashville Tasting. A mahogony pour with a gooy lacing. A light raisiny aroma. A smooth even palate with a touch of hops. Its not bad but it seemed a bit harsh to me for only 10%.

At the 2nd Annual Hell With The Lid Off Barley Wine Festival at Kelly’s Bar in East Liberty, Pittsburgh. Although this is not the typical barley wine, I quite like it. Hazy ruby, good sized off white head---unusual for a barley wine. Aroma is citrus, floral, nice hops. Flavor is hops, fruit (plum, pear, kiwi), malt, herbal.

Tap at Falling Rock, CO. BW Dain Bramage world tour! Pours a hazy ruby-amber color with a decent size dense tan colored head. Initial aroma is a blast of floral hops, followed by some sweet caramel malts, maybe some molasses. Flavor is piney, sweet malt, vanilla, alcohol, grapefruit, orange. Palate is medium to full, slightly sticky, with a dry, warming finish. I thought this was darn good.

Slightly hazy deep ruby body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet floral hops aroma with a caramel background. Sweet floral hops flavor, some caramel and a dry finish

At the 2007 Big Beer, Belgians, & Barleywines Festival in Vail. Pours a dark reddish sepia brown with a thin beige head. Huge amounts of caramel and molasses. The bitterness is slightly off balance as it is much too pronounced in a harsh way, and not a balancing way.

22oz bottle, 2006 bottle i think 2-4months old. poured a beautiful ruby with small tan head. nose is loaded with PNW hop flavor w/notes of fruit punch, grapefruit, kiwi, and piney. strangely the nose gets very muted with sharp citrus and phenols after a while. the malt also contributes dark fruits to the nose. malt profile is pretty simple and predictable, toasted malts, cookie, loads of caramel, chocolate, balanced nicely with a healthy bitterness, and piney hop flavor. mouthfeel is smooth and sticky, alcohol is well hidden at first but once my tongue got used to the hop bitterness i started tasting the sweet alcohol more. carbonation is low. this beer seems to get more messy as i drink it and the flaws eventually own up. but this is tasty on a 3degreeF night even if it’s nothing too special. sorta strange but i loved it at first, noticed lots of flaws in the middle, and finding it tasty again near the end.3.8.

11/7/08, 2 year old 22oz bottle. faded hop aroma, doughy malts, still has some vibrant carbonation but just isnt very complex. i wouldn’t age this.3.5.