3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear red/amber - white head. Caramel, fruity, ryebread, nutty, barley, ice malty, toffee, peppery, light alcoholic finish. OK.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Swing top bottle. Golden and clear. Medium body which is malty with some sweetness but not enough to overpower. This could have been brewed on the West Coast of the USA. A big compliment for a big beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (CWAF2012, Fri)
Sweet and spicy, definitely a little christmassy. Excellent full smooth palate. Rich in the sweet malts, and the christmassiness has subsided, it’s just a tanginess rather than a spiciness. Huge bitter hoppy bite in the finish. Good one.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tasted this cracking barley wine at the Paisley Beer Festival in May 2008. Cask, gravity dispense. Clear pale honey in colour with a loose open white head. A superb aroma of melted butterscotch and creme brulee, long in intensity. Silky smooth mouthfeel and no lacing - but who cares! Pale malt complex gives strong sweet flavours of butterscotch, burnt creme brulee, dates, maple syrup and vanilla. Spicy note of hop resins fade rather quickly in the brief aftertaste. Finish is warming with sweet sherry notes wafting off in alcoholic vapours, leaving a dry spicy note of nutmeg. A cracking barley wine and highly recommended.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at Nate’s Massive Birthday Kernel Piss-Up. Pours clear gold with some sediment and a big, white head. Toast, light caramel, some booze and banana in the aroma. Lightly aged malts in the flavor, more toffee, subtle alcohol, toasty sugar, faint leafy bitterness. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Warm finish, full on malty sweetness, not too much bitterness, some toffee and fruits. Very nice beer.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at Nate’s birthday, The Kernel. Colour is cloudy gold with flakes of sediment. Nose is ripe fruit, banana and carmel. Taste is banana, yeasty esters and caramel. Boozy in mouth.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tasty - a little thin for the abv but a strong and not overly hoppy barley wine. Elegant rather than in your face.
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3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at Mason and Taylor. Amber orange with small white head. Aroma is toffee and fruit with a bit of spice. Taste is bitter sweet, nice combination. Nice bitter finish. Very drinkable.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a bit of sediment floating around under a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and alcohol.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On cask at The Caley. Pours a golden colour with a thin white head. Aroma of caramel, alcohol, treacle and candy sugar. Flavours of alcohol and caramel. Typical barley wine character with an oily mouth-feel.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
14th July 2011
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Slightly hazy amber beer. Pale cream coloured head, small and suddy. Smooth semi dry palate. Sweetish rich malt. A little dried fruit. Caramel malt. Nice.
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