3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft… Hazy golden ale with a small, creamy, white head. Good retention. The aroma is of cotton candy intermingled with honey and fuzzy fruit. Medium to full-bodied with tickling carbonation. The flavor offers sweet caramel and cotton candy with just enough bitterness to suggest at attempt at balance. Lengthy, lightly sweet finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at Cigar City tasting room. Pours a clear medium yellow gold color with a small white head. Aroma has some spice notes along with malt sweetness. Flavor is fairly sweet as well. The 9.5% seems extremely well disguised.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sample at Cigar City. Pours a light, hazyish golden/straw. Aroma is mild, light malt, little hop, slight toffee/caramel notes. Flavor is similar, but I can’t place it all. Malty up from with little hop character if any. Caramel sweetness is very present, but the alcohol isn’t at all. Very well hidden for 9.5%, but still not my favorite.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On draft at FBG Fest 2012. Pours a barleywine amber red brown with an off-white head. Nose is honey, big malt, some dates, some brandy and boozy notes. Flavor is similar- big honey then toffee, barleywine fruit, light booze, and some brandy notes. Medium to full in body and an enjoyable sipper overall.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled at FBG Beerfest, poured a dark golden color, aromas of caramel, and candy. Flavors are the same, not too much barley wine characteristics, but had a boozy finish in my book.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On draft at Funky Buddha for South FL Beer Week. Someone passed me a glass of this and goes "does this taste like a barley wine?" My response: "Nope, more like a wheat wine". It was strange to sip a beer that didn’t taste much like a barley wine at all but still have the title. Maybe some confusion somewhere?
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