 wunderbier (1266), Tampere, Finland
Apr 27, 2004
12 oz bottle, snifter. (Batch 55) The aroma is…wow. Chocolate, brown sugar, butterscotch, caramel, coffee, prunes, plums, raisins, smoke…all rich and beautiful. Tall, frothy, creamy, tan head sits faithfully and steadily over a deep garnet body. Heavily sweet, moderately acidic flavor becomes a moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter finish. Medium-heavy body, creamy texture, fizzy carbonation. The bottom line is: damn you acidity and carbonation!!! You cost me my first 5!
skortila (2400), Bunnik, Netherlands
Sep 6, 2008 Bottled. Aroma has a lot of raisin and other dried fruitiness. Dark brown coloured with a thin off-white head. Taste is sweet, slightly bitter, has rasin maltiness, fruits, madeira/cognac. Nice stuff.
uhre (236), Denmark
Sep 5, 2008 The beer is black with a huge brown head! In the aroma there is figs, roasted barley (very roasted) and alcohol. Flavor is of figs, and roasted barley sweet, with a slight burn from the alcohol.
amish_caravan (210), Winona, Minnesota, USA
Sep 4, 2008 pours a very dark brown with almost no head which is true to the style. taste is of fermented fruit and caramel. finish is very smooth. I would love to drink this again.
muenster (335), Sevierville, Tennessee, USA
Sep 4, 2008 Bottle. Third try on this beer, first one not infected. (Batch 71) Pours black with lots of nice ruby edges and a small beige head. Aroma is smoky, sweet and rich. Lots of vinous notes, chocolate, and some alcohol. Flavor is so good, insane chocolate, dark fruit, sweet malts, Irish whisky. Crunchy awesome flavor. Gets a bit too sweet by the end of the bottle for my taste, but a very excellent beer.
bblack99 (11), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Sep 3, 2008 Purchased at Belmont Station in a 12oz. bottle. This was my first barleywine, and the relatively low score may be a personal distaste. The label lists flavors of chocolate, smoke, figs, and leather. I picked up STRONG notes of smoke and figs, but not the chocolate, which might have balanced things out. Dark opaque color, enormous head with a long life.
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