3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
(rating 1337) bottle shared by Trevor, I think - Usually not a big fan of barleywines, so consider this as a ringing endorsement. Great malt:hop balance, doughy and toffee malts, raisins and a hint of chocolate. hops are pine and spice with a well integrated bitterness. Finishes with warm booze.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at the source. Hazy golden color, solid white head, solid curtain of lacing. Aroma of pine and light toast. Taste of cinnon toast. Very nice.
3.3 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
A: A very nice golden orange color with a small white that recedes quickly. Nicely carbonated.
S: Smells very sweet, I am getting hops and honey or maybe sugar.
T: Sweet just like the smell, with some hops on the back of the tongue.
M: A bit coating but not too much. Very nice.
O: This is pretty good. I was expecting something different but this definitely didn’t let me down.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled blind at Blue Palms Ultimate Brown Bag event. Think this either is a weird Fred strain or something went wrong but not undrinkable. fruity and sour smell. apple cider taste all the way through. Yeasty bread aroma. WIll have to re-sample at another point to compare.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Plan B, Copenhagen, shared with Palme. Murky light brown body, no head. Looks more like vegetable broth than beer. Nose is subtle tones of sour lactic yeast and wooden barley wine-like notes; tart caramel if that makes any sense at all? :-P Taste is caramel, wood and resinous hops. Sweet up front, then a resinous bitter hop finish settle in. An OK barley wine but a bit weird and seems kinda "off". Did I get a bad bottle?
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Amber pour with light off white head and lace. Aroma is raisins and sweet malt. Flavor of dried fruit, sweet molasses, and a nice finishing bitter. Medium/full bodied with good carbonation. Batch 65
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Really nice fruity, malty aroma. Caramel, grains, pleasant sweetness, some alcohol, floral hop aromatics.
Pours a dark golden to light amber color, pretty hazy from the yest sediment, massive off-white head with crazy retention. Head persists for a really long time, basically through the whole drink, lots of clumpy lacing.
Flavor is strong malt character, caramel, moderately sweet, bready malt, a bit toasty, good deal of fruit character, pear and sweet grapes. Some hop bitterness and flavor, nice warming alcohol.
Full body with medium carbonation, smooth on the palate, a bit of tingle from the alcohol. Great brew, lots going on and very tasty.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
850th rating. Orange-amber coloured beer. Head should be a bit bigger, but holds pretty decent and sticks nice to the glass. Hoppy, more hops then expected, specially at the smell. But also the sweetness kicks in pretty good at the taste. Malts, caramel and fruity, good fruity. Light biterness at the end. The mouthfeel is prettty good, but a bit more carbonation should to the trick for me. Good beer for sure.
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