3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a dark brown with a thin, quickly dissipating head. Big toffee, caramel and musty earthy aroma. Chewy malt, caramel, toffee, earthy hop taste. A little oxidized, but tasty barley wine.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Brown colour with small off-white mostly lasting head. Malty aroma with notes of caramel and dark fruits. Spicy roasted flavor. Bitter spicy lasting finish.Creamy palate.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2010-09-04. Hazy dark amber brown body with a modest beige head. 3+ Flavour is malt with lots of dark fruit, raisins, figs, malty base has toasty accents, very light bitter notes. 7+ Aroma is fruity with notes of raisins and other dark fruits, mild sweet dark malt character. 7 + Smooth medium bodied palate. 3+ Light alcohol as it warms up. Rich. Bottle, unknown vintage, 9+ months old, from Premier Gourmet, Buffalo
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle: Sweet aroma of malt, dark ripe fruit, plums, and some burnt caramel. Poured deep amber in color with a tiny, lose, tan head, that was really around the edges only. Clear. Slightly sparkling. Some small particles. Flavor is medium sweet. Tastes of malt, dark ripe fruit, slight wood, slight tobacco, slight burnt caramel, light water, and s hint of vanilla. Medium body. Thin, oily texture. Soft carbonation. Malt, light wood, slight vanilla, light dark ripe fruit, and slight burnt caramel finish is a tad dry and sticky. 8.1%ABV is completely hidden throughout.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Brownish, almost cidery pour. Very strong malt molasses flavor. Very smooth finish. Rated 3/17/03
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Special bottle of 1998 vintage, generously shared for Smitty’s 40th by Adam, the owner of the Freakin’ Frog in Vegas. Dark golden amber with a low thin vanilla head. Rich aromas of treacle and spices. Velvety palate, rich with flavours of baked caramel apples, Christmas cake, and mince meat pie. Sweet and sticky, with a long warming finish. Wow, thanks Adam!
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cider color with moderate carbonation, but slight of head. Full melanoidin and mold nose. Robust melanoidin malt flavor with some tannic bitterness and lots of residual sugar. The bitter-sweetness on the palate is a bit off-putting. To me, this is more of an old English Strong Ale than a barleywine, but the difference may be trifling. Sweet sherry notes through the finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Very small head with short duration. Color is ruby/brown. Aroma and taste are rich malt, plums, raisin, caramel and syrup. Oily palate.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
275 ml nip bottle, at London Pub, Aalborg. ABV was 8.1%. Dark ruby colour, minimal beige head. Low carbonation. Intense aroma of malts, molasses, caramel and oak. The flavour has loads of malty sweetness, molasses, fruity, vinous and oaky notes (port wine, sherry), low bitterness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle that was very kindly passed onto me by Nigel at Hopshackle Brewery, consumed recently, thanks Nigel Pours ruby red in colour, looks good. There is plenty of rich toffee on the nose and in the mouth, lovely chewiness to this. Its rich, sweet, and the alcohol shows, but its very tasty stuff. A7 A5 F7 P4 Ov14 3.6
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