3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. A murky dark amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, malt, caramel, and fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, alcohol, fruits, and spices, leading to a dry alcoholic finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange to brown with a small tan head. Aroma is overripe fruity and toffee malty. Bitter, toffee malty and overripe fruity. Caramelish. Bitter and toffee and overripe fruity finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of Elwood. Pours a cloudy opaque reddish amber with a small white head. Sweet and fruity nose, a woody edge to it. Rich body, sweet caramel wit quite an oxidized woody edge to it. Licorice accents. Warming alcohol feel. I believe this one has peaked. 270812
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap 5 oz. sample at Pizza Paradiso in DuPont Circle, Washington, DC.
Hazy, murky, rusty orange with tiny beige head and good lacing.
Aroma of Cabernet grapes, tropical fruit, toffee, and molasses.
Taste of Cabernet grapes, caramel malt, toffee, a bit of oak and alcohol.
Full/medium body and light carbonation. Smooth mouthfeel.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
22 oz bomber-Mahogany pour w/a very slight tan head which quickly fades into great, long lasting lacing. Fruity, winelike aroma. Cabernet Barrell Aging is quite evedent, very winelike flavor, really like drinking a fine port wine. Complex, multi layer flavor. I have always found the regular Below Decks Barleywine to have a harsh, short flavor.....this Cabernet Barrell Aging totally changes that. Very Enjoyable!!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From a bottle poured a brown color with a small amount of head. Strong sweet malty flavor with a lingering finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Awesome beer. Ended a four beer trading with this beer. great palate. Middle ground flavor.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
2011 version from Market Street Wineshop. Pours a dark brown with a good 1/4" head, better than the bourbon barrel version. Nice aroma of dark fruits and vanilla from the cabernet barrels, but also chocolate malt and hops. Full bodied with a smooth palate of dark fruits, vanilla, chocolate. Cabernet flavor is more prominent than I expected, but it’s good.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft. Murky brownish maroon color. Aroma of vanilla, port, chocolate. Taste has port, coffee, cocoa. Nice.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
I thought this was much better than the standard version, the cabernet really shows through. It’s got a rich dried fruit flavor from the barrell, isn’t overly sweet, and has a nice dry finish. One of the better heavy seas beers I’ve had.
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