3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Pikkulintu, 2005-vintage.
Hazy orange red coloured with a small off-white head.
Sweet aroma of caramel and dried fruits with notes of yeast and oak.
Sweet flavour of caramel and dried fruits with notes of sherry, hops and alcohol.
Hoppy and warming alcoholic finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle (Vintage 2005) at Pikkulintu.
Clear dark red/brown - white head.
Berried. Dark fruity. Dried dark fruits. Roasted notes. Nice sweetness. Nice amount barley. Very smooth.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 250ml.
[ Vintage 2005 ]. Unclear medium amber color with a average to large, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dried fruit, light roasted, light to moderate oxidide, light apple - madera. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100630]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled (as Pikkulintu Barley Wine 2005), Pikkulintu, Helsinki. 2 bottles, as the first one had some kind of infectionlike notes. Brownish amber colour, not much head. Aroma is earth, caramel, alcohol with some Madeiralike notes. Flavour is caramel, some alcohol, raisins and mild berryish notes. After rating IIended up blending the "strange one" and the "normal one" which also quite surprisingly resulted in a quite nice thing.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
No head, hazy brown color. Sour, lambic-type aroma. Raisins and cellar. Extremely sweet flavor with lots of raisins. Damn smooth palate. Pleasant stuff.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle, as Pikkulintu Barley Wine 2005, on 2008-05-01) Amber colour. Almost clear. Not much head. Malty and bit sour nose. Full palate. Taste is very close to raisins. Sweetness. In aftertaste, hints of sourness.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Hazy amber coloured with a small tan head. Malty with notes of caramel, dried fruits and vanilla. Nice and clear but also a bit too mild and dull.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Courtesy of Bierkönig. Reddish amber of color with a very weak white head. An aroma of sweet malt and caramel. A flavor of malt, raisins and caramel.
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