3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On Tap @ Costa Mesa Location. Pretty weak example of a B.W. Easy to drink, but lacks a real strong hop presence. Sweet, very malty. Average.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap @ Karl Strauss. Pours a cloudy amber with a small beige ring. Nose and flavor consisted mostly of caramel, candied tree fruits and a touch of hops, decent stuff.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From the tap poured a dark amber color with a small head. Nice sweet malty flavor with a lasting finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Hamiltons. Orange brown with fizzy tan head. Earthy musty molasses aroma. Musty old cellar taste (whatever that means). Tart and spicy notes.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at La Jolla brewpub. Poured a deep amber with an off white head with spiderweb lacing. Nose is sweet caramel and toffee. Flavors follow with nice floral hopiness. Mouth is dry with a bitter finish. Enjoyable barleywine. I especiallt like the hoppy bitterness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at Carlsbad. Pours a translucent copper with golden notes and a medium creamy off white head that laced. Aroma of dark fruits, toffee, floral, citrus and hoppy. Flavor of pine, grapefruit, toffee, nuts, caramel and moderate hop bitterness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours orange-brown with a small, off-white head. Fruity aroma. Grapes, plums, and a nice earthy malt. Strong caramel malt taste along with the same white grape flavor. Good hop backbone that blends well with an oak flavor. Its a good Karl Straus product, but only an average barleywine.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the brewery downtown San DIego. This was one of many on tap that I tasted and thought it was just ok.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Marks for appearance are an average, as the beer was tasted in weak artificial light after dusk. Very grapey-hoppy nose, dark grapes, raisins in rum - and some more hops. Bitter-grapey; dry taste; dryness even affecting the MF that seems thinner than it probably is. Vinous. Very slick, nearly viscuous. Ah - Karl Strauss can make something good if they put their minds to it.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
on tap-pours a thin off white head and amber color. Aroma is hops (cascade), syrupy-medium malt. Taste is hops (cascade), syrupy-medium malt, alcohol. Sipping. OK carbonation.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
tap @ hams pours opaque amber with no head. Sweet, light, dried fruit nose. Taste is sweet, thin and after drinking some of avery’s beast 07 vintage this is less than stellar.
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