3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft @ the brewpub. 2011 vintage. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy hoppy piney aroma with hints of dark fruit. Fruity malty weak woody spicy caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel and dark fruit finish with weak hoppy hints.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
December ’12 notes: Draft. Color is dark red brown, nice thicklacing. Heavy dark fruit, plum raisiny vanilla and sweet fruit leather notes. Soft, plush body. Quadrupel elements cocoa powder. Warming finish, full. 3.9.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hazed dark amber/copper pour with a khaki head. Nose is sweet dark fruits, caramel, sugar, and a hint of alcohol. Minimal hop character to be expected for this aged keg, but still a hint of herbs and citrus peel. Some oak, a hint of vanilla, and a bit of wine. The flavor is quite sweet and fruit forward. Lots of raisin, cherry, and grape. Some light citrus and herbs, plenty of oak, a bit of vanilla, and some brown sugar. Just a hint of alcohol.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This was the Makers Mark barrel aged version. Quite the cola nose and initial flavor here. Doesn’t taste of 10% abv. Smooth with a little sparkle to this brown/orange hued beer. Quite unexpected tastes here.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Variety I had was aged in Maker’s Mark cask. Strong grape flavor came through, and had constitution much like wine, thin compared to other beers but medium to thick compared to wines. A successful barleywine.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Draught at GABF) clearish amber with no head. Nose of chlorine, pine, honey and brett. Taste of florals, maple, caramel, toasty cherry and sweet. Smooth finish with a thin to medium thick body.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Draught) Pours a hazy amber body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of cherry, florals, raisins, and caramel. Flavor of cherry, herbs, florals, brown sugar, caramel, light pine, and raisins.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap. Pours with a tan head and a very murky brown body. Aroma is very fruity with caramel and tangerine. Taste is caramel, flan, berry, pine, brown sugar and a bit of smoke. Lots of crystal malt and lots of bitterness. Creamy carbonation syrupy.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Ladyface. Slightly hazy medium orange with a small off-white head, fading to a thin ring and sparse film quickly. Sweet caramel and earthy hops up front with some spiced fig and raisins, light oak behind--not picking up on the Belgian yeast or wine yet. Flavor adds some toasted grain to the sweet raisin and caramel notes. Seemingly sweet, but the generously hopped beer packs a lot of bitterness, peaking at a 6 in the semi-dry earthy finish. Moderate alcohol presence. Light to moderate carbonation with s full body. Interesting concept, but the components didn’t seem to come together well for me--I didn’t get the wine or the Belgian yeast, and the there seemed to be a little too much bittering hops.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
pours a thin rich tan head and cloudy orange/brown color. Aroma is sweet medium malt, back bone of pine hops with cascade (approximately a malty APA). Taste is malty, spicy/pine hops bitterness. Has a fermented tang. (about a winter ale). Enjoyable for 1 or 2 at a time, then that’s enough spice. Medium/full body. Good effervescence.
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