 rader58 (195), Leawood, Kansas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 21, 2009 Pours clear amber with brown tints. Aroma of molasses, brown sugar and a slight hint of malt, perhaps chocolate? Taste is sweet. Flavor of malt, molasses, sugar, and smoke. Quite good. Very flavorful and unique.
fata2683 (942), Panama City, Florida, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 21, 2009 bottle, pours amber with a medium light tan head. Aroma is full of cascade hops and nuts. Really nice mellow sweet maple syrup and candied sugar mix with a strong piney hop finish. This is so well balanced and easy to drink with no sign of the 9.5%. I’m a fan, would love to try the other varieties.
cbeers21 (589), Miami, Florida, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 nice pour with a whistful and lasting head on it. This brew seemed lethargic to me if that makes any sense. Sort of like a turtle covered in molasses crossing a hot highway in the Georgia summertime. A lot of thick caramel notes almost to the point of cloying my senses out. A touch sweet would not be an exaggeration. Heady woody notes in there if you can find them. Certainly a sipper, but one might be just enough for me.
zdk (324), New York, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 19, 2009 This beer was surprisingly good. Strong alcohol presence, but it’s balanced well by caramel, toffee, brown sugar and a touch of hops. excellent head retention and lacing. A pretty color and smooth mouthfeel.
Padron4KM (405), Chandler, Arizona, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 18, 2009 12 oz bottle., no bottled on or freshness date assume it’s 2009 release.
Rich amber with a very thin head that left equally thin lace.
Lively carbonation leads to creamy smooth mouthfeel.
Aroma is mostly citrus with a funky earthy undertone. Burnt caramel malt emerges as it warms.
Flavor is citrusy hops with a subtle sweet malt back.
Alcohol is deceptivley hidden. Watch out because it sneaks up on you.
potbeercollege (469), Boulder, Colorado, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 17, 2009 Bottle. Clear brown with medium white head. Aroma of floral hops, sweet caramel, booze, lots of different stuff going on. Taste is lightly sweet with strong backbone of bitter hops and alcohol burn.
DubC5000 (202), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 16, 2009 I somehow expected a more richly-colored pour for such a strong brew. Aroma displaying malt and honey with a clear floral hop character. On tasting, alcohol burn definitely there, but masked well by intense woody-molasses sweetness and a short hop kick at the top with long, drawn-out hop flavor in the aftertaste. The overall taste happens to be milder among barley wines that I’ve had, but Shugga is a great brew and approachable even for drinking by itself.
durhambeer (1245), Durham, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 On tap at the Federal. My friend ordered this assuming it was a brown ale. Poured clear lightish amber with not much head. Smelled it and there was a huge citrusy hop thing going on. Definitely was wondering about its brown ale status. Figured it was more like an malty IPA. Surprised to find out it’s a barley wine. Didn’t seem that strong, to be honest. Tasty.
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