 MrBunn (776), Western, Pennsylvania, USA
Apr 27, 2008
Bottle. I dunno what I was thinking, but I wasn’t expecting much from this one... I thought it might be an overhoped attempt at another high ABV Lagunitas offering. Surprise! Color is that lovely tawny brown with a little bit of a head that leaves a nice film on the surface with a few soapy-looking bubbles here and there. Aromas are pineapple and sweet and sticky malt, but the flavor is where this really comes into its own. Sweet candi and caramel malts intermingle with fruits like prune, dates, figs and apricots and yield to a bit of a pine and pineapple hops finish. Lovely.
bdigi66 (400), Ft Wayne, Indiana, USA
Jul 6, 2008 ’08 Bottle: Murky amber pour with no head. Sweet caramel malt nose with some pine, red apple, brown sugar and other dark fruits to round it out...very nice. Full bodied mouth feel that is slightly sticky and viscous. Creamy toffee, dark fruits and floral hops come through in the taste with some minute notes of amaretto.
npdempse (927), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jul 4, 2008 Dark, clear copper, with a smallish white head. Nose is rather sweet, like toffee or caramel, hints of honey. Though this is a fairly fresh bottle, it has all the mellow sweetness and none of the harsh bitter notes of a fresh barleywine. Good deal of honey and caramel in taste, with bits of tobacco and some plums. A dry, almondy bitterness puts it in balance. Slightly slick mouthfeel, but overall soft and pleasant.
BREWMUSKCLES (722), WEEHAWKEN, New Jersey, USA
Jul 4, 2008 it should be news to very few that this brew would have a wonderful fragrant and inticing taste profile. i mean where do you consistantly find a better malt character in any brewer. slick velvet and candy sweet with everything you want in a malt brew and more. so well balanced and my bottle had zero broomstraw attitude. just superfresh and clean tasting aged malt. alcohol taste that doesnt bother. pleased and still slightly surprised that ths hop character is a little mute. but again we do have a wonderfully complex and tasty brew with find body very good balance and fine sipping warmth even on a warm day.
Beerman6686 (510), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 2, 2008 Pours a nice reddish brown color. Aroma was very strong, of dark fruits, sweet malts and alcohol. Flavor was very malty, not all hopped up like many other american barleywines.
Merrill (17), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jul 2, 2008 A lovely, dark amber from a bottle from Kenwood Liqours. Light tan head, very malty aroma with caramels and candy. many barleywines (in th US) call themselves Barleywine "stye" - some are really barleywines disguising themselves for public consumption and some are really not barleywines, bgive the drinker a good idea of what they ar taling about. This is one of the latter. A strongh caramel and stong hops, but very drinkable comared to some of the real BW’s out there.
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