Legend Barleywine (through 2008)

Formerly brewed at Legend Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Richmond, Virginia USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle 22fl.oz.
Unclear medium to dark amber orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, caramel, tobaco, light moderate hoppy, overriped fruit, vitamin tablets. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090922]

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with an orangey head. The aroma has strong notes of over ripe fruits, caramel, nuts, and malt. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of over ripe fruit, caramel soup, malt, and a bit of alcohol, leading to a dry caramel malty finish with a light alcohol note. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

22 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy dark orange with a small tan head. Aroma is dense malty, overripe fruity and roasted. Sweet malty, metallic and slight yeasty flavoured. Light sweetness and roasted caramelish flavoured. Lingering metallic flavoured into a dry finish.

Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of fiver29. Pours a hazy amber with a creamy, beige and lacing head. Strange aroma of bonbons, tea and tobacco. Solid body, oxidized, overripe fruit and caramel. Some vitamin C also. Slightly bitter but quite some alcohol. A strange Barley Wine - almost more British in style. 220909

Bottle at Papsø, 2007-vintage. Hazy orange red coloured with a medium sized beige head. Sweet aroma of caramel, hops and pine needles. Sweet flavour of caramel, rye bread, dried fruits and hops with notes of cardemomme. Hoppy finish.

Vintage 2007, 2 years old
Cloudy red-amber color; small creamy head. Mature malt and caramel aroma, light aroma of sweet nuts, light cookies. Good malty flavor, caramel, light cookies and nuts; mature; correct bitterness. Solid and balanced.

LCRBM2. Dark copper colour with beige head. Nice toffeeish beer. Great hop on the end. Orange/tangerine fruit. Good choc/coffee too. Spicey hot alcohol on end. Not as bad as I thought it might be.

UPDATED: SEP 14, 2008 Date: 07/27/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

Appearance: clear dark red, whispy beige head
Aroma: rich sweet malt aroma
Body: big creamy body
Flavor: rich malt flavor, nice sweetness, a good solid barleywine
-------- /> Date: 09/06/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2007

hot buttered caramel,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2007 (1/13/07, draft) Beige head atop clear red-black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, cherry, caramel, some alcohol, raisin. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, cherry, alcohol, some earthy. Full body with some stickiness. (6/3/4/3/9)

(1/15/04) Opaque brown with beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, grapefruit. Taste is very sweet, cherry, some sourness, some herbal, and some grapefruit. Medium-full body. (7/4/7/3/14)

on tap-pours a tan head and red color. Aroma is sweet dark fruit-fermented cherry/plum, cinnamon, dark malt. Taste is alcohol, sweet dark fruit-fermented cherry/plum, cinnamon, dark malt, secondary hops. Too much alcohol up front.