Legend Barleywine (through 2008)

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

Serve in Snifter

2006 22 oz bottle. Dark copper color with minimalbrown head. Hoppy aroma, malt and alcohol taste.

2006 Bomber. Pours a deep, clear orange with a dense tan head. Big nose - I could smell it the second I popped the top. Sweet malt, orange, some resin, deeper scents of caramel and peach, plus a definate alcohol presence. Thick tan lacing. Flavors of orange peel, sugar cookie, sweet malt and an almost tropical fruitiness. Bittersweet finish, and the alcohol warms the throat. Will be interesting to see how this ages.

Bottled - LCRBM2 - An amber coloured beer. The aroma is big with well balanced malt, hops and alcohol.. The taste is again big yet not extreme. Nicely balanced hops, malt and alcohol make this a nicely drinkable barley wine.

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.

Pours a dark, red brown with a large, yellowish head. The sticky-sweet caramel aroma is backed up by a bit of harshness from the alcohol and hops. The flavor is sweet malt, very ripe fruits and alcohol.

Bottled, LCRBM. Aroma of cookie and herbal hops. Redish brown color, beige head, fair lace. Sweet, bitter, herbal, fruity, sticky. All a barleywine needs but nothing exceptional.

[2nd Low Countries RateBeer meeting] Aroma of cookies, butter and caramel malts. Clear, amber coloured with not much lacing. Taste is sweet. Caramel malts in it and some fruitiness.

kp’s Fest of 26 Pours a clear, deep, amber. The aroma is complex, caramel malt and dried fruit. Smooth sweet start, with a good supportive bitterness. The bitterness comes in at the back, and remains through the finish. The body is a bit thin, but overall this is an acceptable Barleywine.