Mad Brewer Divine Intervention

Formerly brewed at The Brew Keeper / Mad Brewer
Style: Barley Wine
North Ridgeville, Ohio USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle from the Otown throwdown. Hey I brought this one! Amber pour wtih a nice tan head. aroma is full of sweets...toffee, caramel, vanilla, raisins and brown sugar. Flavor is much the same with caramel, molasses, brown sugar, vanilla, and fruit. Very slight bitterness. Nice beer.

Sample at O-town throwdown ’09 pours hazy brown, no head. taste / aroma; thick mouthfeel, malty with good caramel palate and grainy. fruity with notes of apricot, coconut, sugary.

Bomber thanks to Nathan! Poured a rich shade of amber with a well-formed cap of beige head. The aroma picked up caramel, toffee, and darker fruity notes with earthy and lesser floral notes surrounding.. there was a hint of sourness on the back. The flavor had toffee and caramel again at the core with intermittent anise and molasses notes.. bitterness was mild and earthy.. again there was some sourness, but it worked OK. Heavier-bodied with low carbonation on the palate.. flowed OK.. spicy at the end with a tasty finish.

Name: Divine Inspiration
Date: November 01, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: hazy dark red, wispy beige head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma, lots of dark caramel sweetness brings out the fruityness, caramel candy
Body: big sticky body
Flavor: sweet and fruity flavor, lots of the caramel sweetness from the aroma, plenty of earthyness provides balance to keep the sweetness in check, hint of alcohol shows as it reaches room temperature
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

22 oz. bottle via trade with miketd - Pours a slightly hazy deep amber color with a 1/2 finger thick light tan head. Light spotty lacing. Aroma is sweet cookie dough malt and esters. Flavor is big esters and sweet malt. Borders cloying. Light alcohol. Medium to full body. A nice sippin BW. Thanks Mike.

Bottle in trade from miketd. Thanks man! Pours a nice ruby semi clear color with a light beige head. Smell is almost a bit cola like with some sweet malt and subtle hops. Taste is fairly balanced and dry with some fruity flavors and caramel. A touch of booze, but not 12.5% worth, really. Medium body and carbonation. Decent barley wine overall.

Bottle received via trade with fiver29. Pours brown with an average, fizzy, light brown head, somewhat lasting with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, caramel, toffee), average hops (perfume), average yeast (dough, earth) with notes of dates, apple, and brown sugar. Full bodied, sticky texture, lively carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, light acidity and bitterness.

color is amber big fluffy head kinda light for a barely wine, well done but thin for barley wine, nose oddly enough was yogurt??? easy drinker

Bottle obtained from the brewpub. The best is the look: A big white bubbly head on a brown body. A lot of lace. Mouthfeel is a little light. Not significantly complex. Basically malty and drinkable. Some sugar.But not too sweet overall. Fairly boozy. Not much in aroma.

dark garnet body with a thin brown head. sweet syrupy aroma like honey comb cereal. this is caramel candy and plum wine. vinous grape peel, i like sweet but this pushes it. honeysuckle with booze, and honey graham crackers. 5 6 5 2 11