 csbosox (974), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
Mar 30, 2008
2004 (or older) bottle. 4/07 tasting. I got this in a trade several years ago and it has been in the cellar ever since. Aroma is brown sugar, cookie dough, sweet toasty malt, and some herbal notes. Taste is rich maltiness with subtle oxidation notes. Some alcohol in the finish, which helps subdue the sweetness. This is a nicely aged English-style barleywine which would be ideal in the winter, while reading a classic by the fire.
brentfeesh (937), Gadsden, Alabama, USA
Sep 29, 2008 Thanks to Secret Santa 2008. Hazy muddy amber pour. Lightly metallic caramel aroma. The flavor has boozy caramel with a touch of dark fruit and cola. Creamy slick mouth feel. While I drank the whole bottle, I just couldn’t get very excited about it. Fair.
rederic (1444), montréal, Quebec, Canada
Sep 11, 2008 22oz bottle, dark mahogany color, with a tan-colored head, sweet toasted, caramel malt nose, with some biscuity, toffee accents, with some fruity, apricot, marmalade, candied orange peel, dried raisin, date notes, with a light brown sugar, floral hop citrus aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a toasted, caramelized malt character, with a sweet brown sugar note, with some fruity flavors of rraisin, date and fig, with some hints of black chocolate, dark coffee and spicy licorice, leading towards a sweet malty warming finish.
ucusty (1210), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
Sep 7, 2008 Carolina Crew tasting. Bottle courtesy of Todd! Thanks! My last beer of the night. Flavor was harsh, hot and over the top. I felt the claw was scratching my insides as it went down.. Squaw
changeup45 (577), Orlando, Florida, USA
Sep 5, 2008 I wasn’t sure what kind of quality I was going to get here but for the price it was a no brainer. Reddish-brown color with a nice initial tan head and some spotty lacing. The aroma is the best part of this beer: pine, citrus, caramel, and a bit candy-like. The flavors I got were a bit different than that, lots of sweet caramel, some plums and figs with some spicy light dry hopping in the finish. The alcohol isn’t crazy hot but it’s certainly there and makes the beer too sticky and sweet especially when the beer is a bit underhopped. For the most part I enjoyed this, however a bomber of this isn’t the easiest to finish. About halfway through I was tired of it and it was rough going from there. Great price though, I just recommend sharing the bomber with someone else.
wetherel (1033), Carlsbad, California, USA
Aug 28, 2008 22oz bomber from Bevmo for $5 or so. Another >10% rating. Yep. Pours amber with small head of small bubbles. Great aroma of sweet malty long boil caramelization and melanoidins. Possibly a little bit of autolysis. Why is a little autolysis good? I just read the commercial description: aged over one year! I thought so. It was surprizingly smooth, not as sharp as most barleywines I try. The label around the neck says aged for months. I guess it is a little safer for marketing to say that. Some people are afraid of beer aged for a year. The label also says limited edition. Probably limited to 1 bazillion bottles if it’s at Bevmo. Taste is sweet malty and excellent. This is really surprizing me. I like it. 4-4.1.
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