3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20Bottle from total wine. very nice. Amber pour. Small head. Aroma of butter, caramel, hops, and some nice stone fruits. flavor is very nice. Matly, sweet, hoppy...flavors of spices, brown sugar, and some fruit.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark reddish copper in color with a tan head. Deep, dark fruit and malt. Sweet, full, strong. Raisins, cherry, fig flavors. A nice example of a barley wine that would likely age very well.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Poured a dark brown with a fizzy tan head. Aroma of dark fruits, molasses, and light alcohol. The flavor also found dark fruits and molasses with a hints of roast. Full body and warming.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Backlog rating. Bomber from Rodman’s, D.C. Strong and sharp beer, from the first of its boozy glowing amber pour. One of the first majorly hop-aggressive barleywines I had, and one that I still enjoy from time to time (though I notice it’s now described as an American Strong Ale on its label). But while the hops are certainly quite forward, this one isn’t like Double Bastard so much as a strongly malty base with a serious makeover in the finish. In other words, the strength is from boozy intensity all the way round.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a clear ruby with minimal off white head. Aroma of candied fruit...red twizzlers. Flavor is candied fruit, odd saltiness, metal...oxidized/cardboard. Mouthfeel is light/medium with a fruity/woody/bitter finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled@Monks Cafe Wallingatan, Stockholm. Pale ambery brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts, rye, some alcohol, mild fruittyness as well. Flavour is the same with sweet burnt sugary notes as well. Burning and quite sweet.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22 oz bottle pours brown with a tan head. Aroma is of caramel malts and sweet. Taste is sweet malts and the alcohol. nice beer
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Reddish color, nice carbonation, small tan head. Scents of sweet malts, hops, prunes, and slight caramel. The taste is sweet/, a touch of caramel, ends with a dry finish. Medium body.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Poured into a snifter. 2009 vintage.
4.0 A: Pours a ruddy brown color. Two fingers of creamy beige head. Retention is pretty good given the ABV and a small ring of lacing is left.
3.0 S: Toffee and caramel. Light plum fruitiness and brown sugar. Simple, but pleasant, and average.
2.5 T: Moderate toffee and caramel. Perhaps a touch of dark fruits. Even simpler than the nose.
2.5 M: Medium to heavier medium body. Good moderate carbonation. Lacking the creaminess that I want from a beer like this.
3.0 D: This beer is completely unoffensive and unassuming. It’s boring without being bad. I didn’t really expect it to be any good either given the brewer. I figured I could get a spot back in my cellar by drinking this and in that regard, this is a success.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 12-24-2011 06:07:38
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
hazy mahogany with no head; almost honey-like full body with medium relative carbonation.
aroma: lots of chocolaty roasty malt, molasses, minerality, some blackened malt or barley, some leafy hop bitterness, and a bit of alcohol.
taste: heavy malt sweetness, burnt pancakes, warm alcohol, fruity esters, and some leafy hop bitterness.
Not so great by itself -but with Stilton, Raclette, and Westphalian Schinken- quite wonderful.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Murky ruby brown with one finger of tan head. Nose shows oxidation and papery notes, rich and dextrinous with some sharp alcohol. Rich and astringent flavor, slightly oxidized. Bleeeeehhhhh. Can’t drink much of this.
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