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RATINGS: 255   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.51   EST. CALORIES: 285   ABV: 9.5%
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An epic barleywine, made in the tradition of British Farmhouse Brewing. Lavished with a velvety blend of six different malts this is a warming beer with a lush mouthfeel. The complexities your discriminating palate will detect are ever changing as this barleywine matures. When young, an assertive hop character predominates and with age the beauty of the big malt balance unfolds.


joergen's rating

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
joergen (17339) - Frederiksberg, - APR 8, 2007
Bottle. Clear orange coloured with an off white head. Aroma of fruits, spices, hops and pine needles. Flavour of fruits, spices, hops and pine needles. Tastes more like imperial brown ale than barley wine.


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3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
kcorum10 (92) - Arizona, USA - APR 29, 2013
Poured from bottle on 04/26/2013. Pours a reddish color with aromas of spice hops, alcohol, and citrus. Tastes pretty much as it smells with a hop forward flavor and mild sweetness finish.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
decaturstevo (4075) - decatur, Tennessee, USA - APR 13, 2013
Deep copper pour with foamy white head and lace. Aroma of dried fruit and a hinto abv. Sweet rock candy like flavor an hinto warmth and a decent bitter. A bit odd. A bottle that I’ve had at least 3 years. Not really special to me.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
tgncc (2287) - Bellmore, New York, USA - MAR 27, 2013
From the Cortland Bottle Shop. The beer pours an amber color, white head. The flavor is fruit, bread, flowers, citrus. Strong hop presence. Flavor is the same, more citrus than flowers. Also, a slight flavor of soap. The finish is flowers, citrus, soap. Medium/thick in body. Good, but a bit odd. Hoppy for the style, and the weird soap thing.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Dogbrick (6015) - Columbus, Ohio, USA - MAR 22, 2013
Sample at the Blarney Wine tasting on 03/16/2013: Hazy deep copper color with a medium beige head that diminishes slowly. Patchy lacing on the glass. Aroma of malt, caramel and grapeftuit. Medium to full body with flavors of bready malt, citrusy hops and a touch of vanilla. The finish is sweet with a citrus and malt aftertaste. Above average overall.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
phikus01 (84) - New York, USA - MAR 9, 2013
Not a bad barley wine, not great. Some toffee, caramel, raisins. Nice hop presence, however the corn sugar to malt ration is a little high I think BC it has a cidery bite and the malty mouth feel is lacking. Don’t care for this yeastat all

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
AKThunder (152) - New York, USA - JAN 22, 2013
A very hoppy Barleywine that is balanced by equally bitter taste. Very good and would recommend this to any Barleywine drinkers.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Ratman197 (7610) - Arvada, Colorado, USA - DEC 26, 2012
Bomber poured a clear orange amber with a small lingering amber head. Aromas of carmel, orange zest, straw, light spice and light mint. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of carmel, orange zest, light earthiness and a hint of spice with a smooth dry finish.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
khoffman43 (847) - Bloomington, Minnesota, USA - NOV 10, 2012
Bottle shared by mista. Pours light brown with little aroma. Flavor was a typical barleywine. Not bad, had nice mouthfeel and was very drinkable. I didn’t recognize the assertive hops or big malt balance described on this one.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
jmikolich (1110) - North Ridgeville, Ohio, USA - NOV 10, 2012
Bottle shared by Mista, Thanks Catan master hah, Pretty straightforward barleywine no real punch in the face heat, a nice balance between english and american style to me, it didnt have the sweetness of an english, unsure of age of this, perhaps about 1yr to 2yr.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
DalzAle (1735) - Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA - NOV 9, 2012
Bottle shared by mista! Light brown pour, small ring of carbonation and lacing and an aroma of light spice. Flavor is light body, thin caramel malt and slightly sweet and peppery on the finish. Decent.


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