 markwise (1132), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
Aug 29, 2009 Big thanks to IBrew2or3 for sharing this bad boy! Absolutely outstanding English-Style Barleywine. Pours dark red-brown with an off-white head. Nose is dates, figs, plums, raisins, caramel, toffee, brandy, brown sugar, booze, and vanilla. Complex as a rubix cube. Flavor does not disappoint- some booze, but all of the fruit comes through as well as the brandy, sugar, and barrel. Vanilla melds it all together, as if it was forged by the gods. Excellence in a bottle: full-bodied and finishing with sweet alcohol. Worst part of the bottle is the mourning when it is gone.
marcus (1826), Sacramento, California, USA
Aug 28, 2009 This opaque brown ale poured with a decent mocha head and a chocolate aroma. There is also a lot of chocolate in the flavor, along with some prune and toffee, with a warming alcohol trail. This is a robust and tasty brew.
shadey (1496), Rochester, New York, USA
Aug 20, 2009 22oz bottled 2006, consumed 2009. Pours a murky brown, just a ring of white cream. Aroma is rich, sweet, just a touch alcoholic. Dark sticky fruit, brown sugar. Nice. I only detect a touch of oxidization. Flavors are still bright for how old this is. There is something more in the flavor that adds a bite to it. Quality, but a bit past its prime.
golubj (1275), Sunnyvale, California, USA
Aug 11, 2009 Bottle, thanks to alexanderj. Deep brown mirky color, with very little head. Aroma is dark fruit, vanilla, sugary caramel malt. Very malty and sweet overall. Flavor is the same. Yummy rich beer.
alexanderj (2213), Chino Hills, California, USA
Aug 11, 2009 Bottle; a color of dark reddish bown. Aroma was very doughy; caramel, fruit, dark fruit, brown sugar and earth/wood as well. Flavor was equally as awesome. Doughy malt, caramel, fruit and brown sugar. Some dark fruit as well. Even better than I expected. Enjoyable palate. This is an exemplary beer. Best beer of the tasting so far (Jon’s house tasting).
michael-pollack (2603), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 10, 2009 22oz. Bottle (10% ABV): Aroma of malts, caramel, brown sugar, dark ripe fruits, raisins, light tobacco, oak, and a hint of alcohol.
Poured brown/ruby/amber in color with a medium-sized, creamy, dense, light brown head that diminished but lasted throughout. Cloudy. Sparkling. Full of medium and large-sized particles throughout. Highly complex flavor is heavily sweet. Tastes of malts, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, tobacco, dark ripe fruits, oak, light vanilla, slight alcohol, and a hint of cinnamon. Medium to full body. Viscous, coating, texture. Average carbonation. Sweet, malt, brown sugar, oak, tobacco, dark ripe fruit, and light alcohol finish. A very nice barley wine. 10%ABV is noticeable but well hidden.
miketd (679), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Aug 2, 2009 Pour is a rusty red with a nice beige top. Aroma of sweet fruit, malt, grain, oak and alcohol. Pretty sweet with dark fruit and malt. Get some dry oak and booze also. Full bodied and a good beer.
OSLO (825), Perth, Australia
Jul 30, 2009 [Bottle, thanks Guerde!] Pours very murky (despite it sitting for a long time) reddish-brown with a tiny light beige head. Aroma is sweet and rich--caramel, marzipan, oak, coca-cola (which Guerde noticed), whiskey (quite a bit), notes of coconut, and hints of port. The taste is sweet up front, but quite boozy, along with nuttiness, strong malt (lightly malted towards the end), whiskey and port again, and strawberry jam. Fairly thick mouthfeel, quite smooth, long, semi-dry finish. Very nice, and changes from glass to glass in the same bottle. I would have preferred more port and less whiskey, but overall a great beer. Thanks again, Andy!
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