 sliffy (1966), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 18, 2006 Bottle: Dark brown pour, very little head. Very heavy sweet aroma, some woodiness comes through from the barrels, quite a bit of alcohol. Flavor is similar, not much in the way of hop presence, but it’s nice a smooth, with a warming kick from the alcohol. It took me a little while to adjust, but it was solid.
JorisPPattyn (5163), Antwerpen, Belgium
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 18, 2006 No head (impossible) on a fully hazy dark brown beer. Very alcoholic, estery nose with fusels, vinous, wood, portwine. Very nutty, woody, alcoholic taste, but rather well integrated with dark malts, and of course fruity, cherry- or plumlike esters and lots of fusels. Slight suggestion at sourness. Aggressively alcoholic, but it is a true sipping beer, so that’s OK with me. Now this I can learn to like. Midnight Sun, leave Belgians to Belgium, and do your own thing.
Rastacouere (5553), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 23, 2006 Flat looking deep copper body wears a fading off-white head. Very sweet nose comprises gentle orange and lime notes whereas the rich malts are thick with prunes and smoked maple notes. Potentially nugget/chinook hops procure more woodsy vegetal/herbal tones that I don’t care much for. Appears rather simple initially, but MS’ malts become as potent as they need to be as it warms. Some alcohol eventually peaks through the nose, but the 11.5% really hits the spot in mouth where an immediate burn is felt in a woody way. Besides, strong molasses, maple, berries, grapes and roasted chocolate flavours speak of the intensity MS tries to showcase. Medium-full bodied, moderate carbonation, syrupy and hot barleywine, well executed in that regard.
Oakes (8080), gone rambling, Vietnam
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 21, 2006 Cloudy brown-amber colour. Balanced, chewy, earthy maltiness. Big chewy malt, big dry hoppiness. This clash of palate titans works very well here. It’s a straightforward two-step but both are well done and results in a muscular brew. I need one of those bombers to dip into this beer a little more seriously.
Siroy (220), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 21, 2006 A mostly diminishing thin fizzy vieil tops up a muddy medium sugar-brown body. Heavy lacing. Few thin particles. No bubbles. Aroma presents malt being medium caramel /faint molasse while hops are barely noticeable ... Yeast character is light Also, there are evident evocations of chocolate, maple, toffee and berries. Vanilla impression from oak. Initial flavor is .. very complex, shows off what the aroma annonced while a smooth development of nuances takes place. Finish shows mostly roastiness. medium to full body... creamy texture... Soft carbonation from barrel aging.
[ Bottled ; chilled ; bottled nov 04 ]
MartinT (5050), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 20, 2006 Updated: Dec 11, 2006Any first impressions?
-There is scant head around the muddled, orangey burgundy.
-A portentous wooden barrel character is a little heavy on the nose, seeing eye to eye with the caramel malts and port wine fruitiness.
-Hot alcohol laces the berries, toffee, maple, and hazelnuts.
-The low carbonation admires the lengthy barrel-aging, and brings out the fruitiness quite well.
What if you dig deeper?
-There is earthiness within the chocolate sweetness.
-This feels a little too young, and not completely cohesive, even though the bottles have been over a year old, and nearly 2 years old.
-The back bitterness seems to come mostly from the alcohol, but a few wooden hops as well.
-Ripe banana purée peeks through the aroma once in a while.
-A very good sipper of a barley wine, but I would prefer it with either a lighter touch of barrel aging, or less alcohol presence.
First bottle bottled on the 4th week of November ’04, second bottle bottled on the 5th week of November, year unknown (probably 2004; 10%abv).
wnhay (722), Princeton, New Jersey, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 16, 2006 Pours like maple syrup with good lace on the side of the glass. Looks like the Old Numbskull. Hints of maple syrup, caramel, vanilla, coconut, cognac, chocolate honey, molasses and other stuff are in the nose. Taste is remarkable because of the smoothness. Syrupy is the best word to describe it with great alcohol burn and many complexities coming through. It is quite buttery with cognac and various fruits including plum coming into play. Palate is thick with a great alcohol burn. I can’t shut up about this because it is the best beer I have had in over a month. A most impressive creation.
Aurelius (2647), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 14, 2006 Props to Joe, the barkeep at David Copperfields for slipping me some of his own private stash. Medium dark brown, great label, nice bomber. Like stinging butter. Very liquor-ish. Finishes bitter with a lingering diacetyl. Some chocolate. Muted aroma, but very fine.
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