 rustychiles (1007), Mesa, Arizona, USA
May 25, 2009 Shared by psprings with the Phoenix Crew at hellbillys banjo hootenanny.
Pours a nice caramel brown with a small whiet head. Aroma is caramel, hops, rasins, and a tad boozy. Flavor is caramel, malt, rasins, faded hops, a tad sweet but not too cloying. Really well integrated barleywine.
pantani (1895), Salinas, California, USA
May 24, 2009 Brown, no head. Aroma is alcohol, toffee, thick caramel, light prune juice. Taste is toffee, light alcohol, caramel, light chocolate.
IrishBoy (2686), Bakersfield, California, USA
May 23, 2009 Bomber from Liquid Solutions. Nose of raisin pie, toffee, and a hint of molasses; really malty! Cloudy brown with a big, light cinnamon tan head. Flavor is toffee, dried prunes, and mild alcohol which lasts to the finish with a slight bitter hint!
Lothore (276), California, USA
May 21, 2009 A- Pours a muddy dark brown hue with little to no head.
S- Hints of fig, plum, raisin, brown sugar, and light hints of alcohol.
T- Light citrus notes (orange and tangerine), pine, deep fig and brown sugar notes that have a sharp start, full middle and very dry finish.
M- Thick with medium carbonation.
D- This is a great barleywine to sip on on a cold day.
jake65 (1658), Williston, North Dakota, USA
May 18, 2009 Bottle: Leather color with a finger of creamy beige head. Strong aroma is rich with faded citrus hops, toffee, and caramel. At first taste this is impressive! A smooth blend of toffee, dark fruits, sherry, and faded citrus hops. Faded, yet the flavors are so rich and intense... This is some seriously good stuff!
chicagodri (1020), Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 15, 2009 Bottle from bottletrek.com. 14% huh? This brew hides the alcohol incredibly well. Pours dark brown with a very thin white head. Aroma of caramel, raisins and other dark fruit, and a crap load of malt. Thick body. Incredible sweet with just a touch of alcohol heat. Midnight Sun has some quality stuff.
dmac (1423), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
May 15, 2009 22 oz bottle from a trade eons ago. Aroma is weird chocolate, toffee, alcohol, raisin, honey sweetness some vanilla notes. Thick syrupy body with lots of alcohol heat and medium carbonation. Flavor has lots of malty sweetness, honey, toffee, grain, raisin and prune.
Aggy360 (115), Anchorage/ Vista,CA, Alaska, USA
May 13, 2009 2008 Vintage in Whiskey barrel, 13.4% ABV, 20 IBUs. Pours a dark brown with red hues. Sweet dark fruit and strong malt nose. Very malty taste and very strong whiskey flavor. Hops are hidden but it is common for an English barleywine. Nice and creamy, somewhat chewy. Good beer but it needs to be aged. I can’t wait to try this in a year when it mellows a little more.
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