 shintriad (641), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Apr 8, 2008
Pours syrupy, strongly woody and vanilla scents with alcohol and the unmistakably bittersweet scent of Scotch. Some dark chocolate, bourbon and a lot of butter. A bit of overkill, but still likable.
kmeves (970), Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA
Apr 6, 2008 Thanks to Cryotek for this one. Pours a cloudy amber with no head. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel and bourbon whiskey. Flavor is moderately sweet, caramel, whiskey and light plum. Strange tinny aftertaste. Franky I’ve tasted homebrew barleywines from beginners that were more tasty than this one.
hotstuff (3012), Indiana, USA
Mar 22, 2008 Bottle courtesy of cmr1517 at the Fort Wayne Winter Gathering. Very small head that quickly dissipated, no lacing, no carbonation noted, murky, and a dark orange hue. Nose was alcohol, malty, hoppy, bourbon, oak, some caramel, and sweet. Flavor was sweet, bourbon, vinuous, caramel, and malty.Mouthfeel was fairly smooth and slightly tingly. Medium-full in body. A sipping barley wine given the ABV, somewhat unbalanced as it seemed disjointed.Not interested in having this one again and there are better of this style IMO.
thedm (3405), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Mar 21, 2008 This corked and caged bottled brew from Chris at a rating party poured a head of frothy clear colored bubbles that were quickly diminishing and left behind a semi-opaque dark orange brown colored body and a poor lacing. The aroma was malty mild hop and mild spice. The mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and strongly tingly at the finish with a vinous aftertaste. The thin flavor contained notes of strong sharp hops and bourbon. Not one that I would likely drink again.
patrick767 (1377), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
Mar 8, 2008 bottle at Fort Wayne tasting - Pours murky orange with no head. It smells of oak, bourbon, and some alcohol. The flavor has oaked bourbon, caramel malt, and some light spice. It’s full bodied and the bourbon carries through to the finish. I’m going to have to disagree with some raters at our tasting. I thought it was very good.
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