 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.
ucusty (849), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
Jul 23, 2008 Tasted at the Carolina Crew gathering, Greenville NC - thanks to OldGrowth for sharing! Hazy orange pour, slightly viscous. Boozy nose, almost cloying flavor , but note quite. Notes of vanilla and scotch. Very nice warming action!
JCB (889), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Jul 20, 2008 Tasted at the Carolina Crew gathering, Greenville - thanks to OldGrowth for sharing! Very powerful pour, dank cloudy orange with some still lively carbonation. Nice malts on the nose, rounded off by a bit of booze in the flavor. Interesting to read the commercial description since a number of us were guessing as to the designation of the ’06, and strong Scotch was suggested. Definitely some peat in there, which is quite nice, and added some depth to what otherwise might be an unremarkable (if well realized) barleywine.
shintriad (655), 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 (981), 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 (3019), 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.
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