Clear golden pour with a thin white head. Average aroma of hops and caramel. Average flavor of hops and caramel, it seems quite simple. The body is light with a liquorous texture and moderate carbonation. A sub-par barley wine.

The Dan Journal #240. Tasted 8/26/08. 12oz bottle. Filtered with an orange golden hue. Ring of off-white head. Sticky malt nose with hints of honey and cocoa. Cedar and cinnamon. Full bodied with a sticky palate. Big citrus flavor that really hits the forefront. Vanilla sticky cloying finish. Estery fruity notes. Candy sugar. Decent.

Bottle served in a Duvel tulip. Amber-orange body topped by minimal head. Sweet sugary smell, some peach and pineapple is present but hidden. Flavor is very sweet and candy like, some fruitiness. Very little bitterness. Some alcoholic warmth, though not a ton. One dimensional but not terrible.

Bottle. Pours clear golden orange with a thick off-white head. Aroma of oranges, toffee. Sweet, full body and moderate carbonation. The taste is initially a mouthful of cotton candy, but the figs and citrus make their way through. This beer has a very clean taste, but it seems to achieve that at the cost of being one-dimensional, and lacking in malt complexity compared to other examples of the style. If there was ever a barleywine that screamed "Drink me now," this is the one. If a bit more of the hops drop out, this will descend into the abyss of unbalanced sugary nothingness.

Some sweetness in the nose. Nice amber colour. Vinelike sourness in the taste. Not so sweet you could think. Some hints of prunes in the nose. Tsted at Pikkulintu.