4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20Shared bottle at Bjorleik, Bergen. Courtesy of Tor Ivar Lyse. Wow! What a barley wine. Really well balanced and rich aromas and flavors. Aged a couple of years. Will brew a clone of this recipe. One of the best barley wines I’ve tried, smooth alcohol.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This review is exported from olutopas.info with no comment. Original rating date 4.3.2011
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Thin head which dissipates quickly. Powerful and scrumptious aroma with lots of sweet malts, toffee, raisins, butterscotch and some wood overtones. Cloudy dark mahagony brown. Sweet and delicious flavor with lots of caramel, toffee, oak and a bit of resinous hops. Full flavored, complex and silky smooth in the mouth. Noticable alcohol presence and warming. Finishes sweet and malty with a nice alcohol tang. A brew that I have really enjoyed drinking! Need to find me some more of these.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Hazy medium brown. Aroma of raisin, toffee, and caramel. Tastes of raisin, toffee, caramel, and clove. Slightly sweet and balanced by a medium bitterness. Medium carbonation, full body, slightly creamy. Very good beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a hazy amber with a creamy beigh head. Sweetish aroma of caramel, brown sugar, toffee and alcohol. Flavor was very sweet and warming with toffee, caramel, dark fruit, brown sugar, vanilla, and raisins with a medium to full body and had a dry and bitter finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
500ml bottle to snifter. Pours caramel cola color with a quick tight foamy khaki head that leaves a wispy film. Aroma has soft sweet caramel malt and muted dull hops.Taste is faded booze sweet toasted malt which leaves caramel characteristics and a dulled hop flavor with a spice/pepper finish. Palate is full slick and drying with a warming finish. I like it, even though it is a bit dusty.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Amber with off white head - aroma of malts and some dark fruits - tastes of sweet malts, some dark fruits - the sweety malt continues into a lingering finfish - this was very nice
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured from a 500 ml bottle into a mini snifter. Pours a dark copper to amber color with a persistent sheet of beige foam constantly atop the beer. The aroma has great dark fruit complexities to it, with hints of raisin, plum, and prunes. Taste is hearty dark sweetness. This is a fine beer, that’s for certain. Too bad it’s now retired.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle, batch 435, bottled 18/6/09, best by 18/6/14. Mostly clear darker red color. Good thin khaki head, some loose lace. Very nice smooth creamy texture, lighter carbonation. Dark fruit, vinous grapes, chocolate malts, spicy hops. Moderate bitterness, light bite. Slightly viscous finish. Overall, a very enjoyable and interesting barleywine.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
50 cl bottle @ Gastropub Nordic, Tampere.
Originally rated on 20110304.
Pours hazy amber color with a small head. Aroma of hops, caramel, ripe fruits, some mild alcohol burn and nutty notes. Flavor of ripe fruits, caramel, some toffee, alcohol and malts. The alcohol comes through a bit too much, otherwise decent.
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