 checkmatei1 (204), Willow Grove, USA
Jul 9, 2008 Bottle (’07 vintage): Poured a reddish amber color with almost no head. The aroma was sweet, fruity and malty. The flavor was just the same, VERY sweet and VERY malty. Overall, a very good beer with the potential to be a great beer with a couple of years of cellaring.
renffisch (377), london, Greater London, England
Jul 8, 2008 bottle with ethereal 2007 vintage. Wonderful floral and fruity nose, apricots, dried pineapple, fresh figs and plums. Ruby colour, fine lacy head. Flavours of treacle, honey, caramel and quince. Beautifully dry with a strong sweet, almondy back. Good plum liqueur aftertaste, quite alcoholic, but sweet. lovely, and very drinkable, develish.
gueuze_is_god (83), Graham, North Carolina, USA
Jul 7, 2008 12oz bottle, 2007 vintage. Deep amber, thin fine bubbled head, slight spotty lacing. Smells fantastic, fruity with light esters, caramel/toffee, bread pudding. First sip unfolds in perfect form, rich but not cloying malt body flows over the tongue with authority, fading to a tingling hop profile with nuances of root beer and spice cake, alcohol slowly wafts out the nostrils. Has some characteristics that you might consider belgian. The best barley wine I have had yet, truly delicious, I will buy more more more.
MtStateBeer (37), Hurricane, West Virginia, USA
Jul 7, 2008 12 oz. bottle 2008. Pours a reddish-brown with an average, fizzy, off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts, a tiny bit hoppy, and a little plum. Flavor is sweet with a bit of a bitter finish. It is very warming on the palate with light alcoholic finish. Warms very well, first barley wine. Good experience.
badbeer (390), Iowa, USA
Jul 5, 2008 2005 Vintage.
Red amber color with a slightly tan head; head slowly recedes but still leaves some lacing. Smell of sweet caramel and some dark fruits, even a bit vinous. Taste is sweet (caramel and toffee), alcohol is present, but not overpowering. A bit earthy as well, improves tremendously as it warms; when its cool, its a bit metallic and lacking, when you warm it up it transforms into a solid beer. Higher side of medium carbonation, full bodied, a bit sticky on the tongue. An excellent sipper, but even though its a year old, it still has plenty of room to become the shining star its destined to be.
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