mcferc4 (54), New Jersey, USA
Apr 15, 2009 Sampled at Blind Tiger Very Special Keg Night 11/19/08: Not impressed at first, as there didn’t seem to be much going on in terms of flavor. After a while, it warmed up and candy and caramel notes started popping up. Have to revisit this one for sure.
 General66 (164), Streator, Illinois, USA
Apr 12, 2009 12 ounce bottle from the 2006 batch. I was very excited for this three year old barley wine and was very pleased with it. It poured a dark amber color with a half finger width white head that disappeared quickly. The aroma consisted of a LOT of booze with some hops, malt, caramel, and a bit of dark fruit. The taste was very strong at the beginning and then rounded out well at the end. I was blown away on my first sip with the amount of alcohol character that it had. As it warmed I started to taste some light, pleasant hops, caramel malt, and maybe some toffee. This was a very "thick" and boozy beer. Overall very good... I would have rated it higher if the alcohol was hidden a bit better though.
bradlyc77 (226), Sebastopol, California, USA
Apr 11, 2009 2008. Pours dark amber, minimal white head. Malty aroma, caramel. Taste is malty, caramel, raisin. I didn’t find the malt well balanced with the hops. I wasn’t impressed at all, didn’t find it nearly as complex as ratings would indicate, maybe a bad batch or needed more cellering time.
garthicus (1215), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Apr 8, 2009 2006 vintage 13.25% with great thanks to HogTownHarry. Appearance: Murky brown with a medium off white head. Aroma: Rather boozy, hops, malt, wood, vanilla, caramel, dark fruit, somewhat brandy aroma too. Lovely. Flavour: Wow, creamy yet alcoholic, toffee and malt, serious malt, lots of hops and smoke, peat, bitterness and lots of deep dark fruit, pine & brandy with a long malt-alcohol finish. Wow, so much going on.
Adam77 (407), Eastampton, New Jersey, USA
Apr 8, 2009 Poured amber with white head. Aroma of caramel and butterscotch. Sweet and heavy. Man up and do a balck and tan of this and old rasputin. Hells yeah.
gringo332 (235), Richardson, Texas, USA
Apr 3, 2009 2008-Wow, this is really smooth, but still has lots of flavor. Beautiful redish color. he taste is as complex as it’s nose. With very little hop bitterness, this one is very smooth and warm. It’s sweetness is well balanced by it’s enormous malt, dried fruit and alcohol taste.
MrManning (1634), London, Ontario, Canada
Apr 1, 2009 2006 Bottle courtesy of HogtownHarry- Deep mahogany pour, with a half inch beige froth. Nose of prunes and wood, brown sugar, a bit of alcohol, some spices, lots of hops, deep rooted nuances of gold rum. Big brown sugar and caramel malts are upfront in the mouth, a bit of smoked wood, sherry, some prune, floral hops, again with the gold rum, quite spicy. In terms of palate, this barley wine ale is among the the best I’ve had. This version is 13.25%, quite heady and hefty, but you’d never know because it is so balanced, mellow and drinkable. This is one world class BW. Very well done. Thanks a lot for this Harry!
KnN (712), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Mar 28, 2009 2008 Vintage bottle. Pours a dark brown/orange with a thin off white head. Aroma is toffee, caramel, a little dark fruit and some vinous qualities. Flavor was dark and sweet. Loads of malt sweetness, a lot of caramel, toffee, plums. Nice barley wine. Alcohol was well masked.
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