 nolankowal (850), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Nov 20, 2007 Bottle 2006. Dirty brown pour with no head. Aroma of rum-soaked rasins and musty malt. Flavors of dark fruits, booze and caramel. Thick with little carbonation, sweet/boozey with a boozey/bittersweet finish.
tytoanderso (1381), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
Nov 19, 2007 Bottle. 2007 vintage. Sweet, spicy aroma. Lots of caramel malt, spicy hops, candy sugar and dry yeast. Pours dark amber with a big off-white head. Flavor is very spicy. Lots of hops but yet balanced nicely by some sweet sticky malt. Would like to see what this does with a couple of years on it. Good, but a tad rough around the edges now.
exadore (92), Sacramento, California, USA
Nov 18, 2007 Bottle, 2007. Poured with almost no head. The smell definitely reveals the alcohol content. Body is a really beautiful amber color, with literally no lacing. Very very smooth for how high the ABV is, almost fruity, very sweet. Very impressive, in my opinion, for how high the alcohol content is and how well it is masked in the flavor. Very subtle.
ucusty (1865), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
Nov 17, 2007 really nice barleywine. Alcohol is extremely well masked! Pours a carmel shade of amber with nice white head and some moderate lacing. Big malt all over well balanced for 2007
unclemattie (2370), Georgia, USA
Nov 14, 2007 01 Nov 07, BW Tasting. We did a 6 year Vertical (2002-2007) of this beer, Thanks to TBC. Deep Garnet color. Big malt, sweet, creamy body. The 2004 seemed to be just right in the balance. NOTE TO SELF, age for three years for best results.
BuckeyeBoy (1635), Boise, Idaho, USA
Nov 9, 2007 12oz Bottle 07 Pours out a murkey brown topped with a small tan head. A nice sweet aroma of light brown sugar. More sweetness on the tast a little bitterness at the end and a little dry. Pretty good BW
BarleyBob (18), West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Nov 9, 2007 I sampled the 2007 vintage. It poured a dark brown color with a thin, off-white head. The aroma was a wonderful mixture of coffee, brown sugar, chocolate, and caramel. The taste was almost all malt with the above flavors, and almost no discernable hop flavors. With the high alcohol content and the very sweet flavors, this ale was almost too intense for me right now. This is a brew that should mellow out and improve with age.
mmmbeer (737), Austin, Texas, USA
Nov 9, 2007 From 12 oz bottle (2007)- poured semi-transparent amber, nice lacing head, aroma of sweetness (honey, glucose), very appealing. Hits the mouth with a medium sweet body that carries through to the finish, which ends with a slight touch of hops. Very drinkable- possibly addicting.
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