3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[2006 bottle] Dark redish brown with a low firm head. Sweet toffee aroma with fumes of alcohol. More sweet toffe shows up in the flavour, there’s notes of black currant as well. The taste of alcohol is a little bit too dominant but I’m sure a good cellar could take care of that. I don’t have a cellar :o(
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: FEB 7, 2007 Very cloudy brown,short lived tan head.Interesting fruity malt nose.Sweet smooth blended malt taste.Medium to strong alcohol heat Rather flat.
As with most barleywines, the alcohol heat overpowers the taste, and I don’t like that style. Thanks to Cap Flu
Note-06 version is rather unblended, maybe needs aging?
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
From memory so I will have to re-rate one day. My memory isn’t great. Bought it with high expectations but wasn’t thrilled. Maybe I wasn’t ready yet for this beer.I found it too syrupy.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle (2006). Dark amber colour with a small yellow/beige head. Sweet alcoholic aroma with dark fruits. Complex flavour with fruits, candy & malt. Too strong.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
2005 bottle. poured a clear brownish red color with an average head. Aroma of carmelly malts and alcohol not much hops. Flavor was alcohol with a little alcohol on top on alcohol maybe a little sweet maltiness. I usually rate beers that have a high alcohol % higher just because they are stronger, but I am just not getting much flavor at all out of this one. Maybe with a few more years of age this would mellow but i dont know. Im kinda dissapointed.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: JAN 22, 2007 2006 version. Red, sweet and flavorful. Goes down easily, like a lambic but without the strong alcohol taste. Pretty good.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: OCT 31, 2007 Bottle. Aroma of malt, sugar, and alcohol. It actually smelled and tasted like vodka. Peppery aftertaste. Not enjoyable.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
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.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Smells of licorice, medicine, and burnt rubber. Tastes flabby. I love barley wines, but not this one. I’ve had several bottles of this and have never been impressed.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
’09 12 oz bottle pours dark amber with minimal head into a snifter. Aroma of faded caramel malt, some raisin, apple, bit of booziness, molasses. Kind of an odd nappiness in the aroma that I didn’t find appealing... meh. Taste starts with plumb, caramel malt which gives way to spiced apples, finishing boozy and spicy. Soft carbonation with a slick feeling on the palate; medium to full body. Is this really a barley wine? It seems similar, but the profile is significantly different than many other barley wines I’ve had. Either way, I found it comparatively off putting in both aroma and flavor. Tremendously overrated in my opinion.
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