3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Rich ruby color with a decent off-white head and the tiniest amount of lacing. The aroma is a little woody with dark fruits and a hint of spice. The taste is malty with some candy sugar notes. Dark fruits and nice alcohol, even a hint of chocolate ?
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
The aroma is sweet and malty. The flavor is also sweet and malty, but with a smoke note too it. A great Scottish ale - but beware of the 8.5% ABV.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33 cL bottle. Pours golden amber with a dense off-white head. Malty and light overripe fruity aroma. Sweet malt flavour, light bitterness following. Nice mix of this into the finish yet it goes very dry in the far finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle 33 cl) Slightly hazy dark amber with a fine, dense almost cappuchinoish off-white head. Fat aroma of overripe fruit and alcohol. Full, fruity body with plenty of malt and some notes of wood. Quite fat and alcoholic with a subdued bitterness. A pleasant but far from great Barley Wine. 040906
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Hazy brown colour, yellow/beigeish creamy head. Bitterish cranberry aroma with some notes of alcohol. Sweet plum and raisins in flavour along with hints of alcohol. The alcohol fits in well though. Very pleasant.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Dark brown. Sweet, full bodied, lightly peaty, very complex. Delightful.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Red-brown colour with a small beige head.
Sweet malty aroma, but a bit acidic.
Sweet malty/acidic taste with a nice hoppy finish.
Though infected, it’s still a good beer.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a clear reddish color small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel and dark fruit aroma. Fruity malty sweetish caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a fruity malty dark fruit finish with a bitter aftertaste.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
33cl bottle from VinensVerden, Odense. Pours dark brown with a red hew and a small creamy head and lacings. Nose is delicious. Slightly roasted with lots of caramel and dak fruits. Taste is sharper with a whiff of alcohol, sugar and caramel. Smooth and full bodied. Oily and sticky. Ends dry. Nice!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark brown color; big head. Caramel aroma, sweet, oxydized. Medium body structure, some malt and a lot of caramel, some liquorice, light roasted malt; the flavors are well mixed but it’s oxydized and not fresh.
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