 Thomas_E (4814), Copenhagen, Denmark
May 15, 2008
Deep reddish colour with a tan head. Malty, toffee and molasses sweet aroma with fruity and alcohol sweet notes and vague hints of vanila. Molasses and fruity sweet flavor with alcohol notes. Light dry, vanilla sweet finish.
DarkElf (2627), La Jolla, California, USA
Aug 7, 2008 18-Jan-08 (Draft: 2008 Great Alaskan Beer and Barley Wine Festival in Anchorage, AK) 2006 release. Ahh, the elusive Stormwatchers! This is a great barley wine. The nose is sweet, fruity and malty, and the aroma really heightens the anticipation. The flavor really delivers; like the aroma, it’s very fruity, intensely malty and very sweet. Hops are lightly bitter and well-integrated. Full-bodied, big and heavy, fairly syrupy actually. The beer ends up being a little cloying, though there is a modest zing on the palate that helps in that department. Medium-brown in color with dark ruddy highlights. The small, tan head settles to a wide ring. Overall, it’s a bit too sweet, but nevertheless, this is an intensely flavorful barley wine that easily stands up to the better barley wines from Alaska, and that’s really saying something.
jcwattsrugger (3793), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
Jun 6, 2008 bottle@Pauls Hoboken#1-thanks goldtwins–pours a tan head and mahogany/red color. Aroma is dark fruit-plum/cherry, dark malt-molasses, secondary spice/sharpness, alcohol. Taste is alcohol, big. Dark fruit-plum/cherry, dark malt-molasses, secondary spice/sharpness. Occasional, sipping.
goldtwins (3721), Nesconset, New York, USA
Jun 5, 2008 Poured a hazed brown-amber color with an off-white head. The aroma was of aged malt with nice notes of fruit and raisins. Mild oxidation. The flavor was of raisins, caramel and molasses. Sweet with a full body.
mkobes (2023), New York, USA
May 25, 2008 Shared by Goldtwins at Pauls Hoboken Gathering. Deep copper amber in color with a tan head. Dark fruity aroma. Fig, prunes, caramel notes. Malty and fruity caramel flavor. Full bodied. Nice fruity caramel finish. Smooth and very drinkable. Nice beer.
hophead75 (1648), Boonton, New Jersey, USA
May 19, 2008 Shared by Goldtwins at Paul’s Hoboken gathering...Hazy deep amber in color, with a tan head. Aroma of alot of molasses, dark fruit, and lightly yeasty. Taste is alot of caramel/molasses, sherry- plums and raisins, nice and full bodied and relatively smooth, some light bready yeast. Finishes with lingering fruit, caramel sweetness, and a light to moderate hop bitterness. So far this one is aging extremely well. One of the highlights for me at the tasting, thanks Larry!
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