4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 20/20
1 liter swing-top bottle purchased at the liquor store in Tyngsborro, Mass. Pours a murky, virtually opaque copper colored body with a good inch of off-white head that slowly dissipates leaving some spectacular lacing. Smells fruity, woody, alcoholic, with definite bourbon notes. Tastes fruity, vinous, with caramel and toffee notes and wood and bourbon character. Aftertaste has a woody toffee character. Just a tinge of alcohol warming, though alcohol isn’t nearly as present as expected. Full-bodied but stopping short of viscosity, with moderate carbonation. Much more drinkable than it should be for such a big beer, though still a bit of a sipper. Complex, balanced, and unique. Perfect for sipping on a frigid New Hampshire night like tonight. One of the finest barleywines I’ve had. This is a slam-dunk for Pennichuck and well worth the price-tag.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours coffee amber wuth a thick. beige. pillowy head. Heavily floral aroma: lavander, cream, vanilla, spice, and hints of hops. Medium bodied with a beautifully balanced mouthfeel. Nice lacing throughout. Clean finish. Excellent barley wine.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle 100 cl. Courtesy of wavers1. Pours a cloudy brown with a beige head. The nose is shear beauty: nuts, roasted malts, brown sugar and chestnuts. Some alcohol also. Solid body, quite some oxidization, sweet roast and nuts with a whiff of wood. There’s some horse manure - in a pleasant way!Warming alcohol finish, but never burning. A Barley Wine to me liking. Thanks for this gem Baker. 230710
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
1liter bottle. 2008. deep murky garnet under a medium sized frothy tan head. lightly tart aroma with some vinous fruits and caramel malt. tart flavors. extremely fruity with lots of raspberry, cherry, strawberry flavors that would make me think it’s a fruit beer if i didn’t know better. this drinks unbelievable easy for 12.1%. creamy and medium bodied. i have no idea if i got the infected batch i heard was going around but i don’t really care. this stuff rocks!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours cloudy brown/copper. Aroma is caramel, fruit, malt, oak, and wine. Flavor is fruit, wine, oak, hops, and caramel. ends a bit bitter/dry. Very nice.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
1 Liter Swing Top bottle. Pours a hazy ruby amber color with a frothy off white head & spotty lacing. Nose is sweet dark fruits, malts & alcohol. Flavor is sweet malts, a bit of caramel, toffee, fruity esters, all backed with a slight oak taste. Despite the high alcohol content, Pompier didn’t have the heavy medicinal taste some barleywines have. Very good effort from Pennichuck.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, courtesy jcwattsrugger. Brownish red pour, thick tan head, sticky lacing. Sharp dark fruits in the nose, some sharp metallic notes, slight chocolate. Flavor is thick licorice and dark berries, cocoa and some sticky sweet honey, and ends on a very interesting tart note. Full-bodied, complex and pretty cool.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
sample from the bottle at The 2009 Great Decatur Beer Festival on 10/17/09... dark murky red color with small head... nice oak nose, along with some dark fruit... big round body... low carbonation... sweet hop presence throughout... didn’t taste the 12%...
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Brown pour with a small off white head. Aroma was heavy malt, caramel, and vanilla. Flavor has caramel, tobacco, cherry, oak. vanilla. Moderaltely bitter finish, nice carbonation and hides the alcohol well.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Courtesy of jcwattsrugger (thanks for sharing this and your subway sub). pours a deep brown. Nose is sweet malt, oak, vanilla, bready and alcohol. Flavor is oak forward, malty, sweet, some douginess. Some dark fruit and yeast notes as well.
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