3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
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Cereal grain, pumpernickel, pine and faint banana aroma. Hazy red-bronze under a lasting, thin, white cover. Blast of flavour: citrusy, spicy toffee and pumpernickel combined with bitter pine and sea salt. Bitterness is not assertive, which is good since the sweetness of this potent beer is subdued. No obvious alcohol. Very well balanced and not overpowering, despite the 10.1%. Medium body, moderate carbonation, almost clean finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle - 2009. Pours a cloudy caramel color with a small sandy head. Very soft and subtle aroma is mostly caramel and faded citrus hops. Balanced flavor of citrus hops (lightly faded), florals, and caramel. Smooth and not overpowering.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. An unclear amber beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of hops, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, hops, and caramel.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Clear medium amber pour, dense off-white head. Slightly doughy, boozy aroma, kinda sweaty and figgy. Sugary honey start, a touch of dried fruit, kind of apricoty near the middle, finishes sugary. Kind of sweet and one dimensional.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 650 ml 2008 Vintage
Aroma rose berry aroma with raspberry tartness, sweet ending. Refreshing nose.7+
Appearance very nice appearance. Thick hazed amber with large bright white top. Good lace.
Flavor and Palate : Medium bodied, central berry sweets, mineral earthy side and finish. Light dryness from hop , slight tartness with it. Neat , refreshing and quiet drinkable for its strength. Easy going. Finished 650 ml by myself and was looking for more…
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Serving: 22 oz. bottle from Wegmans Leesburg. It pours a clear orange color with a small, foamy, off-white head. The nose has some light caramel and toasted malt notes, perhaps a bit of dark fruit in there. The flavor has a little west coast hop bitterness, plenty of caramel malt, some sort of odd woodiness, and an alcohol note that is a little obvious. Medium bodied with average carbonation leading to a medium, bitter yet slightly boozy finish. This one was just okay for me. The hops, malt, and alcohol didn’t quite seem to mesh like they should.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 22fl.oz.
Unclear medium red - amber orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, overripped, oxidide, dried fruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, overripped fruit, caramel, barley wine - alcohol, acrid bitter notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20110223]
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear amber - white head. Toasted, bisquit, knækbrød, ok hoppy, light oxidation, dark sugar, caramel, piney, dried fruits. Classic american barley wine. Lovely.
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