Rogue Old Crustacean Barleywine

6/22/05 12oz. bottle. side by side with Old Foghorn. Mahogany with minimal tan head. Hops very prominent in aroma. Full bodied but with harsh unbalance hops. Old Foghorn was better.

Sample, at the Mondial de la bière 2007, savoured June 1 2007; eye: dirty brown, no effervescence, suspended matter, tiny ring of beige head; nose: quite hoppy, fruity, dry, grapefruit; mouth: a wall of hops, grapefruit, really long finale in hops, quite astringent, quite bitter, full body, not much carbonation; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bue au Mondial de la bière 2007, savourée le 1er juin 2007; oeil : brune sale, pas d’effervescence, matière en suspension, petit anneau de mousse beige; nez : très houblonnée, fruitée, sèche, pamplemousse; bouche : un mur de houblon, pamplemousse, très longue finale houblonnée, très astringente, pas mal amère, très sèche, corsée, peu carbonatée; en résumé : bien

2006 XS series in a 26 oz. ceramic bottle. Pours a copper color with red hues, thin head. Aroma of some dried fruits, malts, hops and alcohol. Flavor was full and complex. Malts, raisin, toffee, hops and a warming alcohol to smooth things out. This was aged for over a year, so it wasn’t as bitter, but still packed a bit of a hop punch. Very delicious and intoxicating!

26 oz ceramic bottle-pours a thin retaining tan head and light brown color. Aroma is dark malt-some sweet, dark fruit, slight alcohol. Taste is dark malt-some sweet/caramel/chocolate, then spice hops, dark fruit. A very malt barleywine/American SA. Assertive for a barleywine style, not my style. Sipping, OK carbonation. Thanks jwc215 for sharing.

Intense bitterness with a pleasant aftertaste. 750ml bottle purchased in Kalamazoo @ TIffany’s. Who knows how long it’s been on their shelf. I’m satisfied with this.

on tap at the Hop Devil Grill. Deep amber/brown in color with ruby highlights at the bottom of the glass. Aroma is alot of caramel and toasted malts as well as PNW citrus hops. Taste is caramel, toasted malts, dark fruits, with a solid bitterness throughout. Full bodied.

A heavy bitter all American barley wine (style ale). The extra over the top bitterness from citrusy hops makes this a winner everytime.

Pours deep copper with no head. Aroma of caramel and toffee malts, extremely deep and almost chocolatey, with strong bitter hoppiness and a bit of alcohol. Flavor is extremely bitter, which is a very good thing. Nice malts balance this out quite well. Really robust beer, but somewhat two-dimesional, but both dimensions are money.