 zebracakes (1214), Washington DC, USA
Feb 18, 2007 At the 2nd Annual Hell With The Lid Off Barley Wine Festival at Kelly’s Bar in East Liberty, Pittsburgh. Clear dark ruby orange, thin off white head. Aroma is metal, grass, citrus, malt. Flavor is corn, malt, bitter, caramel, vanilla, alcohol.
beachbum25 (778), Powellville, Maryland, USA
Feb 15, 2007 12 oz bottle-poured a mirky brownish color w/no head & some lacing. Great aroma, almost Belgian quality. Taste just didn’t deliver. Very bitter, high alcohol, astringent, medicine/cough syrup like. Smelled great, looked good, tasted awful. Long bitter metalic finish.
spector (906), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
Feb 14, 2007 Had an 02 vintage.Big caramel malts in the aroma.Pours a deep copper with a medium off white head.Lots of malt with a good amount of hops in the flavor.Medium mouthfeel with some alcohol and some malt in the finish.
Arayaga2 (933), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Feb 9, 2007 Opaque blackish red with a big dense tan head. Aroma is not spectacular, but has a hint of pineapple. Taste is roasty, bitter and astringent. $14/750ml
ante (2904), Stockholm, Sweden
Feb 8, 2007 Bottled. Vintage 2006. Pours out in very hazy brown appearance with a low off-white head. Big and bold citrousy aroma with strong notes of earth and resin. Thick flavour which starts quite sweet at first of light chocolate, mature cherries, dried fruit, fudge and raisin but is overshadowed by a huge bitter hopflavour of grapefruit and grass (110 IBU’s, your’re not kidding...). Finishes extremely bitter of grass and grapefuit and earth.
Juancho (225), Clearwater Beach, Georgia, USA
Feb 6, 2007 Thick oily dark brown/amber color. Complex and huge, well hopped and well balanced.
Good Barley wine
On draught at Rogue Pub Portland, OR.
PilsnerPeter (2598), Flushing, New York, USA
Feb 2, 2007 Vintage 1997 7oz Bottle: Ten years old and held up very well. Beautiful amber pour with a short lived deep tan head. Beautiful aroma of roasty sweet caramel/toffee malt, maple notes, raisins and dates with a light hop touch. The flavor is well hopped, and I’m surprised it’s still this robust after ten years of aging. Deep malt character backs the solid bitterness. Early toffee and raisiny notes followed by a prolonged spicy dryness. There’s evident piney oak characteristics with some sage and peppery spicyness in the nicely hopped finish. There’s also a subtle mint character as well. The finish is long and complex. This is a solid barley wine, and my favorite offering from Rogue so far.
NosirIwont (1162), Aalborg Vestby, Denmark
Jan 30, 2007 Ceramic bottle. Pours a hazy amber-brown with a yellowish head. Sweet and fruity aroma with notes of chocolate and raisins or prunes (can’t really decide). A bit cloying. Flavour is sweetish and fruity. Alcohol. Again raisins or prunes. Bitter fruity finish with lots of hops – haven’t had that in a barley wine before. Barley wines aren’t usually my thing, but this was nice – especially because of the hops. 27-01-01.
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