Rogue Old Crustacean Barleywine

(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 27 Sep 2008) Dark reddish brown colour, cloudy, with brief beige head. Malty, fruity nose with dried fruit, prunes and vinous alcohol. Malty, fruity taste with notes of dried fruit, prunes, orange peel and loads of hops in a long, resiny finish. Very sweet and full bodied, but that is nicely balanced by all the hops. Thick, oily and powerful. Not for the faint hearted, but very warming. Great beer!

2006 From the big .75 liter ceramic bottle shared with Mike C. Red copper color with off-white head. Rich malty and fruity aroma, typical of most barleywines. Alcohol is present right up front but diminishes after a few sips. Hops big in the aftertaste. As you drink this it becomes more balanced between hops and malt. Not as thick on the palate as other barleywines which tricks you into drinking this quicker.

Very intense malty taste. Needs more time to age but i dont have the patience. Good to taste but wont be buying it again.

on tap from rogue brewery in newport. dark yellow brown pour with almost no head at all. chocolate, raisins, nuts and caramel in the taste. seemed a fairly straightforward barley wine taste. light on the carbonation. seemed thinner maybe because of it - I’ll say medium palate. this was good and I liked it- but didn’t blow me away by any means. K7

Draft at Brewgrass 2008. American style Barley Wine. Pours a dark hazy amber with a thin brown head. Whoo 120 IBU’s, super hoppy beer with a clean bitter taste and the high alcohol finish. Pretty good interesting beer, i enjoyed the high bitterness in this one. Not something to drink all the time