 Zinister (892), Houston, Texas, USA
Jun 12, 2008
Redish amber pour with a great looking head that turns thin and leaves some beautiful lacing. Big hops on the nose of this one...floral, sweet and mixed with aromas of peaches, nectarines, mangos and hops spices. Flavor is has a soft sweet malt backbone, but richly hopped so it’s layered throughout. Piney finish with some citrus pith as well...but not overly so. Easy on the mouth with a thinner body that I would have expected, and some dancing carbonation. Very smooth and the alcohol is not too aggressive. I’ve heard mixed reviews of this coming into it, but I have to say that I’m very impressed and feel this is much better than #1. I’ll have to do a side by side just for fun. I question the longevity of this one considering the hop profile...but we’ll see. Great job.
rajendra82 (655), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
Nov 28, 2008 Ah, The Saint Arnold Divine Reserve #6, packed with great care, and shipped to me straight from Texas by mhewes. The beer poured out reddish amber in color, and looked pretty cloudy, and spotted a three finger thick, and durable head, that was somewhat unexpected for something of this strength. The smell was citric and piney, revealing the hoppy lean of the beer. If did seem a bit milder on the nose than the likes of Bigfoot and Old Ruffian. The taste was closer to a DIPA than an American Barleywine in my opinion. The hops that were evident in the nose were present in a full frontal assault on the tongue, and the prickly, peppery, and bitter flavors they imparted made it very hard to discern much about the malt other than a vague brown sugary sweetness. The finish was all hops, and very mouth drying. Quite possibly the hoppiest barleywine I’ve tasted since Old Crustacean. The alcohol was well hidden, and the hops made this beer go down easy. Well crafted, and one of the good examples of this highly variable style. Too bad, this is not readily available to me.
zathrus13 (1121), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
Nov 28, 2008 Pours cloudy amber. Aroma and flavor are malt, hops, caramel, and fruit. Bitter finish.
Soonah (532), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Nov 27, 2008 From lb4lb via trade. The pour was a dark, but clear ruby and copper swirl. Thin, off-white head and only bits of lacing. The aroma was lots of sweet malt, floral and pine hops, light spice and some alcohol. The flavor was caramel malt and spice cut with aggressive floral hops and some unchecked alcohol heat. Medium bodied mouthfeel. Still a tad young. Needs at least another year if not two to settle down.
ford9719 (364), Vilseck, Germany
Nov 21, 2008 Bottle. Poured a caramel maroon color. white frothy head. curtains are nice and glossy. Aroma is hopps and some kind of fruit. Taste is hopps almost like a 60 min. With a caramel finish.
Glouglouburp (2113), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nov 20, 2008 <b>In short: </b>A very well balanced complex malt profile and wicked hopping. Almost like an heavy IIPA. Trully excellent<br />
<b>How: </b>Bottle 12oz, rank relatively fresh 3 or 4 months after its release. Sent my way by Hellbilly, thanks a lot Joshua<br />
<b>The look: </b>Cloudy brownish copper body topped by a large beige head <br />
<b>In long: </b>Nose is floral in a garden-flowers type of way, almost perfumy. Taste has spicy candies, flowers juice, berries, dark fruits, brownies, citrus. It might maybe because of the spicy floral hops but the beer really doesn’t feel very sweet at all and that’s a good thing. Tasty floral bitter finish. I don’t think this is one that will age well as I found it’s main interesting aspect to be the wicked spicy/floral hopping. This beer is heavenly. Divine Divine Reserve #6.
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