Scuttlebutt Old No 1 (Vintages 2004 and later)

Brewed by Scuttlebutt Brewing Co.
Style: Barley Wine
Everett, Washington USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottled (2005 vintage, 11.9%). Clear reddish brown. Aroma of red berries and butterscotch. Sweet and vinous with full body and some citric hops. Medium bitterness.

Bottle 2005 @ OMH-tasting
Chocolate maltiness in aroma. Sweet, bitter and lightly sour, as in old ale. Warming alcohol. When warmed up there’s unfortunately a big appearance of apple skin. Without that it would have scored 4+. Now, I’m sorry, no hit.

Cloudy dark brown color with small off white head. Aroma is musty, some caramel, hint of peat and roasted malts. Flavor is malty, with tons of caramel, bit of cherry. Finish is sweet, malty.

2005: Orange amber with a thin white head. Sweet malt, hops and orange peels. Rye malt with sweet candi sugar and intense warm alcohol. Lingering bitterness and licorice finish. May 2005, Capflu’s BW tasting.

Muddy amber appearance, good head formation. Dark chocolate aroma, caramel, toffee and dark fruits. Sweetish port-like flavor, mildly syrupy palate, dates, prunes, toffee with some nutty undertones. Marzipan towards the finish with a mild subdued citric bitterness.

2004 bottle. Murky brown roange color with a small offwhitea head. Citrus, sherry, and alcohol in the aroma. Fig, currant, sweet malt, and some apple in the finish. Mouthfeel is secently chewy.

2004 Vintage. Cloudy brown w/ wispy light brown foam. Relatively complex sweet, malty, slightly roasty aroma of maple, caramel, prunes, raisins, dates & flowery hops. Full bodied-chewy feel. Rich, complex malty flavour of caramel, brown sugar maple, & dark fruit. Mildly roasty w/ some woody/brady-ish notes. Warm, slow finish. Good bitterness.

Bang! Smack! Kapow! This has a strong alcohol finish with a great aroma of raisins and prunes. Other aromas noted were dark brown sugar and molasses. But don’t let those fool you - it still has a great bitterness expected in a barley wine. It had a little more carbonation than expected and the warmer it gets the mor syrupy it feels. This has a great soothing aftertaste. Take your time enjoying this one. Indiana_Red brought this one to my house along with his bling!

2005 Version: Marzipan, sweet, round, brown malty aroma with floral and perfumey tones. Clear mahogany brown with a shy ring of fine-bubbled tan head. Nutty, malty and roasty with sherry-like oxidation in the fairly boozey flavour. Alcohol becomes more dominant as it warms. Medium body with fair carbonation. Bottle enjoyed with CapFlu, Goldorak, Joey_Capps, Olivier_MTL, Lubiere and MartinT.

(12oz bottle) Purchased at Bottlewerkz, Seattle. Pours a caramel brown body. Nose of heavy malts roasted on a campfire. Jack open the ABV to 12.9% with a very brown sugar and roasted finish. Very good.