4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20UPDATED: NOV 10, 2006 2004 Edition: Sampled 11/6/04. Still has the hallmarks of a very young barley wine. Pours a rather lighter brown than one would expect. Looks is very inviting, like a soda, but once you taste... I get impressions of brown sugar and maple syrup, but not too much. No complex aged components yet, but it still carried a good bit of IPA hops. Much more drinkable to the beginner (like my brothers and father who tried it for the first time) than one would expect of a big beer.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 11/20
Vintage 2013. Aroma of sweet malts and citrus fruit. Pours a dark ruby with an off-white ring and no lacing. The taste is moderately bitter combined with a nice balance of sweet malt. Medium body with medium carbonation. Overall, while note as "potent" as Stone’s Old Gaurdian, i find it to be a very enjoyable example of a Barlewine; one I would drink again.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hot and sedative, this barley wine with its leathery mouthfeel and caramelized and earthy-bitter flavors, extends my expectations. It was definitely boozy, but I favored its warmth. A little nutty, resembling toasted pecans and almonds, by mid-palate; smoke also prevalent by its bitey finish. I liked this. 2012 edition.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A nice tan head and a clear roasted pecan color. The piney & citrus aroma hits you first. Medium middle with a bitter finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; dark copper pour with thin beige head, sugary sweet aroma, piney hop taste with caramel sweetness, high level of bitterness, some spiciness, ABV is present.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Systembolaget. 2012 version. Pours red with a lasting small bubble off-white head. Resin, caramel, grapefruit, figs and alcohol in the aroma. Taste is caramel with a strong bitter backbone. Medium/full bodied.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Very malty poured a deep red to almost brown color. Upfront with slight roasty malt flavors and a nice bitter hop finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Call this the month of me filling in gaps in my beer resume. Really should have rated this years ago but anyways on tapnat Stagshead figured about time. Pours reddish copper with beige head and lovely nose of piney hops. Tastes of pine, resin, junipers, burnt caramel, cherry, red licorice, and some earth. Chewy palate and lingering finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Plonk (2013 release). Dark reddish-amber, strong resiney/piney hop aroma with some sweet caramel and butterscotch sneaking through, maybe some banana cake too. Flavour is all hop bitterness up front but sweet malt and some alcohol warmth round out a really nice (winter) beer. "It’s a barley wine, Jim, but not as we know it". Excellent.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hop dominant with notes of pine blending into caramel notes. Amber with a small quickly fading head. Bitter with only minor malt balance. Medium plus to full bodied with a long bitter finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
2012 bottle to flute
Chocolate, hops, and juniper. Deep amber with a thin ring like head. Taste is hoppy, and a bit malty.
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