4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
I had planned to cellar my three bottles of the 2011 release for at least a few months, but when I read some reviews from people who had had it on tap, it seemed it was ready for sampling. What a great beer! It pours a lovely orange amber with a significant head for this style. It is in the North Coast Old Stock Ale, Dogfish Head Olde School camp of Barley Wines, i.e. sweet, fruity and floral. It has more of a hop presence than either one making it more complex and better balanced. If your’e lucky enough to have some try one now.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap @ the gate.
Pours clear gold/amber with no head. Aroma is sweet and fruity with hints of pineapple, toffee, cherry. Taste is more sweet fruit with some caramel and bready notes with a bit of herby hops on the finish. A very interesting and enjoyable beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Crazy sweet aroma, light fruit, sugary like cotton candy. The appearance is a semi-translucent chestnut with a white head. The flavor is a ton of light, fruity flavors, again sweet. The finish is a light pine hop bittering. Medium in body. Very good.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft @ the gate. Pours a light / dark brown color woth no head. Smells of booze, syrup and orange. Taste is very syrupy with a malty aftertaste.very good barley wine to sip on for a while as you tallk woityh old friend. Or celkebrate the holiday with family after dinner. Very good.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
2002 Bottle drank at BCTC 2010. Pours a hazy, dark amber with a filmy head. Big aroma of ultra-ripe fruits and caramel. More sweet malts in the flavor, similar to the nose, but also some brown sugar and mild bitterness coming through. Full in body with fine carbonation and boozy warmth. Finishes with some alcohol burn and sweet malt tone, in the form of ripe fruits, burned sugar and caramel. Very good.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 2006 Vintage 130 of 500 thanks to JohnGalt1. Pours out cloudy amber/orange topped with a tiny head. Aroma was of vanilla, wood, toffee, and caramel. Taste was also toffee and caramel. Some metallic and oxidized. I would guess we missed it’s prime. Dang it.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
not sure what vintage this was, but had some age on it. Aged pretty well. doughy and biscruity arouma. Toffee and caramel malts. butterscotch and bourbon. tannic tartness at the finish. touch of citrus and herbal spices.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2005 vintage, 12oz bottle number 378 of 500. Pours a thick, translucent copper orange with one ring of white head. Nose is malty, caramel, raisins, prunes, oranges, toffee. Flavor is sweet, oranges, oxidized malts, bread dough, caramel, toffee. Finish is full bodied, salty, sweet. Love barleywines then they get here...
1.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 5/20
Bottle #378 of 500, courtesy of nimbleprop. Pours a hazy amber/orange with a thin yellow head with little retention and lace. Aroma is muted toffee. Taste is super medicinal, loads of pizza, Italian seasoning. Just so gross. Seriously- WTF.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle #378 of 500, courtesy of Andy - thanks! Cloudy, chunky chestnut color. Aroma of butterscotch and toffee. Taste is smooth caramel, but a touch metallic. Decent enough.
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