 Slacks (355), Bolton, Ontario, Canada
Dec 28, 2007
341ml Bottle: 2007 edition, found a surprise couple bottles at an LCBO that wasn’t promising any on their site. Pours a great deep brown and orange colour, quite a substantial foamy head. The aroma is strong and enjoyable, a burst of alcohol with notes of fruit and spice to be found: plum, grape, and caramel come to mind. The flavour is very, very hoppy and bitter; not as balanced I would have hoped, with some of the caramel and fruits to be found. I hate to slag on a 99 but my guess is it can stand some more time in the tube. Thankfully I bought a second and I’ll have to revisit this some time down the road.
glennmastrange (394), hobe sound, Florida, USA
Aug 20, 2008 Bottle, 2007. Malt aromas of moderate roasted and caramel, hops of perfume and orange, light dough for the yeast, with notes of dried apricot and wine. Head is average sized, creamy, white, with fair lacing and fully diminishes. Color is murky orange/tan. Flavor starts moderately sweet and lightly acidic, and finishes lightly sweet and acidic and has a long moderately bitter aftertaste. Palate is medium to full. The texture, which was is the best part of this beer, is both oily and syrupy. It has a soft carbonation and finishes lightly astringent. A nice beer with all the atributes of a classic Barley Wine. The slightly unpleasant aftertaste lowered the overall score a bit.
yumyum (53), barrie, Ontario, Canada
Aug 17, 2008 2007bottle drank aug 16 quite enjoyable. Very nice fruitiness and hops on the nose. Both of these features came out in the flavour also. Quite impessed with the numerous flavours that emerged. Fruitness of perhaps plums, solid hoppiness to give it some bite and a caramel like sweetness. decent mouthfeel. I like it.
Skidds (178), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Aug 7, 2008 Another stocking stuffer last year. (I completely forgot about having this until now. I remember it quite well though. Sweet, malty, fruity aroma and flavour. Ages quite well. I will look forward to having this again.
badgerben (3070), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
Jul 31, 2008 2007 Vintage; tasted July 30, 2008: Many thanks to Stine for this one! Copper color with a medium head. Light floral and hop spice aroma. A good amount of caramelly malt sweetness. That ramps up a bit in the flavor. Some toasted malt as well, and bread. Light earthy hop. Very tasty.
Bockyhorsey (1961), Mesa, Arizona, USA
Jun 30, 2008 Catching up on backlog. Sampled at Hellbilly’s Hellraiser II. Got written down bready aroma sweet fruity flavor, malty. Give 3 something.
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