4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle into stem glass. Pours a foggy amber color with a puffy white head. Aroma is fantastic; bourbon, vanilla, wood, and dried fruit. The taste is similar with primary bourbon, hop, and dried fruit notes and secondary caramel flavors. Palate is full and thick, allowing the primary tastes to linger. It gave me a nice, toasty feeling. Truly a wonderful beer.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. 25.4 oz. Split with Braden. Pours honey amber with a moderate white head. Aroma of sweet malts, caramel, hops, vanilla, grapes, and hints of banana. Medium to heavy body. Smooth mouth feel, with a warm, creamy finish. Excellent barley wine.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Wow! This one packs a punch. Strong but very tasty Barley Wine Style. Stone never disapoints.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Aroma is primarily bourbon. Lots of bourbon in the taste. Is this think aged in bourbon barrels? Despite the huge bourbon it’s very well blended and pretty decent overall.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Draft – Frisco’s. Deeply hazed amber orange, thin creamy white head. Intense citric bourbon and oaked vanilla toffee aromas ride waves of boozy dark fruit from start to finish. Deep brown sugared hop flavors up front warm to a citric vanilla wood note at mid-ground. Rich rum raisin undercurrents blend effortlessly before the all mighty hops bring this beast back full circle. Thick bodied and smooth, soft carbonation, boozy, bittersweet finish. This was powerful in every sense of the word…and I loved every sip of it! This one needs a bottling one day…
1.2 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 3/20
A friend and I agreed that this was the only beer that we absolutley could not finish. A bitter up front taste of orange rind with a strong aftertaste of alcohol that lingers on the pallet. This beer smells of pine and orange, but not in a pleasent way. All in all i would not reccomend this beer to anyone.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sampled at the 2009 AZ Strong Beer Fest on February 28th. Among the best of the day. Lots of hops, bourbon, brown sugar and dark fruit in there. Very nice.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
en coatepeque gracias a ramenend, nos la bebimos en la tarde con los bichos jugando y es buena
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Sampled @ 9th AZ Strong Beer Festival. Aromas of bourbon and vanilla on the nose. Amber body with off white head. Good sweet sugary caramel flavor with the bourbon alcohol warming factored in. Some dry bitterness on the finish. Good stuff.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
2nd best beer of the AZ Strong Beer Festival. Noticeable bourbon, oak, vanilla and smoke marry well with this hoppy barleywine. Much better than expected. This 2006 version had mellowed considerably and showed caramel, brown sugar, and even a little maple syrup. Not as sticky sweet as some and not at all cloying. Tasty!!!
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