4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
660ml bottle, 2010 vintage
Pours dark orange with a bubbly and sticky white head. Strong malty aroma with notes of caramel, hops, alcohol and herbal notes. Bitter and malty taste with a lot of hops, fruity notes and some spices. Full bodied, sticky and warming finish. Quite similar than Sierra Nevada’s Bigfoot, but a lot stronger.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
650 ml bottle. 2010 version.
Pours a cloudy amber colour with a small, lacy, white head. Aroma of caramel malts, anise and herbs. Flavour of caramel malts, toffee, anise and dried fruits. Loads of bitter hops and still in great shape. Full bodied, smooth mouthfeel and a long, bitter and light fruity finish. Alcohol comes through only a little, but balances the flavour nicely. Not too sweet. Nice barley wine.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
65 cl bottle vintage 2010 (11,1%) @ home
Aroma is rather heavy and sweet with exotic fruits, some fruit sugar and hints of vanilla. Flavour is rather hoppy and somewhat fruity with sugar. Dry finish with lingering hops. Typical american BW, reminds me of Sierra Nevada Bigfoot. A bit too sweet for me.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
66cl bottle. Advice - do not drink this straight from the fridge - taste will be verrrry bitter. Let this opened for a half hour before starting drinking... Pours deep amber. Nose is very complex: some exotic fruit, light brown sugar (aka in Flanders as kinnekessuiker http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassonade), some floral notes and finally some "petrol" (scent from old German Riesling wines). Bitterness overrules the mouth with some smokiness in the finish (chocolate hint as well). Not overwhelmed when it was at fridge tempretature, astounished when it was at room temperature. Nice beer!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a cloudy brown with a thin tan head that leaves a bit of lacing. Huge aroma of dark fruits, vanilla, caramel, and a hint of alcohol. Taste is caramel, some fruit, a hint of vanilla, some wood, and alcohol. Alcohol warms as it goes down. Aftertaste is somewhat sweet. Slick on the palate.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pour amber with a small white head.
Aroma is packed with fruits, malts, caramel, vanilla. Quite fruity.
Taste is quite sweet, with a long fruity aftertaste.
Oily body, with an average aftertaste.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
2008 bottle...pours a hazy amber color with a medium tan head...nice lacing and retention. Aroma has candied fruits and vanilla. Flavor follows suit but adds good earthy hoppiness to balance the sweetness...almost oaky at the finish. Moutheel is medium/full with a dry, bitter, oaky finish that warms and lingers.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
75 cl. bottle (Early 2009). Colour was Dark brown almost black with a very little foam (dark brown). Aromas are very dark. Caramel, Dark Sugars, not as much alcohol as one should have expected. Taste is incredible. Lots of bitterness and malty flavours, but still totally balanced. AQ Very good Barleywine. Can only be recommended.
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