Sweetwater Donkey Punch!

Brewed by Sweetwater Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Atlanta, Georgia USA

2008 1L swingtop - Thanks Toby! - Pours amber with a small off white head...aroma is hop forward and sweet, flavour is similar, dark caramel malt, orange, hop bitterness and boozy...really enjoyed this.

I called in reenforcements for this guy. 1L. American style Barleywine here. Poured gold with a white head. Aroma of pine, citrus, caramel, and booze. Lots of citrus up front with a sweet candy finish. Excellent.

Thanks to Kan for this one again. Murky dark orange, medium beige, pancake head. Oxidized, medium caramel, sweet. Flavor is caramel, sherry, alc, sweet malt. Medium to thin and slightly watery. Oxidized and messy bit nice enough.

1L flip-top courtesy of gford217. I got an immediate whiff of toffee and hops when I popped the top. The color is a very nice orange with a sudsy head that immediately laced my snifter. Citrus aromas, oranges and orange rinds along with a toffee and rum-cake smell. It smells like an American Barleywine to me, specifically West Coast. Super sweet flavor that really seems to walk the line between DIPA and barleywine. It is so sweet and fruity that it is borderline cloying. I expected a little bitterness given the 91 IBU’s. This beer reminds me of Stone 10th Anniversary IPA, very sticky and sweet. This is a good beer but I should have shared the bottle, oh well. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 04-14-2008 01:20:09

Orange with small head. Aroma of Hops, Citrus, and Malts. Taste - Citrus, sweet, malty, and nice hops bite. Overall - It is a good beer, only my 2nd "barely wine" so can’t really speak for the category. But I will definitely try this one again as I could see myself having a few of these.

1 L bottle from kan! bottle in 07 that was in Kan’s fridge for almost a year.. pours hazy red with white head. nose of cane sugar. flavors are sugary, a touch oxidized, toffee. watery body that has a bit drying finish. the hops faded in this one. hopefully i get a chance to re-rate a fresher sample.

1 liter bottle from jmichael back when i visited ashville....pours a mostly opaque with a darker orange brown hue with a soapy white head..... aroma of somewhat papery caramel malt and dark fruits..... flavors remain consistent. some oxidized caramel malt and dried fruit. extremely light in the mouth and doesn’t have much substance like a barleywine should. fluffy carbonation

Appearance: Pours an opaque, mahogany-hued body with a frothy, creamy, whitish head with plenty of staying power. Smell: Sweetish, citrusy nose of grapefruit backed by an aroma of caramel and pale malts with a small whiff of good, clean alcohol. Taste: Initially sweet, with tastes of pale and caramel malts. Light herbal hints quickly followed by a large dose of juicy Red Blush grapefruit and orange fruitiness complete with a touch of citric acidity. Sure, the hop bitterness certainly remains, but it’s much, much more manageable now. Drying, bittersweet finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-full body. Medium-high carbonation. Drinkability: When initially released in August of 2007, this one was more akin to a Double IPA than a barleywine, but time has shifted the scales back towards barleywine. Personally, I feel it could stand a bit more time away in the cellar. Shame on Sweetwater for failing to re-brew this one since it’s 2007 inception, instead opting to give us more Road Trip.