 dchmela (775), Orlando, Florida, USA
Sep 12, 2008 Draft at the brewpub. Deep reddish brown pour. Malty sweet aroma with hints of caramel and hops. Taste is big malt body with notes of caramel malt and coca cola with a mellow hop spiciness. Much more of a brit style barley wine IMO. Very good.
Rogueone (372), I F&ckin’ hate those guys from, Ohio, USA
Jul 15, 2008 Sample @ TB Brewing: This one fell a little flat for me. Pours a butterscotch/ruby color with barely any head whatsoever. Initial taste is a malty blast to the palate, with cloying sweetness. With this much alcohol, feels very watery on the palate. Just sort of unbalanced, and too sweet upfront overall to me.
BeerVirgin72 (599), C-Bus, Ohio, USA
Jun 15, 2008 Had on tap at the brewery. I love a sweet sticky barley wine and this was right up my alley. All malt, caramels, and sticky sweet fruit. Loved it.
1FastSTi (2408), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
Jun 10, 2008 Tap at the brewery. Pours to a deep maple syrup colored body with a really long lasting creamy off-white with a yellowish tinge head. The flavor has a strawberry hop thing going on with a sweet barley flavor. Very smooth for a 10% beer. Malty and velvety. Rich. The aroma is much like the flavor in that the strawberries are there with a cereal grain. Very drinkable given the alcohol content. I’d end up in trouble if drinking full glasses of it. Long lingering sweetness.
markwise (287), Satellite of Love, Florida, USA
Jun 2, 2008 This is an incredibly sweet and smooth barley wine. I liked it a LOT. It has sweet caramel, and a medicinal whiskey aroma with an oaky bourbon-ness also. The alcohol is hidden behind the sweetness, and for all the hops they clam the finish is the only hop taste, and it is very subtle. Good stuff.
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