Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine

draft at three floyds. fruity, sweet, big, nice. i liked it. great from tap but would like to try an aged version.

2006 yellow wax Bottle thanks to tearsforbeers!! A quest beer that I’ve been searching for since the beginning. Aroma has notes of citrus, almonds, and caramel. Hazy orange amber hue with a large cascading frothy off-white head that mostly diminished and left good lace. Flavor is sweet complex and bitter. Palate is full bodied and oily soft. Top notch barley wine that is so well done it’s hard to find any faults. One of the best BWs that should continue to get better with age. Bravo!

Awesome! Finesse, depth and many layered flavors. All I could think when drinking was, "Damn, this tastes like a caramel apple at the fair". Big and rich without being heavy and cloying like so many Barley wines. About as good as it gets!

Copper to golden brown in color with a thin tan head.Smell is sweet and very powerful. Pine and hops is the first thing I noticed followed by caramel and mandarin oranges.Tastes like Mandarin orange at first then pine and a bitter hops. It has a great sweet and bitter combination. Has a definate alcohol feel to it at 12.5%.Has a dry and bitter finish with very light carbonation.

22 oz. bottle - yellow wax; 2007 vintage; pours mostly clear and dark copper with frothy tan head dissipating to the edges; this one is quite strong on the nose with brown sugar, alcohol, leaves, musky wood and oranges; soft, light, fruity and sweet going down; smooth, but heat is obvious; had aged well from what i can tell; slightly bitter with caramel and fruit; lovely creamy texture as it warms; awesome stuff

22 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with brentfeesh. 2007 bottle. Pours a hazy golden amber with a thin off-white head that faded to a ring after two sips and left partial lace. Very pleasant aroma of caramel, oranges and alcohol. The flavor is caramel up front followed by some strong, almost prickly hops bitterness, which continues well beyond the swallow. There is noticeable flavor and heat from the alcohol as well, with the heat also lingering beyond the swallow. Not at all smooth. Full bodied. There are elements of this beer that I enjoyed, but overall, there are other barley wines I would reach for first.

Bottle from MaltOMeal at the February Houston Tasting. Thanks, Bill! Pours a thick cheddar orange with an aroma of strawberry kolache and sugar bread. Flavor is leafy, pond scum hops with weird fruit swirls. Thick mouthfeel. Eh, it’s okay.

2007 bottle sampled at the Hopsnobbery Collective barley wine tasting on 3.14.09. Cloudy amber color with a medium off-white head. Grainy malt aroma with some alcohol mixed in. Flavor is pretty much the same with some hop balance in the finish. Good stuff.