Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Munster, Indiana USA

Pink wax bottle, thanks to kramer17801. Pours a slightly hazy dark amber color with a small off-white head. Sweet malty dark fruit aroma with hints of caramel and hops. Sweet malty dark fruit and caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Warming malty finish with a citrus hoppy aftertaste.

Yellow wax bottle from my secret santa. Cloudy orange with a smallish head. Aroma of caramel, brown sugar and some raisins. The hops must have died back in the aging. I taste a bit of citrus, but not the super-hoppy pine and grapefruit that I read in past reviews. A bit of an alcoholic/medicinal aftertaste when it gets closer to room temperature.

Bottle... yellow wax. This thing has sat around very patiently waiting and it’s time has finally arrived. As it pours I start to pick up some of the sweet malt aroma and a whiff of brandy-like alcohol. Closer inspection and a little patience reveal a fairly dark brown body with some reddish highlights and a one finger tan head that has fled the scene fairly quickly. Aromas are of brandy, wine, brown sugar and some fig and date fruit. A touch of pine hops are there, too... This is very good, but my first thoughts are that I should have aged it a little longer to see if that hops bite would die back a bit. It has the lovely sweet and sticky malt body, but transitions into an alcoholic warmth and a hops blast that smacks of grapefruit peels and pine needles. This is silly good.

2007 yellow wax bomber, pours a cloudy amber with orange highlights, a creamy one finger orange tinted tan head, good lacing. Nice sweet malty aromas of caramel, toffee, candied dark fruits and some light citrus hops. Flavor has a bit of a time keeping up with the aroma; there is some presence of citrus hops, but there’s an undefinable slightly harsh undertone that takes over where I’d hope some maltiness would kick in. Overall it’s enjoyable, but not as smooth and mellow, or to the level I would hope.

Poured a rich hazy copper-amber body with a medium-sized off white head. Fruity bubblegum IT quality evident in other Three Floyds beers such as Dreadknaught. Like Dreadknaught on steroids. Very nice offering. Thanks to Ezra.

Bottle (2007 release) from EithCubes - Thanks Mike! Pours a dark copper with a modest beige head. Aroma is instantaneous and rich with sweet, sugary caramel malts, citrus, and pine. Tastes ever so smooth with tones of piney and citrus notes, caramel, brown sugar, and hints of bubble gum. Delightfully creamy palate and overall smooth easy drinker. Damn this is good.

had in a barley tasting, and it was definitly the stand out as the best, amongst other great ones. sweet full malts, and smooth finish. a good one.

22 oz bottle, pink wax - courtesy of Jeffin7, 2 year old bottle I believe. Dark clear amber with an off-white head. Plenty of PacNW hops and some oxidized/caramel character in the nose. Flavor has notes of toffee/caramel, dark fruits/raisins, molasses, tobacco, resinous pine and grapefruit; pleasantly hoppy. Full, round and creamy with moderate carbonation. Well-balanced, nice stuff.