Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine

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

07 bottle release. Pours dark amber brown with a small brown head. Huge caramel, toffee, rum, raisin aroma. Smells thick and malty with a hop presence in the background. The flavor is big time fruity sweet with cherries, apricot, raisins, plums, chocolate, caramel, and toffee. The tartness of the beer sets in next with the cherry flavor taking the forefront. Then the piney bitter finish. Very thick body with powerful flavors that are all in harmony. This is a great barleywine. It’s why I love barleywines actually. The sweet and sour flavors complement eachother like in no other beer I’ve had.

2009 bottle from De Bierkoning. Deep amber, clear with a yellowish, creamy and lacing head. Complex hoppy aroma- at first just grapefruit, then more floral notes as well as the bready maltiness appears. Good bready and hoppy flavours, citrus, warming alcohol, caramel. Full-bodied. Complex and well-balanced in all its extremity. Wondeful.

2007 bottle. Poured a dark, clear amber with almost no head. Nose is floral hop forward with lots of fruity esters and alcohol. Medium to full body with soft carbonation and a syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor is very sweet and fruity with a solid caramel backbone. Lots of malt and floral notes. Finishes sweet with lots of warming alcohol.

Time to catch up before BCTC. Bottle at PilsnerPeter’s Spring Throwdown. Thank to everyone who brought great beer and ribs and pickles and everything! Medium dark orange. Ripe orange in wood box aroma. Toasty caramel biscuits with arangy hop bitter finish. Sticky.

Blue Wax bought at Ølbutikken. Clear orange look with a thick baige head. Lots of grape and pine in the aroma, which got me exited, since i usually dont like Barley wines withaout loads of hops. Along with the hops comes some sweet caramel/toffee notes, rye and nuts. First flavor impression was very complex yet very drinkable. Complex sweetness, good amount of hop bitterness and warming alchohol. Sticky palate. Awsome!

Bottle @ Ölbutikken. Amber color with a small white head. strong sweet hoppy aroma citrus grass pine. Taste is strong powerfull with a lot of hops citrus grapefruit earthly undertone some alcohol but very well balanced.

Bouteille de 22 oz partagée lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal chez Glouglouburp. Arôme: Odeur d’houblon et de caramel légèrement sucré avec une pointe de vanille. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée. Présence d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel fruité avec une pointe de pamplemousse et d’alcool. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement fruité. (Rating #2506)

Damn. Rating #667 for this beer. 666 would have been sweet. Caught 4 bottles of 07 @ $5 a pop. Had 08 on draft. Nothing in comparison. Bottle better, so rated. Deep hazy ruby amber. Thick, smooth, enduring tan head. Smell is just, wow! Overload of citrus, caramel and fruit in the nose. Taste is big. Sticky. Cherries, berries, citrus, pine, and caramel. Impressive hops year+ after bottling. Warming, but not apparently hot. Almost an oaky edge. 1299 would be reasonable. Just too pricy to indulge. Savor.