 Nephilium (424), Ohio, USA
May 21, 2007
From 2007 bottle. Pours a cloudy amber, reminding me of apple cider, no head to be seen. Strong fruit aroma, with underlying sweetness. Fairly thin mouthfeel, sweet fruity flavor with strong hints of alcohol with a long bitter finish. At this point, it seems vastly overrated and overpriced. I’ll see how the one that I’ve got in the cellar ages and revisit it in a year or so. Hopefully it matures into something much better, or else I’ll stick to more reasonably priced, better barleywines.
travita (737), Lewisville, Texas, USA
Sep 3, 2008 Deep amber to light brown in color with an almost tan colored head. clear like. Smell is caramel, sugary sweetness, malts, and hops. Taste is malts, brown sugar, molasses, and honey. Thicker beer that hides the alcohol well.
fredandboboflo (507), East Setauket, New York, USA
Aug 30, 2008 Bottle, 2008. Aroma of massive toffee and caramel with notable smatterings of citrusy hops. Flavor again huge toffee and caramel maltiness along with citrus, grapefruit, mango. Sweet but never sugary, balanced just enough. A little heavy for me on the palate. Still though, huge flavors and definitely worthy even if my rating is a bit below its average.
LilBeerDoctor (508), East Setauket, New York, USA
Aug 29, 2008 2008 bottle courtesy of inkubus27 (thanks Tim!) Pours a medium-colored brown with a small light tan foamy head. Aroma of brown sugar, molasses, citrusy hops, raisin bread. Very interesting and a nice balance of bitter citrusy hops to the malty sweetness. Flavor is a bit sweet--lots of citrusy and caramel malt, lemon iced tea, and apple skins. Nice and flavorful. Not overly sweet like a lot of barleywines I’ve had recently. Wow, I’m a bit tipsy now but I would definitely not have guessed that this beer was 12%!! No alcohol presence whatsoever. I had this beer aged in bourbon at a beer fest earlier than this year, but in my opinion, this beer is best as is. Awesome stuff and pretty similar to SN Bigfoot. I’m not usually a barleywine fan, but this was a really superb beer.
scraff (1662), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Aug 23, 2008 Pink Wax - Dark hazy coppery crimson, thin creamy white head. Complex aromas of orange marmalade and floral pine ride undercurrents of sherry, burnt brown sugar, and swirls of black cherry. Big sticky bitter pine and orange flavors weave through notes of musty caramel and cherry molasses. 12% warms throughout. Massive full bodied, soft carbonation, bittersweet finish. An awesome barley wine that has aged gracefully...
AndrewKScott (340), Lemont, Illinois, USA
Aug 22, 2008 Purple Wax. Bought this to celebrate living through my first week of law school. Dark red pour with off white head. Very piney nose, with some citrus, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, and cherry notes. Taste is a bit sweet but balanced by the piney, spicey hops, Orange peel, apricot, and grapefruit as well . I get some cherry and caramel, with the alcohol noticeable but not offensive. Mouthfeel is almost syrupy, a bit creamy. Finish is dry hops. This is the definitive example of a barley wine, worth the price
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