 tytoanderso (1152), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
May 10, 2008
22oz bottle. Fairly straightforward barley wine. Resiny aroma. Pine sap, caramel, toffee, yadda yadda yadda. Really nothing to differentiate this BW from any other domestic offering. Pours a bright, clear, rich copper with a very thin white head. Sweet with plenty of sticky pine on the tongue. Near cloying in its sweetness. Oaky dryness. Vanilla, toffee and caramel. Medium bodied with an acrid and almost abrasive finish. Thanks Nelson!
doubleo (683), San Diego, California, USA
Jul 26, 2008 22oz bottle to the dome. Better than I was expecting. Pouras dark, hazy amber with a thin, crisp, offwhite head, no lace. Smells malty sweet and slightly spicy. Maybe with some hops and a bit of alcohol as well. Tastes malty sweet and spicy hoppy with some alcohol. Tastes a lot like a hoppy barleywine. Full body, good carbonation.
TURDFERGUSON (1021), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
Jul 22, 2008 Tasted at the Carolina Crew gathering, Greenville - thanks to ucusty for sharing! Nose has a lot of hops. Flavor has a good bit of hops too. Surprise. Pretty nicely balanced and alcohol pretty well hidden. Not too much to complain about besides this tasting very similar to almost every other 3 Floyds beer I have had. Its good though.
Magic_dave6 (3536), London, England
Jul 22, 2008 Bottle at the RBESG08 Grand tasting. Alround rating: Great beer, huge caramalt sweet malt character balanced by an amazing peachy citrus hop character. Soo tasty i managed to get 2 samples.
bager (1900), Copenhagen N, Denmark
Jul 22, 2008 Bottle. Hazy reddish and golden coloured with a medium sized off-white head. Quite well balanced - and luckely, zero to none of the horrible banana flavour. Phew! Robust and malty - quite complex and interesting.
bierkoning (4636), La Tropica, Netherlands
Jul 22, 2008 Bottle @ DTS. Reddish amber color. Banana and mango in the aroma. Firm flowery, oily hopbitter flavor, hiding the fruity notes. Burning alcohol. Earthy hopbitter aftertaste. Balance could be a bit better.
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