Traquair 900

Brewed by Traquair
Style: Barley Wine
Innerleithen, Borders, Scotland

Serve in Snifter

Deep dark amber colored with little yellow head. Velvety aroma with vinous tones, some oaky-vanilla and toffee notes also finely present with nice alcohol. Interesting mix of BW and IS. Medium to full bodied, soft velvety palated. Flavor is also smooth with same whiskey vanilla notes, sweetness comes strongly up. Aftertaste lasts with mild alcohol and fine whiskey tone. I like this.

Bottle, Ale Cellar, Darlington. Poured a dark reddy brown with a tan head which disappeared to nothing. Aroma was malty with spices, dark fruit and chocolate jostling for posession;and the flavour was subtly sweet and shared plenty of these components with a pleasantly warming alco-buzz. Rich and somewhat vinous. Definitely one to savour. A worthy brew to bring up my quadruple century !

Bottled. Black color, lasting off-white head. Aroma is very malty, some fruit and peat. Malty taste.

Brewed 2007, best before March 2017! Bottle thanks big time to Andrew who sent this all the way from Edinburgh to Utah! Thanks mate. Pours a ruby color with a small off-white head. An amazing nose; full of rich berries, sweet candies, alcohol, toffee and perhaps some prunes. The taste was awesome; sweet and juicy berries, currants especially. Some chocolates, nutty and sweet malt too. Very interesting, more like a strong old ale than a barley wine though. So many fresh berries, just decadent. Scotland shows her muscle with this one. Awesome. I need more.

Bottle bought @ Cornelius, Edinburgh. Aroma has a lot of malts, dark fruits, hint of peat/smoke and a hint of honey. Quite unusual. Black coloured with a lastig, off-white head. Taste is sweet, slightly bitter has malts, toffee, rasin/dark fruits, some chocolate. Some raters note figs. Very likely that was what I could not determine when drinking. One bottle left so.. Rerate! ;) Enjoyable, special beer.

Bottle at Winking Lizard. Dark cola-brown color with a medium thin ivory white head that dissipates slowly. Latticework lacing on the glass. The aroma has some smoke in the background, punctuated by pitted fruits and chocolate malt. Rich body with flavors of plum, figs, malt and molasses. The finish is sweet and chewy with a caramel malt and raisin aftertaste. Very interesting and enjoyable overall.

Thanx to BeerVirgin for sharing this. Pours a dark cola color with a nice beige lacing head.The nose was og cherry brandy.Flavor was sweet and boozy with the dark fruits coming out.The finish was warming.

Dark brown, small, short-lived beige head. Strong, sugary, malt-heavy nose of prune and alcohol. Flavor is more of the same: sugary malt with fruit and almond. Nice malty barley wine, though I’m not a big fan of the style.