2.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle from Tring Brewery. Clear reddish brown colour, no head. There’s bubbles in the bottle but no carbonation detectable in taste. Nose is caramel, alcohol, sweet barley. Taste is flat-ish and dull, there’s caramel and sweetness and touch of bitterness but little else. I expect a strong ale to have way more flavour than this.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled (from Utobeer). Deep amber colour, small white head. Aroma is sweet malts, some quite hoppy notes, mild spices as well as some slight alcohol sweetness. Flavour is rather sweet malts, alcohol, some toasted notes as well as quite big on the hops. Wellbalanced and rather pleasantly balanced.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
IPhone review... Booooo. Poured out a medium mahogany brown with a head that vanished. Has a fair-sized sweet fruity caramel toasty aroma. Faint grain - not a lot of complexity but good stuff. Tasty stuff that comes across as something that I’ll get bored of but its flavors are better than I assume they are. A touch burnt, roasty, tasty spices, light pepper, lighter licorice at a slightly sweet level, caramel, some grainial sugar, very tasty! In the end I never wavered towards boredom. Perfect carbonation with a light oily feel. Good stuff.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml brown bottle. Dark red-brown colour, clear. Small off white cap that recedes to a faint thin layer of foam on the surface. No lacing. Aroma has some toffee/caramel sweetness, brown sugar, and some fruity malt. In the mouth the beer is toffee-ish and sweet up front, notes of nutty dark chocolate, mid way some dark fruits come out. Finish has a suggestion of nutty malt, dry, almost woody note with a light hop presence. Medium body, tingly mouthfeel. A nice English strong ale, not feeling it as a barley wine though.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
330ml bottle pours a deep amber color with a small off-white head and little lacing. Aroma is roasted malts and a hint of smokiness. Taste is roasted malty sweetness and a bit of smokiness and alcohol with a mild hoppy finish. A pretty good low alcohol barley wine.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
The pour is a deep amber body with notes of golden copper and small but sustained beige head. The nose is moderately hopped with a light caramel and biscuit malt with light roast. Tasting this one is much like the nose, but more robust with light licorice and burnt wood with a light chocolate note. Smooth and bitter on the finish with a very nice drinkability.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Viti’s, Vancouver; bb 03/02/12
Beautiful dark amber color, bright; medium sized compact head. The aroma has caramel, slightly oxidized malts, some vegetables. Some caramel and malt flavor, again with traces of vegetables; but the lean body and moderate sweetness identify this as a Strong Ale but not as a Barley Wine; although the alcohol content is not extreme, it can be clearly perceived. Correct bitterness, the final is also a bit nutty.
Pleasant brew, with no excitement though.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
330mL bottle, pours a clear dark copper / red with a small off-whie head. Aroma is more reminiscent of that of an English Strong Ale - bready caramel malts, toasted nuts, with toffee and some mild sweetness. Flavour is rich in English caramel malts, toasted hazelnuts, some brown sugar with a mild sweetness. Hard to call this a barley wine; nevertheless, solid for what it is.
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