 GAManiac (1120), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Apr 28, 2008 Nice brownish ruby color with a thick foamy one-finger head that dissipates fairly quickly. Carbonation continued to rise to the middle throughout which led to significant head regeneration. Sugary molasses and malts with a strong representation of sweet dark fruits. Slight burning in the nostrils from the alcohol. As with the smell, sugar and malts dominate the taste with a very pleasant fruit taste. The alcohol also makes its presence felt at bit. Aftertaste of caramel and sticky toffee. Significant carbonation and alchol left the tongue tingling after each sip. Definitely a sticky, syrupy sweetness throughout. Despite the alcohol content and it’s presence in the taste, this is a very drinkable barleywine. Definitely a sipper, though.
Tweety (336), Vancouver, Washington, USA
Apr 23, 2008 Updated: May 23, 200812 oz. bottle. A dark ruby pour with a little bit of slightly off-white head. The aroma is a citrusy hops, lots of grapefruit with a lot of sweet malt character. A sweet malty flavor, balanced well with a slight citric hops finish. The alcohol is a little too much, and not quite well-balanced enough, but all in all a good beer.
Veer (355), Landskrona, Sweden
Apr 20, 2008 Aroma: mm, lovely, vanilla, strawberry, liqueur, obscene malt. Fat, fudgy, hoppy.
Flavour: delicious, sweet, full-bodied, liquorish, malty, nutty with nice hoppy / roasted aftertaste. Alcoholic bitterness... coffee.
Palate:good, fluffy, creamy, fizzy... oily.
Appearance: rustbrown body (only the slightest fogginess) yellowish head.
Davinci (295), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Apr 18, 2008 Bottle thanks to 17thfloor. Pours a deep translucent amber with thin tan head. Head fades quickly to nothing. Citrus, dark fruit, and plastic dominate the nose. Flavors are dark fruit, mild citrus, wood, slight vanilla. Finishes sweet and bitter at the same time. Leaves behind sticky resinous feeling, bitter and plasticy. Body is mildly syrupy with minor carbonation. This seems out of balance to me and somewhat overdone. Im not really seeing the reason for such high ratings on this one.
jake65 (1657), Williston, North Dakota, USA
Apr 17, 2008 Bottle: Deep amber with a nice, creamy tan head. Nose is Hoppy and fresh with citrus. Light bits of maltiness and dark fruits. Flavor is sweet and rich with caramel, brown sugar, and candied fruits. Underlying maltiness softens the citrus hop presence, but in a good, succulent way. Nice and creamy palate. An excellent brew.
jeffwilliams11 (310), hooterville, Michigan, USA
Apr 13, 2008 not too bad. really nothing special at all though. this is just an everyday, run-of-the-mill barleywine.
Taverner (822), San Ramon, California, USA
Apr 12, 2008 Aroma was almost non existent. Pours a hazy caramel with minimal head. First taste is a dry, bitter palate cruncher with a little sweetness behind the hops. Not an over the top malty Barleywine, but instead an understated dry beer with a nice balanced hoppiness that sticks around.
ebrowner88 (113), Rice, Minnesota, USA
Apr 11, 2008 I had a sample of this at the Victory Brewery. I was already a few pints in to the experience when the bar keep pulled a sample of this off for me. Brown color, head was lighter color then the beer. Great malt taste and warm mouth feel. Room spinning, then stopping, then leaning. Then "stop touching me" then "you guys have any cashews?" followed by "let me try one of those golden monkeys."
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