 swoopjones (1862), Buffalo, New York, USA
Feb 1, 2008 On tap @ Coles Buffalo NY. Pours deep reddish brown. Sweet aroma with floral hops, dried fruit character.with hint of rubbing alcohol smell. Pretty full flavor & body. Sweet malts followed again by dried fruit & some alcohol taste. Definately a sipper
blipp (1612), Newark, New Jersey, USA
Jan 30, 2008 Bottle. Pours a dark red/brown with a beige head. Sweet malt and floral hop aroma with some fruit notes of berry and citrus. Medium/full bodied with notes of sweet malt, flowery hops, red berry, and caramel. This beer kicks you in the face. Awesome!
Fish (439), Kure, Japan
Jan 29, 2008 Pours a slightly cloudy deep orange red, minimal tan head. The aroma is not particularly strong-- mainly alcohol, some fruit. The best part about this barleywine is that while the alcohol is present in such a high concentration it is not detrimental to the flavor or palate. It only provides a pleasant dryness and warmth. This is a fantastic beer!
Drink4Satan (585), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Jan 29, 2008 Pours an opaque deep amber colour with a minimal tan head that fades quickly. The aroma is a magnifisent display of malt sweetness, candy sugar, and fruity hops with seemingly low bitterness. Well so much for seemingly low bitterness, cuz these hops definitely pack a punch in the flavour. This barley wine has an especially vinous character and is extremely quaffable given the alcohol presence and actual content. Plum, brown sugar, red grapes, toffee and honeydew make up the malty-sweet backbone with citric hops and malted barley coming through up front. The finish is port-like, but a little thin and muted, making the fnish surprisingly clean and dry. The abv is well hidden on the palate, but you can’t hide booze from the throat and chest. The mouthfeel is intially slick,but finishing dry.
gunnfryd (3539), Kristiansand, Norway
Jan 27, 2008 Bottle. Dark golden colour with a beige head. Aroma is alcohol, fruit, licorice. Flavour is hop, fruit, alcohol, licorice, malt. Lovely beer.
apshah99 (137), Portland, Oregon, USA
Jan 26, 2008 Bright malty aroma, dark amber color; not much of a head. Wonderful caramel fruity taste with tart hoppy finish. Excellent carbonation and smooth on the palate. It isn’t too sweet or syrupy or winey, and the alcohol is very well disguised; very drinkable. Another victory for my taste!
illidurit (851), Santa Cruz, California, USA
Jan 26, 2008 Poured into the ol’ snifter. A finger and a half of french vanilla colored head slowly emerges upwards from a dark murky brown body. Head is quick to regress and leaves only a thin halo and little lacing.
Sweet mellow fruit on the nose, maybe melon, fig, overripe plum. Molasses.
New England maple syrup, toffee, sticky hops, maybe even pecan as far as flavor notes. You can’t taste the alcohol but you can feel it in your chest, an excellent winter beer.
Thick syrupy body finishes surprisingly dry. Alcohol warmth is pleasant. Exemplary carbonation.
A very drinkable 11% beer.
Snojerk321 (1911), San Diego, California, USA
Jan 26, 2008 12oz bottle from BevMo Carmel Mountain. Citrus hoppy aroma with banana bread and some malty fruitiness. Pours a dark transparent amber with a big off-white head with excellent retention. Very nice lacing. Malty up front with caramel, fruit, and light banana bread. Citrus hops in the finish, but not as much as I anticipated considering it only a few months old. Alcohol covered up very well, a touch of burn is really only noticeable if you’re looking for it. More malt and more fruit compared to some hopped up American barley wines (not that I have a problem with hopped up barley wines). Very nice.
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