4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
If this got wider distribution, I could see it being regarded as an exceptionally good beer. Pours opaque and hazy with a deep chestnut color. Huge, complex flavors, ranging from earthy and woody notes to complex hoppy, sausage, fruity veins. Some alcohol, but all around just a mammoth barleywine. I would recommend aging. Bottle bought at the coop grocery store in Concord, NH.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
22 oz bottle. Pours dark, somewhat muddy brown with some garnet edges if you look real hard. One finger khaki head. Aroma is burnt sugar and coffee beans. Some charred wood and a little bit of toffee. No where near as sweet as I was expecting. Same in the flavor. More coffee with some hoppiness. This did not taste anything like any barlywine I’ve had before. I was a bit disappointed, because I had my heart set on that sweet barlywine taste. It wasn’t a bad beer, just not what I wanted.
3.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
22 oz bomber purchased from Bert’s. Thick swampy brown pour into a snifter. Nose is filled with lots of malt, caramel, burnt sugar and some dark fruit. Sweet malt on the tongue, dark fruit on the finish. Booze is slightly present at the end. Almost no carbonation & thick mouthfeel. If the label hadn’t said Barley Wine, I would put this in the catagory as an Imperial Brown Ale. Tasty (& local, all the better).
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a deep tawny brown color with a good sized khaki head that slowly dissipates to a cap on top. The aroma’s are kind of bold and intense with brown sugar, caramel, and chocolate playing the dominant roles. Hints of toffee, burnt sugar, ethanol, and a light bit of earthy hops round out the nose quite nicely. The flavor is rich with a good amount of malty sweetness. Caramel, brown sugar and chocolate again make up the brunt of the flavor. Light dark fruits, ethanol, melanoids, earthy hop flavor round out the flavor. Medium to thick body with a light to moderate level of carbonation and a sweet almost syrupy mouthfeel. This is a very clean well made great tasting beer. It reminds me of a big brown ale at times more than it does a barleywine, but I enjoyed the hell out of it just the same.
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