American style barleywine (90 IBU, mind you) by what is one of the very best craft brewers of Hungary for me - looking forward to this. Membrane-lacing, yellowish egg-white, moussy, bit irregular yet dense and thick, frothy head, initially clear warm and deep, pure amber robe with coppery glow, turning misty only in the end when the sediment goes into the glass - a beautiful look for this style for sure. Intense bouquet of candied orange, preserved grapefruit peel, caramel liqueur, soggy toast, old honey, persimmon, hot olive oil, dried fig, wild cranberries, vermouth, Graham crackers, unsalted peanuts, pine resin, toasted garlic, wormwood, caramelized onion rings, chestnut wood, cognac, hint of toffee. Sweet, concentrated onset, dried fig, persimmon, fried apple peel, softish carb with very full, oily and vinous mouthfeel; full-on maltiness in the middle, layers of hard caramel, peanut, toast crust and sweet crackers, nutty and a tad toffeeish here and there, with a toasty-bitterish tail drenched in good old New World hoppiness, assuming colours of grapefruit, fried onion and pine, whilst strongly amplifying the bitterness in a long, drying, resinous finish, heated up by a glow of armagnac-like alcohol which accentuates the flavours rather than interfering with them too much. Once again my faith in this brewery proves me right: this is a classically made, but stunningly beautiful, sophisticated, elegant yet bold, rich U.S. style barleywine just like I was hoping. It has been ages since I had one of those and this Hungarian interpretation brings back sweet and cherished memories of actual American barleywines I had years ago. Text book barleywine for me, highly recommended.