Bottle at Jack & Leighton’s birthday celebration, thanks to Colin. It pours deep red-brown with a small beige head. The nose is wood, varnish, pine, sweet toffee, honey and spice. The taste is wood, varnish, leather, alcohol, earth, rye bread and some bitterness with a very dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Not much to it really. Not enough body and a bit too alcoholic, but ok.

It pours out of the bottle a brown/red color with a purple hazy bottom. There wasn’t any head even after several aggressive pours. The lacing is very light and spotty. Some sediment at the bottom appears. The smell has some dark fruits, malts and a light roasted chocolate. The taste has the hops come out pretty strong with some nice malts coming in to play. The palate is medium with a subdued carbonation on the tongue and mouth, moderately drinkable. Overall, I liked this for me, and its good for style as well.

I believe this was a bottle from 2010. Aroma has lots of malt character. Some caramel, toffee and raisin. A hint of oxidation showing with some honey an a touch of wet cardboard. The hop character is quite subdued with just a hint of a dank, woody hop note. A hint of a chocolate character as well. Light alcohol note. Pours a rather cloudy brown with some amber highlights. Thin, slightly off white head that recedes to a thin layer. Slight lacing and moderate legs. Flavor starts with sweet caramel and toffee with a hint of a cracker note. A light roast and burnt toast flavor present as well. Some sweet fruitiness - raisin and plum. Medium spicy alcohol flavor in the finish. Moderately strong bitterness, but quite balanced with the alcohol and malt. A touch of hop astringency. Light woodsy hop flavor. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium carbonation. It's a bit thin and watery though. Alcohol warmth is moderate. Astringency is low but present. Overall this is a good barleywine but nothing amazing. It has a $5.99 price tag on it and for that price this bomber is a steal; I imagine it costs more now. The hop character has mostly faded away but there was still a bit to the beer. The oxidation is starting to show, but in a decent way - more honey than wet paper. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Split a 22oz bottle three ways. Poured a slightly hazy dark amber color with a medium/small off-white head. Not sure how old the bottle is (no brewed on or best by date) so it may have been a little old. There are certainly notes of hops in here, with a strong malt backing. Sweet caramel malt notes. Alcohol legs on this one, it’s a bit boozy, but just enough bitterness to cut through it.

A -1 finger tan head - dark hazy brown S - Simcoe hops, maple syrup, roasted malts T - sweet and hoppy. Simcoe and citra hops, wheat, maple syrup. Lots of Malts and nice dry hop finish M - 50/50 carbonation, dry finish O - nice. Solid B

22 oz. bottle, sent from Glouglouburp (thanks Dany), pours a murky reddish / orangey brown with a small beige head. Aroma of brown sugar, intense dry hops and heaps of caramel / toffee. Flavour is sort of a mess - toffee and loads of hops that seemed jammed in there without any design. Quite unrefined for a barley wine - maybe it'd do better with aging, but this just seems like a mess. Still fairly decent.

Bottled. A dark red-brown beer with a thin head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, caramel, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, malt, alcohol, and hops, leading to a bitter finish.

22 fl oz bottle. Pours dark amber to brown with a small white head. Aroma is spiced and slight caramelish and light breadish. Bitter, malty and dry caramelish. Ends bone dry and solid bitter. Solid dry finish.