7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

25/3/2023. Bottle from CentrAle, Newcastle. Shared at SBGP1. Pours clear mid-brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of treacle, syrup, biscuit, dark fruits, wood and cherry. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness and body. Creamy with soft carbonation. Not bad but seemed a little muddled.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo, who needs some consolation in these days - maybe Italians are not as good in Barley Wines as the Englishmen]. Minimally cloudy, brown-ish ruby colour with small, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, off-white to beige head. Intense, malty aroma, notes of caramel, marzipan, a touch of toffee. Taste is sweet and bitter, malty notes of caramel, marzipan, a touch of toffee, bitter, minimally papery, hoppy counterpart, rather well hidden alcohol; minmally warming finish. Creamy to viscous texture, smooth and soft, slightly cloying palate, fine, soft to flat carbonation. A bit monotonous, not really worth to consume that amount of alcohol with a single beer.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle split at L6, thanks to Leighton, 20/11/19. Dark mahogany brown with a decent beige cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is sweet malts, toffee, dusty fruits, light oxidation. Taste comprises fruit cake, caramel, brown sugars, tangy fruit rinds, biscuit, light spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Not bad.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared at the Columbus tasting 20/11/2019. Many thanks. A clear amber brown coloured pour witha beige head. Aroam is head. Aroma is mint, brown malts, airy, oxidisaed. Falvour is composed of semi sweet, raisin, white grape, brwon sugars, . Flavour is composed of semi sweet, brown sugars, rasin , low carboantion. Stciky. Ok.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up at Pigs Ear 2018, I think. Pours deep copper, clear, with a small, foamy tan head. Great beer, lovely example of the style, lots of rich malts, dried semi-dark fruits, a little earth, toffee, toasted bread. Medium to full bodied, lightly chewy, with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish, more dried fruits, toasted bread and caramel, mellow bitterness. Nicely cohesive. Solid. 

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

20th November 2019
Thanks to LKS. Almost clear deep amber beer, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth malts, plenty of sweetish caramel and toffee. Ripe citrus peel and ripe fruits. Modest spice. Light finish.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty dark fruit and caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel and dark fruit finish.