Pink labelled 22oz bottle. I think it is from either 2009 or 2010.Aroma has a light hop character but it is mostly sweet malt. Lots of caramel, light cracker and hints of toffee. Some fruit notes of raisin and fig. Pours a slightly cloudy copper amber with some light brown noted. Thin light tan head that quickly recedes to the edges. Medium light lacing and medium small legs. Medium hop character with moderately strong bitterness. Light alcohol spice in the finish. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth.Overall an alright beer but the malt complexity isn?t amazing and is way too one dimensionally caramel. Definitely an American style barleywine with a lot of hop character and bitterness even after a few years. Some light oxidation is starting to show through. Flavor is fairly sweet with a lot of caramel and toffee notes with some faint cracker character. Medium light golden raisin note along with some fig and cherry. Updated for 2013 bottle: Aroma has a lot more hop character, still not dominant but more noticeable with a nice grapefruit and pine resin character. No oxidation with a nice, assertive bitterness and moderate hop favor. Pretty nice malt character with less of the fruit and honey notes. Upping my score from 3.6 to 3.8.

Haven’t had a barleywine in while i believe but this fits the cooler temps well. pours ruby copper with thin filmy head. Nose is hoppy and some childrens cold medicine. tastes of piney hops, some red fruits, grapes, leaves, caramel, and boozy finish. pleasant sipper not too sweet

Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks kerenmk. Clear deep amber with a beige head. Aroma of stale hops, malt, caramel, a bit of cookies and some fruitiness. Sweet flavor, malty, cookie-ish, caramelly, with some fruitiness, stale hops, a light salty note and a bitter finish with some alcohol. Medium to full-bodied.

On tap at Avery. Poured a clear medium amber with a thin white head. The aroma is grassy pine needle hop. The flavour is strong bitter with a big malt liqourice palate. Nice to taste but a standard DIPA at the end of the day.

Draft sampled at the brewpub. Pours clear amber with a cream head. Aroma of grapefruit, caramel, toffee, pine, resin. Flavour is over moderate sweet and bitter. Light full bodied with soft carbonation.

Poured from the bottle a nice medium gold with a decent head that faded quickly into a fine layer with some lacing.

The smell is of sweet carmel but some hoppiness was also present.

The taste is a good mix of malt and hops with the malt being big and bold(lots of caramel) up front and the hops takes over in the middle and dominates the finish to give it a bitterness that I liked.The alcohol is pretty well hidden but at +9%, I don't get that warming feeling that I'm used to in this style.

Overall, it's not the smoothest barleywine style ale I've tried but it's a good one that I'd buy again.

Growler from Joe Canal’s in Lawrenceville, NJ. Lightly hazy copper red color. small bubbly white head. Aroma of burnt sugar and spicy hops with a metallic twinge. Bittersweet dark caramel flavor that combines with spicy, peppery hops. I detect brown butter, Worcestershire, piney hops and grapefruit peel. Finishes dry and bitter with a burnt maltiness.

Detta öl doftar fantastiskt fruktigt och gott. Smaken lever dessvärre inte upp till doftupplevelsen. Men här finns en tydlig smak av humle och med en trevlig och balanserad beska som ligger kvar länge i gommen. Hade bara velat ha den lite fylligare och en tydligare eftersmak där inte enbart beskan tar över.