12 ounce bottle from Crown #19 (I think) in Carmel, IN. 2010 batch. Pours a hazy copper with a thin tan head that quickly fades. Large floating particles. Aroma of toffee, toasted malts, raisin and faint hops. The taste is toffee, citrus, raisin, bitter hop finish. Medium-full bodied. Nice beer. Its been months since I’ve had a barleywine so this hits the spot. Winter here I come! Incidentally, rating #4444.

Shared from 22oz bottle. Poured a dark amber color, fluffy off-white head. Aroma was touches of dark fruit, alcohol. Flavor was warming alcohol, touches of dried fruits. A bit too hot for warmer weather, even early spring.

bottle(courtesy StFun) at Morrie’s tasting(12Nov10)pours dark ruby red with a medium tan head. Aroma is toffee and caramel, very rich with some tobacco notes as well. Flavor is sweet, but not overly and is again rich with caramel and bitter orange peel and alcohol.

Pours copper with thin white head. The aroma is sort of prunes, plums, cherries and malts mixing with some booziness. The taste is peach, pears, apricots and some sourness. It stays that way into the finish. Interesting brew and more sour than I was expecting.

From a firkin at Indiana Winterfest - If anyone has more information on this one, please add it. I just have down that it was an Upland barley wine. Smells of caramel, woody malt. The big, sweet malt flavor is overshadowed by intense hops. This is a very hop heavy barley wine, which I like. It’s full bodied and really good.
Earlier Rating: 3/25/2010 Total Score: 1.7
botlte - Pours amber and mostly clear with a small, lingering head. The aroma is mild with a little malt and some sourness. Uh oh. This brew does not seem like it should smell sour. It tastes of sweet, sugary malt with sour notes of infection. From the looks of the ratings, it’s not the only bad bottle out there.

On tap at the Bloomington Brewpub. Poured a clear copper with a red tint and a thick white head. Aroma had a bit of pine with a strong grain note and undertones of alcohol and fruit. Flavor was full of sweet grain with an undertone of fruit and alcohol.

Bottle. Dark copper pour. Off-white head that diminishes but sticks around the rim and in floating pools. Pleasant malty aroma of bread and fruits with some yeast notes thrown in. Plum, banana, cake, figs, Band-Aid. The flavor is heavily sweet, moderately acidic and lightly bitter. Medium to full body with a sticky texture. Average carbonation. Alcohol bite and hop bitterness in the finish.

Pours murky medium brown in color with a small, yet durable, light brown head. Sweet fruity aroma, spicy caramel bordering on molasses. Slightly sweet flavor balanced with some bitterness and spices. Medium body.

’05-’06 bottle from BBB63, consumed on 3/30/06
First whiff - HEAVY crystal malt. Wow. Color confirms (as does the flavor). Deep garnet, black raspberry body is clear, with a light tan head that is small, even after a vigorous pour.
Crystal and pale malt in the nose, with some cookie dough, but yet a touch of caramel and raisin begs further investigation. Medium sized bubbles rise slowly in the liquid.
Flavor is intense crystal malt, as promised, very hard, though some light chocolate sweetness gives a very light roundness. Low complexity, though some raisins and prunes add sweetness. Fruity, quite attenuated, with a sagging texture as it warms and breathes. Force carbed and quite filtered, it seems. Head disappears to ring rather quickly, with a single ring of lace at the top, left behind. I find additional notes of flat caramel sugars, crystal malt bareness, some light fruits, damp, soily blackish malts producing an almost composty flavor. Slippery, verging on watery, texture, not much substance. Alcohol is well concealed.

Slightly hazy brown. Aroma mixes toffeeish dark malts with slightly herbal notes. Herbal bitterness and malty, toffeeish sweetness contrast. Light spices kick in. Not barleywinish by any stretch, but a pretty good winter warmer.