6.6

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

Backlog June 2009 (2004 vintage). Unclear orange body under an off-white head. Aroma is fruity, malty and spicy. Taste is sweet malt, dry fruit, alcohol and balanced bitterness. Medium body with a sweet and warm malty aftertaste.

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft @ Smallbar Wicker Park, Chicago, IL. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty dark fruit aroma with hoppy hints. Fruity malty hoppy flavor with hints of caramel and dark fruit. Has a sweetish malty hoppy finish with some bitterness and some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.

7.5

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

11th October 2008. GABF. Clear gold beer. Aromatic hops nose. A full on barleywine but with an unusual floralness about it. Unusually intense flavour.

7.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle, 22cl. It pours a hazy, orange-golden body under a small, off-white head. Vinous, sweetish nose with alcohol, resiny hops, dried fruits and caramel. Vinous and resiny flavor with alcohol, sweetness, caramel and a delightful bitterness. Full-bodied, warm and quite low on co2. Bitter and warming finish. A lovely blend of hops and malts. 090619

6.8

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

Bottle. Golden- orange colour with an off-white head. Aroma is alcohol, hazel nuts. flavour is alcohol, hop, hazel nuts, malt. Too much alcohol in the flavour.

7.8

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

Tap at the Arena during Ann Arbor Brew Week Pub Crawl. Poured an orangish amber with an off-white head. Aroma was full of grainy notes with sweet and caramel notes present as well. Flavor was quite odd as it brings IIPA components to a barley wine. There were sweet malts as well as bitter hops with a bit of alcohol. A fun beer.

6.9

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

On tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 06/04/2009. Mostly clear copper amber body with a large frothy off-white head. Sweet malty and earthy hop aroma. Sweet caramel and earthy hop flavor. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 7/3/8/3/15 - 3.6 Bottle thanks to butters from City Beverage on 03/24/2009. Somewhat hazy orange body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet caramel, toasty maltiness and floral hop aroma. Earthy, bready, light caramel flavor with lots of floral hops which blend into a resiny/citrus hop flavor as it warms. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation. 7/3/7/3/14 - 3.4

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Clear mahogany with cherry highlights under a lasting off-white head. Caramel, and piney hop aroma. The flavor is sweet with a nice bitter balance. Not bad.

7.8

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

courtesy of ibrew2or3. Pours copperish/brown, with beige head. Aroma is of caramel malts and grains. Taste. sugary, hoppy and grains. Thick mouthfeel. Lots of hops for a barleywine, but this one remained highly drinkable.