7.1

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

750mL bottle shared by Willrunforbeer on 2/10/24, thanks, Brian. Clear amber, spotty, off-white bubbles on top. Mellow nose with soft rye, perfume, cherry and light spice. Mellow, no alcohol, no sign of lactose. Oats probably soften everything. Spicy rye, light floral notes with a medium, well-attenuated body and caramel-vanilla-toffee lingering. No booze. Not very complex, could use a bit more body, but no issues either.

7

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

750 ml bottle. Thanks Willrunforbeer on the share. The nose has oak, vanilla, and honey. Taste is similar to aroma with just a mild hint of wet cardboard in the finish. For the age, not bad at all!

7

Cellar clearer thanks Brian. Not bad for 10yrs old. Slight wet newspaper but still nice barrel notes.

7.9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a rather murky, oaky brown, with big head (beer was gushing out of the bottle when opened). Aromas are whiskey, some spice, dark fruit. Flavors follow, with a smooth mouthfeel. The ABV is well-hidden in both aroma and flavor--no booziness overtaking everything.

8.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

'Oat wine', so a self-proclaimed version of barleywine with oat, aged in rye whisky barrels, an anniversary ale by this established and influential craft brewer in Minnesota. Huge thanks to tderoeck for sharing this gem, now several years old. Loose, off-white, thinnish, bubbly, open and eventually disappearing head on a cloudy, deep reddish bronze beer with copper hue. Rich bouquet of old tawny port, maple syrup, madera, pear compote, biscuit, old wrinkled apples, calvados, vanilla-scenting wet oak wood, rum-soaked cherries, dates, plum wine, almond, dry orange peel. Sweet onset, candied cherries and figs, softish carbonation, very light sourish undertone; biscuity and toffeeish malts with honeyish sweet edge, though nowhere cloying. This deep and rich maltiness, showing the unavoidable signs of oxidation in a most elegant, old port-like manner, eventually gets adorned by lovely vanilla-ish oak, lingering honey and caramel sweetness, complex dried fruitiness and warming, port-like alcohol, with a spicy orange peel-like twist to it. An exciting, highly elegant and very American barleywine from this powerhouse of essential U.S. craft brewing, which on top of that has apparently been aged absolutely beautifully. My cup of tea entirely, glad I discovered this one!

8.1

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

7/III/20 - 75cl bottle, 2014 edition @ 1st Official Brewver Meeting / Belgian Beer Geek Winter Gathering (2020), BB: n/a (2020-237) Thanks to Kraddel for sharing the bottle!

Clear amber to slightly brownish beer, small creamy beige head, unstable. Aroma: bit oxidized, malty, grains, hay, caramel. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: malty, little bitter, oxidized, some caramel, soft acidity, hoppy touch. Aftertaste: malty, oxidized, lovely, some caramel, alcohol, bit oxidized, little bitter, caramel, quite some vanilla, more alcohol, nice stuff!

8

Nicely oxidized...

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at Peg’s Cycle BA Day. Pours a dark amber with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is toffee, candy sugar, rye whiskey, wood. Medium body, dark fruit, caramel, rye, boozy finish, very good.

7.6

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

Tap at Siren Rainbow 7 Launch, 17th September 16. Pours a murky brown. Aroma is heady, dark fruit, booze, caramel. Taste is caramel, dark fruit, liquor, rich, sweet. Liked it

7.2

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

Draft @ CBC 2015. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel and dark fruit aroma. Fruity malty woody caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a fruity malty woody caramel finish.