I can finally expunge this one from my “wants” list after it had been on there for years. Thanks John. This 2009 vintage pours clear copper with tan head. The aroma is modest in strength with malts, some floral hops, pine and some tree sap. The taste is pretty smooth with pine hop resin, some spicy hops and a bit of floral hops too. Toward midway spicy hops, earthiness and a touch of roast come forward to create a near black tea like sensation.

Used a snifter. Color is a hazy amber red. The head was large at first but died down to a bubbly thin layer that left lines of lacing. Nose is citrus/ orange and piny hops, pleasant aroma. Makes me think of snapping a pine branch. Taste is grapefruit hops, mild bitterness. Piny hops,resin. Aftertaste gives a puckering affect. If I would ever drink this again, it would HAVE to be an aged bottle. I wouldn’t drink a young bottle.

Pours orange mahogany into a snifter. Off-white head recedes to nothing. Sweet caramel aromas. Sweet caramel and bitter grapefruit pith from front to back. Warming bitter lemon finish.

Bottle at The Brickskeller, Washington DC
Hazy light amber color. Light caramel aroma and medium caramel flavor; strong bitterness, above average. More a generic American Strong Ale than a Barley Wine, it doesn’t have the malt flavor, and it has just partially some hop resins. It lacks any depth.

Bottle Pours out a brown topped with a sand head. Aroma of sweet caramel and pine hops. Tast was nice lots of sweetness caramel, pit fruit, and some brown sugar. A tast one.

Bottle thanks to thickfreakness. Pours an off-white heead and a dark amber body. Aroma of raisins, brown sugar, alcohol and dark fruits. Taste is brown sugar and hop bitterness. Light bubbles, Syrupy mouthfeel.

Bouteille 650ml, courtoisie de Blankboy. De couleur ambrée rouge et aux notes voilées. Nez de houblon floral, citrique et aux notes résineuses et herbeuses, malté de caramel sucré et légèrement rôti, fruité (agrumes, notes d’abricots) et léger d’alcool. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture riche et légèrement crémeuse et aux notes sirupeuses. Goût amer de houblon floral, moyennement citrique (pamplemousse) et légèrement herbeux (présent jusqu’en finale) accompagné d’un goût moyennement fruité (agrumes, notes d’abricots et de pêche) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel sucré (léger de toffee) légèrement rôti avec des notes de biscuits parallèlement à un moyen goût d’alcool réchauffant puis en finale l’on retrouve un regain d’amertume d’un houblon plus asséchant, plus herbeux, aux petites notes résineuses et boisées (fût de chêne). Post-goût long et moyennement sec, amer de houblon floral, herbeux, légèrement citrique et aux notes résineuses avec un goût d’alcool ainsi qu’un léger goût fruité (zest d’agrumes pelures d’abricots) et boisé.

(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of Kramer17801. Slightly hazy, dark amber with a white, creamy head. Aroma of citrus and overripe fruit. Medium body with sweetish accents of caramel and then a dry finish without much bitterness. A middle-of-the-road Barley Wine. 060407

Sample from bottle at Ølbaren. Pours orange with white head. Aroma is fresh’ n’fruity. Mouthfeel is creamy. Taste is dry and fruity hops aroma. Ends dry.

Bottle: Poured a copper-brown color ale with a medium dark head with excellent retention. Aroma of strong malty sweetness with subtle alcohol notes is clearly evident. Taste has a real creamy feel to it with some malt but everything seems to be covered by strong bitter hops. Body is full and even though taste has a warming feel to it you cannot detect the alcohol. Good barleywine overall but I guess I prefer them without too many hops and more malt presence or again maybe I should have aged the bottle a bit more.