22oz bottle pours out cola brown color topped with a tan head. Nose is sweet caramel toffee malts some barrel booze and a pine note. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts booze and hops.

2012 vintage shared by MrBarleywine, thanks Mike. Copper color with a wispy white head, fruity, caramel, nice brew.

Nice clear ruby and deep brown coloured body with a copper glow and a one centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of pit fruits, deep english hops, bitterness, peat, oak and tons of whiskey and liqour notes. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong pungent oak and whiskey flavour with a hint of gin and juniper berries, some light earth and a bunch of english hops. Aftertaste shows a lot of hops still, a bunch of pit fruit sweetness and somehow even more bitterness and earthiness from the malt. Overall, not a bad barley wine at all - showing some oaky and liquor based flavours and a deep earthy malt and earthy hop bite - nice. I don’t see how this is rated so low - while it isn’t a typical American Barley Wine, it really wasn’t bad at all and was fairly good. I sampled this 65 cL wax topped bottle purchased from Discount Liqour in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 05-September-2012 for US$8.49 sampled at home in Washington almost exactly one year later on 08-September-2013.

22 ounce bottle into snifter, no bottle dating. Pours hazy red copper color with a 1 finger dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big caramel, grapefruit, orange zest, pine, raisin, brown sugar, floral, grass, toast, and floral earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance, strength, and complexity of malt and hop notes. Taste of caramel, grapefruit, orange zest, pine, floral, grass, brown sugar, toast, and floral earthiness. Moderate amount of pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, citrus zest, pine, floral, grass, toast, brown sugar, and floral earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice balance and complexity of malt and hop notes; with a nice sweetness/bitterness balance and minimal cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a creamy, slick, and sticky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very nice American barleywine style. All around nice balance and complexity of malt and hop flavors; and quite smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.

From notes. Bottle poured into a shaker. Sweet grains, caramel and citrus. Decent barleywine, but nothing super special.

Bottle shared by Adam, thanks! Pours a hazy amber with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet grains with a good amount of raisins backed by a hint of caramel. Flavor starts with a good amount of raisin with an odd grassy hops with backing caramel.