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

2017 vintage. Pours clear dark copper color with almost no head. Aromas of dark fruits, molasses, and some booze. Sweet molasses flavors with raisins and plums. Quite boozy. Medium to full body with no carbonation.

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

Bottle, vintage 2016. Color: Reddish amber, very thin and fast disappearring beige head. Aroma: Red and dark fruit, caramel, fudge. Sweet. Boozy. Taste: Sweetish, sirupy. Dark and red fruit, caramel, sugary and boozy. Herbal hints, hints of camphor, mint. Subtle notes of orange, mandarin. Medium to over medium sweet, moderate bitterness. Boozy finish. Over medium body, low carbonation. I've had quite a few of Thomas Hardy's from Eldridge Pope in the 90's and liked them at that time. Can't remember whether they were just as sweet as this new vintages or it's just my changing taste or maybe a lot more good beers nowadays, but I liked them better in my remembrance. Still not bad.

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

2016 Vintage. Amber color. Plums, Some remaining hops in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with dried fruit, figs, hints of grass, Full bodied. Warming alcohol. Very nice.

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

(bottle) 2017 vintage; clear, bright, orange amber colour with a small white head; aroma of apricot jam; balanced flavour with a long, medium bitter finish; not bad but only average as barleywines go

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

Vintage 2017, bottle no. 30059. Pours a clean amber colour with a small warm-beige head that is frothy, average stay with a ring left. Big dark fruits for the nose with the richness and sweetness of figs, plums, dates. Some hints of hops giving a slight minty feel. The taste has the dark fruits, some brown sugars, but all well-balanced to not be too sweet, too rich. Some decent hops helps the finish. Some coffee notes lingers with the mild grassy hop dryness. A tad of liquorice. Gets quite bitter as it goes. Gets hazy at last pour. Yeah, a very hoppy Barleywine. Nice !

Too young

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

Somewhere then shared at a bottleshare (2017): pours copper with white head. Aroma is maltiness and booze, dark fruits, and toffee. Taste is sweet, large, malty, bitter. Pretty heavy hitting. This is definitely not for the uninitiated.

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

Thomas Hardy 2017 Bottle from Andover Liquors. I've never had this one fresh, always with many years on it. Pours a bit murky brown with a tiny off white head that dissipates almost instantly. Aromas of treacle and dark dried fruits with a touch of alcohol. Sweet dark sugary and fruity flavor but not cloying, actually finishes somewhat dry. Well not exactly dry but not sticky. Warming alcohol is a bit spicy. Its a nice sipper, might actually need some age though for the flavors to meld a little better.

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

Bottle, 330 ml, courtesy of JFK10000. Shared with Max and Bazz. Deep orange to red with small head. Caramel, malty, dark fruit, sweet. Low carbonation. Medium bodied.