American style barleywine by Moor, bomber from Dranken De Moor in Haasdonk. Medium thick, stable, egg-white, creamy, irregularly lacing, very stable head over a cristal clear, beautifully coppery-amber robe, very bright and autumny, with strings of fine fizz piercing through; turns misty brownish-tinged deep orange with sediment. Intense aroma of dried orange peel, Grand Marnier, marmelade, hazelnut oil, dried grapefruit flesh, green walnuts, yellow raisins, old woolly blankets, hints of strawberry wine, liquorice, dust, honey, cognac, some vague onsetting sherry-ish oxidation. Fruity onset in a clean, rounded way, sweet candied orange and yellow raisin with a mild sourishness underneath (mandarin juice), early signs of hop bitter 'stings', medium carbonated with a rounded, smooth, vinous mouthfeel. Beautiful rounded caramelly malt middle, resiny honeyish sweetness lingering as well as these orange flavours, nutty sides, ending very bitter, DIPA-like, with a whole lot of candied orange, dried grapefruit peel, even some dried mango, firmly bittering, but still juicy, followed by a strong, heating afterglow of very cognac- and Grand Marnier-like alcohol, a tad wry in the end. Quite intense, well-crafted American style barleywine with IIPA-like characteristics, may have the potential to improve a bit with further cellaring. Among the very best Moor beers I had so far.

Draught at BeerGeek Bar. Lightly cloudy, gold to orange colored. AROMA- dried sweet grapes, straw wine, scotch whiskey. FLAVOR- lightly sweet, warming alcohol presence, dried grapes again, touch of caramel, whiskey. Full bodied.
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Bottle shared with, and courtesy of, Rich at his Welfare Pad. Many thanks! Pours a clear deep amber, thin off-white ring. Aroma is pleasant barley wine caramel. Taste is complex dark fruits, wood, light smoke, very sweet with some syrupy vanilla. Very tasty stuff.

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