Reddish amber, off-white head. Aroma of malts, leather, sweet nuts, some light hops. Malty flavour, caramel, sweetish combined with light sour tones. Some wood and yeast. Finish astringent, some vanilla and caramel.
(From 75cL bottle @ RBBWG 2012, Antwerpen. Thanks for sharing, Benzai!)

750 cl. bottle sampled @ RBWG 2012 – thx to Benzai – amber with a white head, smells of nutty malts with a dash of hops, taste is not particularly distinctive or impressive caramel hops, some slight brown sugar, slight roast, medium bitterness, light hops, odd smokiness running through it, creeps a little bit up in the aftertaste, medium carb. & body, ok, certainly not bad but not particularly impressive either

Sampled @ RBBWG Antwerpen. Hazy dark copper, small white head. Smell malts, some alcohol. Taste malts, a little yeast, caramel and some hops. Average carbo, medium body.

75cl bottle @ RBBWG 2012, Antwerpen courtesy of Benzai. Cuivrée, col beige épais. Bière étrange dans son style qui se veut de type ’barley wine’ et en fait reste plus dominé par un malt fumé assez agréable. Le palais est donc divisé entre les caractéristiques d’un barley anglais laissant une fin note amer et citronnée/fruité suivi d’un malt caramel et fumé. Garde une présence belge dans la levure.

75cl bottle shared with friends. Gushed. Thin white head. Hazy amber/blond pour. Smokey taste. Quite different for a barley wine

Brown bottle, 75 cl, drank with Luc Bourbonnière, savoured on October 8 2011; eye: dirty brown, hazy, no effervescence, tiny sheet of creamy beige head; nose: almond, light malt, light burnt, alcohol; mouth: almond, light malt, alcohol, leather, smoked malt, finale in almond with presence of alcohol, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sweet, a bit thin; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 75 cl, bue avec Luc Bourbonnière, savourée le 20 février 2011; œil : brun sale, trouble, pas d’effervescence, petite couverture de mousse beige crémeuse; nez : amande, léger malt, léger brûlé, alcool; bouche : amande, léger malt, alcool, cuir, malt fumé, finale en amande avec présence d’alcool, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture un peu mince; en résumé : bien bon

A hazed dark amber barley wine with a thin creamy moka head. In aroma, a superb aroma of burned caramel, burned notes, chinotto herbs, smokey touch. In mouth, a good oily sweet malt with burned wood oil extract, lightly peaty, smooth and enhanced old ale. 750 ml bottle from Brilbecks, Syracuce NY, tasted with GRM, Probstk, and Mike H., Oct. 8 2010.

Bottle. A funky barley wine. Pours a cloudy orange-brown with minimal head. Malty aroma with some wild yeast. Smoky flavor with notes of ham and bandaids. Also hints of toffee and caramel. More smokiness in the finish. Almost no bitterness. Medium in body with light carbonation. An interesting brew.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Sweetish malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a sweetish malty caramel finish.