(shared with jfb, jonas and MoritzF, 650ml bottle labeled as 9.5%). Hazy brown-orange color with tan head. Aroma is slightly dusty, candy and brown sugar. Taste is straightforward brown sugar and toffee, slightly bitter finish, almondy. Nice

Bottle - Vintage 2007 - Toffee, vinous, brown sugar and a bit of alcohol. Cloudy amber with no head. Light molasses and brown sugar with some raisin and fruit in the back. The sugars really overwhelm but the alcohol is felt at the back of the throat and not tasted at all. Although I find this a little on the sweet side it is still a nice sipper.

Poured from 650mL bottle (lists 9.5% alc./vol.). Clear amber colour with very quickly dissipating white head. First hit of aroma is green apple, also some molasses and malty caramel. Taste is a boozy sweet syrup, quite dry and mild.

Draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver, 10% ABV
Amber color, hazy, with small compact head. Light aroma of malt, caramel and candi sugar. Good body strength, round mouthfeel, with good caramel flavor, some malt, a hint of fudge; correct bitterness, with light vanilla and butter finish. A bit perfumy too. Balanced final, medium sweet, a bit nutty.
Pleasant English style Barley Wine.

Bottle, pours dark golden amber with a thin off-white head. Aroma of apple, caramel malt, orange peel and a sweet & sour scent. Flavour of brown sugar, caramel malt, maple syrup and citrus. Low carbonation, sweet & sour finish. The best I've had from Swans.

Glass, 5 ounces, draught, at the pub, savoured on April 29, 2009; eye: copper, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of tan head, light lacing; nose: malt, orange zest, unknown odour, stale (?), spices, light alcohol, residual sugar; mouth: malt, orange zest, stale, medicinal (?), spices, residual, sugar, medicinal finale with presence of spices and alcohol, medium body, not much carbonation, lightly bitter, mildly sweet, sticky texture; overall: disappointing FRANÇAIS Verre, 5 onces, en fût, bue sur place, savourée le 29 avril 2009; œil : cuivrée, claire, pas d’effervescence, très petit anneau de mousse fauve, légère dentelle; nez : malt, zeste d’orange, odeur inconnue, éventé (?), épices, léger alcool, sucre résiduel; bouche : malt, zeste d’orange, éventé, médicinale (?), épices, sucre résiduel, finale en médicinale avec présence d’épices et d’alcool, corps moyen, peu carbonatée, légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture collante; en résumé : déçu

A deep reddish brown ale with a thin ligh moka head. In aroma, a nice vinous malt with light bleu cheese notes and warming alcohol. In mouth, a lightly oxidized caramel malt, with raisins, licorice, and warming alcohol. Rich and warming. Shared with Probstk, April 2 2009. Bottle from Capflu, around end of 2007. Merci Todd.

Bottle, thanks a lot Todd! Wooden, light piney and dusty aroma, dates and raisins. Cloudy amber, low creamy off-white head. Vineous, fairly wooden base, light piney hops. Slick texture. Light caramel and chocolate exhaling. Fresh aftertaste.

Reddish-amber. Slightly spicy nose, with lots of rich caramel. Big, rich, raw barley wine with lots of clean caramel notes and light peachy fruitiness. Good, but typical green BW. It’ll be a few years before we know how this one really is.