7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

On tap at Low Key Taproom Hazy orange red colour lasting beige head. Big massive hop aroma Lots of pink grapefruit. Some sweetness from abv. Hides the strength pretty well. Some bitterness on the finish. That's pretty big and slightly syrupy But quite impressive. Some heat on the finish. Amazing really it's an ipa but everything turned up to eleventy stupid.

8.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle from RAD Beer. Reddish orange pour with a beige head. Nose is Seville orange, tropical fruits, apricot, peach. Taste is the above x 10. Medicinal rich fruity mouthfeel, just what the doctor ordered! Complex, intensely fruity brew. Exceedingly rich liqueresque finish. Slow sipping gorgeousness!

7.4

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

Panda at home, thanks to Kenny, 16/06/24. Clear chestnut brown with a well presented lasting light beige head ... xolid looking bier. Nose is caramel, fruit cake, herb, toffee, more English Strong/Barley Wine like in its aroma than any hoppy category, toasted brown sugars. Taste comprises fruit cake, brown sugar melt, caramelised sugars, toffee, dates, figs. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a good boost laden climax. Fun sipper ... runs sweet as you'd expect but not silly sweet. I've had sweeter 10% TIPA's tbh. Be a challenging take down single manned mind!

7.9

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

5th June 2024
Barleywine! All day long and the next day to. A clear amber beer with a decent bubbly pale tan head that doesn't last as long as a politicians promise. Quite a light palate, all things considered, slightly viscous but with pretty good fine minerally carbonation. Smooth malts, caramel and cream and a little toffee. Vibrant dried fruits, rich and punchy, some fine Tawny Port vibes here. Whisper of red berries before a slightly boozy spicy finish, which works a treat here by the way. All the classic aspects of a barleywine and somewhat far removed from the dipa style.

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Splendid

6.5

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

330mL bottle, pours a dark amber orange with a small beige head. Aroma is full of intense resinous hop, caramel, and alcohol. Flavour is cloyingly sweet, with intense booze, intense resinous hops, and more cloying sugars. Too sweet ultimately. It's fun but just too sweet in addition to being super hoppy and alcoholic.

8.1

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

330ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber with an off-white head. Aroma of syrupy sweet malts, caramel. Taste is very syrupy sweet, malty, caramel, orange, marmalade, insanely hoppy too, the bitterness certainly comes through, very boozy, there's a bit of burn but not too bad all things considered. Full bodied and smooth. A slow sipper. A true barley wine IPA hybrid.

8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle at home. Deep amber colour with a white head. Malty sweet, light bitter and boozy. Full oily body.