5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

For a barley wine style berw, this is pretty good. Mind you, its not harvey’s but its well behaved, unlike most american rye wines or barley wines. Sweeter perfumy aroma that is not volatile. Taste is strong but it never goew over the top. This brew hides the 8% really well. Mellows and becomes more acceptable as the session continues. Plenty of personality but never goes over the top. You would never know this was a high abv unles somebody told you.