Cask at Cask. Amber coloured with frothy off-white head. Aroma is booze, sweet maltiness. Taste is bit boozy, honey, sweet malts, some fruit, apples, bit of spice, but mainly sweet. Slightly smoky and spicy. Interesting but not so easy to drink. Pretty thick.

Cask at the Vintage. Pours copper amber, thick, Sweet toffee, quite fruity and bitter.

Keg. Reddish-amber. Bubbly head. Subtle lychee and melon aroma. There’s a lot of light crystal, and a fair bit of hop bitterness, with strong alcohol in the finish too. But the hops are fun, melony and interesting.

Keg@CBC2013 "Golden Barley Wine"
Slight hazy amber color, small beige head, some lace. Lots of citrus hops and fruity juice in the aroma. Medium-bodied. Flavor has lots of Citra, semi-bitterness, fruity. Lingering bitterness in the aftertaste.

Draught @ CBC2013. Pours hazy reddish golden with a creamy off-white head that slowly dissipates while leaving lots of trace and lacing on the glass. Smell is malty, fruity and floral with crackers, biscuits, mango, papaya, pineapple, grapefruit juice, moist green herbs, sweet dark bread, toffee, alcohol, lemon balm, lemon zest and orange zest. Taste is slightly sweet, bitter, fruity, herbal and floral with crackers, biscuits, toffee, alcohol, moist green herbs, grass, pine needles, grapefruit juice, tropical fruit smoothie, lemon zest, orange zest and caramel. Mouthfeel is round, astringent, tiny boozy and medium to full bodied. Finish is tiny sweet, bitter, fruity, floral and herbal with biscuits, caramel, alcohol, grapefruit juice, tropical fruits, moist green herbs, grapefruit rinds, lemon zest, grass, pine needles and alcohol. DIPA-esque, nicely done...

Half pint, cask at Vintage. Fawn-coloured head, firm amount of lacework. Brown coloured body with a reddish shade. Malt-fruity nose. Spiced fruity and juicy malty flavours promoting a marmalade impression. Bittersweet ending. Mediuem to full bodied. Nice, rather heavy to drink though (Leith 11.08.2013).

Cask (gravity) @ CBC 2013 [ Red Session ]. - Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013, Sparta Hallen, Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 11, 2100 Copenhagen, DenmarkUnclear medium yellow amber - orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, sweet malt, dried fruit, wood, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, grass. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, hoppy BW, dried fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130504]

Cask at the vintage... Copper... Creamy tan head... Soft zezty woody pine hop nose... Chewy malts... Bitter herbal malt... Soft toffee... Sadly too bitter for me...