Dark brown pour, small off white head. Great bready, caramel sweet, boozy malts. Subtle pine, pungent hops. This is a quite nice english style barley wine. Finish is a medium bitter, that lingers.

22oz bottle pours out orange copper color topped with a sand head. Nose is caramel malts toffee plenty sweet notes even a little chocolate. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts caramel toffee notes some hops and a little spice.

65 cl bottle, bb 12/2014. Very dark brown beer with a thick brown head. Aroma is a huge mixture of dark malts making their way into chocolate, dark bread, nutty and wooden notes, but not smokey. Then there’s a nive blend of UK hops. Alcohol is really noticeable, warming. A red wine attitude, quite complex but not excessively, reminds me of the Guinness Special Export, this fits well in the Stout cathegory rather than barley wine. Taste is well balances, nice sensation waves from malts and hops finish, moderately bitter. Body is full, carbonation is proper, mouthfilling, dry finish. I did like this one a lot and it’s good for winter.

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a very dark black/brown body with a small white head that dies within several seconds, body was too dark for any carbonation to be seen. Some light spotty lacing is left.
The smell had a roasted barley and chocolate come out pretty strong. Some malts and alcohol come out as the beer warms.
The taste had a roasted barley and chocolate come out fairly strong but some dark fruits come out in the taste as the beer warms. The aftertaste is a bit smoky.
The palate sat about a medium to heavy with a good carbonation felt.
Overall, its not bad, there seemed to be a lot of different flavors going on. I liked this and am pretty sure I’d have this again.

Aroma: Caramel, butterscotch, barley sugar. Not a lot. Strength is low. Appearance: Brown, very thick and creamy head that never falls down. Too much head. Taste: Again very caramel but with a strong bitterness as finish. Hops are very active. Caramel, malt and sugar notes are killed by hops. Too much bitterness for a Barley Wine. Sugars are powerless in this fight against hops. Mouth feel is thin without a lot of texture also. A DECEPTION.

Bottle @ Bishops Arms Järntorget, Göteborg. Hazy very dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and oxidized. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and rather bitter finish with warming alcohol. 250713

Bouteille 625ml. De couleur brune-rouge foncée et claire. Nez de caramel aux notes rôties et terreuses, léger de sirop d’érable avec des notes de fumée de bois et de houblon herbeux ainsi que des traces de fruits (raisins rouges) et de chocolat noir. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture huileuse. Léger-moyen goût de grains de malt moyennement rôtis et légèrement terreux avec un léger goût de fumée de bois et des traces de bois humide lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un moyen goût de caramel peu sucré et légèrement brûlé avec des notes de chocolat ainsi que des traces de sucre brun et de sirop d’érable puis en finale l’on retrouve un léger goût d’alcool avec une moyenne amertume de houblon herbeux aux faibles traces résineuses. Post-goût moyen-long et aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de rôti aux notes brûlées, moyen de houbon herbeux aux notes florales avec un léger goût d’alcool ainsi que des traces de chocolat et boisées.

65 cl bottle @ HBF. Rated on 21.05.2010
Aroma is rather malty with some raisins. Flavour has harsh, sweet malt, some raisins, ripe fruits and hints of toffee. Too harsh, a barley wine in English way.

Brown bottle, 625 ml, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on December 7 2012; eye: ruby, clear, nice brown head that turns into a tiny ring, nice lacing; nose: malt, caramel, resinous hops; mouth: malt, caramel, resinous hops, alcohol finale in unpleasant alcohol with presence of caramel, medium-full body, good carbonation, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, alcoholic texture; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 625 ml, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 7 décembre 2012; œil : rubis, limpide, pas d’effervescence, belle mousse brune qui se transforme en un petit anneau, bonne dentelle; nez : malt, caramel, houblon résineux; bouche : malt, caramel, houblon résineux, alcool, finale en alcool désagréable avec présence de caramel, corps moyen-corsé, bonne carbonatation, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : ordinaire

Single bottle from the LCBO. Pours a deep ruby colour with a huge creamy beige head, with great retention and beautiful lacing. Aromas of fruits (plum, raisins, figs), sweet and roasted malts, with notes of chocolate and molasses. Smooth silky mouthfeel with absolutely no burning. The first thing that grabs me from the taste, is the hop. It has notes of rust (which I am not fond of). After sitting a while, it does slightly disappear, but the hop gives this one much bitterness, which results in a slightly dry finish. Notes of cherries, plums, wood, burnt malt, whiskey, caramel and bread. A very nice barleywine that goes down too easily. Just wish that rusty hop would not be in there.