Bottle, at Copenhagen Beerfestival. It’s a clear, dark brown beer with a decent beige head. Slightly herbal nose with hints of DMS, caramel and roasted malts. Alcohol, sweetness, caramel, roasted malts, some herbal notes and a pleasant bitterness. Warming and full-bodied, with a bitter and sweet finish. Well, not my idea of a Barley Wine, but sure drinkable. Rating: 6-4-6-4-13-3.3. 090517

Bottle. It pours a nice, dense, beige head that has a good longevity and leaves nice lacings. The body is slightly hazy, and reddish dark brown in color. It has a nice aroma with resiny, citrusy hops over a foundation of sweetish, malty hops leaving dried fruits and some caramel. A hint of licorice and cellar lurks in the back. In the mouth it’s full-bodied and smooth, some warmth from the alcohol also shows up, especially in the very end. There’s dried fruits, some caramel and hints of licorice in the flavor, as well as a good citrusy, resiny hop impact leaving a balancing bitterness. Overall, a pretty good beer that should be more pronounced. On the other hand, it’s dangerously easy to drink the way it presents itself now. 20100428

Bottle from the supermarket across the street of the brewery. Frothy off-white almost lightbrown head. Brown amber colour. Heavy malty and nutty aroma. Modeate bitter flavor. Plum and nutty notes. Long finish. Creamy palate. Not a well-balanced barleywine.

Bottle. Brown color. Melon, butter and flowers in the aroma. Sweet flavor, buttery with pineapple and ripe melons. Malty, but also flowery hops, especially coming up in the aftertaste. Characterful and quite good, actually.

Bottled at Sir Club. Amber with a small white head. Aroma of malt, mostly caramel and bready notes. Quite sweet malty flavour, with some alcohol. A few years ago, I wrote that it might improve with age. Now, it has improved simply by becoming a.much better beer....

At CBF 09.Dark amber colour with no head.Aroma of dried fruits most like plum.Flavor of caramel and warming alc.Sweet smooth finish.

Bottle 50 cl. Almost clear orangey brown with an off-white head. Sweetish aroma of overripe fruit with some hops. Quite full-bodied with sweetish overripe fruit and burned caramel. Hardly any bitterness. Pleasant and warming, but perhaps a little to the sweet side. 160509

Bottle at KØ09. Sherry aroma, seems a little oxidized. Clear dark brown colour. No head. Peppery flavour, very caramelly and extremely sweet. Way too sweet, and not balanced enough by the alcohol which is actually quite strong. 646312 Bottle, 10.0%. Good chalky malt syrup aroma. Almost clear copper colour. Small tan head. The flavour also has the malt syrup and chalk of the aroma, along with a good malty breadiness. Quite bitter finish, and a little boozy, but will within the limits of a barley wine in my book. Perhaps this sample was aged a bit longer than my original rating, because it certainly seems much more balanced. 737319

Sample at CPH beerfestival. Medium head with good duration. Color is dark amber. Aroma and taste are fruit, malt and caramel. Vinous.

Bottle at KBH Festival, 2009. Pours dark amber with a creamy white head. Sweet nose and taste. Bread, caramel, alcohol and a bit of hops. Slightly vinous. Warmth. Full bodied. On the sweet side....

CBF09. 50 cL bottle. Pours golden deep amber with a fully gone head. Sweet caramel and barley flavoured with a nice hops counter balance. Light bitterness to a slight too sweet malt base into the finish. Good ageing potential, still too young and sweet.