2009 swingtop which had been aging gracefully in my cellar. Pours a viscous, dark brown with no head a some legs. Nose is heavy with booze and port, heavy with wet wood and mushrooms, umami notes, some soy, some BBQ sauce. Flavor has more mushroom, more soy, some brown sugar, caramel, booze and port. A little tar too. Oily finish, still a touch hot.

Waxed 12oz bottle shared by Willrunforber. Bottling date of 5/30/13. Dark amber color with mild beige head that didn’t lace much. Aroma is brown sugar, dark fruit and molasses. Flavor is mild anise, oak, molasses and mild hop character. Good amount of bitterness that lingers after the sip. Really damn smooth at this point, just how I like my barely wines.

12oz from WillRun. Enjoyed @ room temp. Dark orange, very little head. Smell of chocolate, a bit of turpentine, pistachio, oak. taste is nice. alcohol and sweetness are both subdued. Toffee, caramel and oak. intense english hop bitterness that lingers with a sticky high ibu finish. not bad.

Bottle shared at a tasting. Pours a clear red with a thin frothy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of toffee, caramel, vanilla, earth, dark fruits. The taste is toffee and bitter hops. Medium bodied, low carbonation, astringent.

Bottled 2/6/11. Clear dark copper body thin tan head Sweet caramel molasses fruit and malt aroma Sweet caramel vanilla rumsoaked fruit and malt flavor Medium full body mod low carb

Brown bottle, 1 pint 9 ounces, tasted with Luc Bourbonnière, savoured November 5 2009; eye: black, opaque, no head, no lacing; nose: hops, soy sauce, light fruity, roasted malt; mouth: a bit thin, soy sauce, roasted malt, light fruity, resinous hops, alcohol warmth, dry finale in resinous hops with presence of soy sauce, light astringency, full body, not much carbonation, mildly salty, lightly harsh texture; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 9 onces, bue avec Luc Bourbonnière, savourée le 5 novembre 2009; œil : noire, opaque, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : houblon, sauce soya, léger fruité, malt rôti; bouche : un peu mince, sauce soya, malt rôti, léger fruité, café noir, houblon résineux, chaleur d’alcool, finale sèche en houblon résineux avec présence de sauce soya, légère astringence, corsé, peu carbonatée, moyennement salée, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien aimé

A dark reddish brown barley wine with almost no head. In aroma, soysauce, plum, iodine, and treacle, vinous and hoppy, warming alcohol. In mouth, a molassey malt, with spices, cardamom, soy sauce, chocolate and hops. An intense barley wine. Tasted Nov. 5 2009 with GRM and Mike H.

Bottle: Poured a deep cloudy burgundy color ale with a very thin foamy head with some retention and some lacing. Aroma of sweet malt with hints of vanilla and bourbon. Taste is also a well balanced mix between some sweet malt with notes of vanilla and light bourbon but no notes of alcohol. Body is quite full with limited filtration and low carbonation with no signs of alcohol which is quite a feat considering the ABV. Very well done though a bit too sweet for my own taste.