Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Community Food Co-op - N Forest St, Bellingham, WA
Beautiful dark amber color, medium sized head. Some caramel aroma, too mild. Nice caramel flavour, but low bitterness.
Quite simple.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22 oz bottle, shared by fiulijn (thanks Alex), pours a transparent dark amber with a small white head. Aroma of scotch malts, and light whiskey. Flavour is quite rich, full of caramel malts, dark fruits and candied sugar. Quite a round body, with a good balanced of flavours - no cloying sweetness, nor weakness in the body in any way. Great stuff.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Barley Wine from Port Townsend Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from CoOp Bellingham
Beautiful amber color with copper hue, small creamy head. Moderate malt and caramel aroma, light fudge. Good malt flavor, some caramel, quite sweet but not syrupy; strong bitterness with nice hop resins and light fruitiness. Bold Barley Wine. The final is expectedly long and powerful.
Straightforward American Barley Wine, very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Brouwer's Caf� for Big Wood '12, pours black with a medium dense, foamy tan head. Aroma of bourbon barrels, chocolate, and light roast character. Flavour is dominated by the bourbon barrels, though the porter qualities are still somewhat prevalent - faint notes of chocolate underpin all this. Soft palate, with the bourbon dominating. Excellent stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at Bottleworks, pours a cloudy orangey amber with a medium white head. Aroma of shitloads of resinous hops, plenty of tropical fruits (mango, pineapple), and a whopping caramel malt backbone. Flavour reveals insane amounts of bitter resinous hops, lots of bitter zesty grapefruit peel, and more dry hops. Coats the palate with dry -hoppy goodness. A most excellent harsh, palate-scorching IIPA.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Pale Ale from Port Townsend Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at Lockspot Fish & Chips Bar, Seattle
Hazy light amber color, creamy head. Light malt aroma. Malt flavor, pleasant, some toffee; the mouthfeel is smooth, the bitterness strong, with some resins.
Pleasant Ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Community Food Co-op - N Forest St, Bellingham, WA
Cloudy amber color, with medium sized head. Nice aroma, toasted malt and biscuits. Good flavor of malt, toasted malt, some toffee; strong bitterness, very resiny (but not piney), with light fruity touch.
A very good thirstquencher, bold; the biscuity notes are appreciated.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Bottleworks, pours a murky dark amber with a small white head. Aroma of sweet treacle toffee and candied sugar - seems sickly sweet. Flavour is cloyingly sweet and boozy, with treacle toffee, loads of sugar and booze. Finishes sickly sweet and boozy. Good, but this good use some refining.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at Brouwer's Cafe, pours black with a tan head. Deep, rich aroma of roasted malt, oatmeal, a little wood and subtle bourbon. Flavour begins with roasted malt, mocha / espresso, caramel, and finishes with oak, bourbon and oatmeal. Very warming, silky texture. Delicious.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled at GCBF 2010. Citric and grassy. Murky yellow, white head. Grassy, pine citrus. Nice, well balanced hops, slightly thin body.