courtesy of Tampa finest, none other than tpd975. Pours orange with some nice golden/ light yellow lacing. Aroma is loaded with grains and caramel malts. Taste, more on the hop side while the malts remain at the forefront. A really amazing barleywine, over 10.1% so yeah, we have a real treat.

Huge thanks to tbd975 again. Greg you are amazing bringing this triple threat beer to the tasting, new state, barleywine tick and big beer tick. YES. Pours clear copper with gold edges and near tan thin ring of foam. The aroma has light amounts of crystal malts to go along with raisins, prunes and a bit of chemical alcohol heat. The taste has some thick maltiness moving into moderate dark fruity esters. Midway and to the finish caramel goodness and bits of vague hop bitterness rise up to be heard. There is just a mild sense of the big ABV. Nice. Will certainly shine with some more age.

Bottle: Poured a hazy golden color gueuze with a medium foamy head with average retention and minimal lacing. Aroma consists of oak notes with some funky barnyard notes and some green apple. Taste is a nice enough mix between some oak with green apple and light barnyard notes. I would have appreciated even more if funky barnyard notes had been more present and if overall taste would have been more tart and sour. Very well done.

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet malty with spicy notes, and so is the flavor. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of pepsican. Pours a slightly hazy amber golden with a tall and lively dense yellowish head leaving laces. Spicy, fruity and vanilla-like aroma. Quite full-bodied, fruity and vanilla-like with a very solid and distinct bitterness. 311008

75 cL bottle, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours hazy deep orange to brown with a dense creamy and off-white head. Dry and spiced hoppy aroma. Solid bitter yet also smooth roasted caramel malty flavoured. Light roasted malty and towards a solid dry bitter finish. Smoothend by the alchol malty finish.

75 cL bottle, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours hazy deep orange with a fully gone head. Dense spiced and wineous aroma. Light acidic and woody note in addition. Smooth wooden and mild fruity initially flavoured. Followed by a wineous and fruity flavour with a mild spice note beneath. Smooth and slight spiecd note showing through. Mellow finish.

Frischer Hopfengeruch, etwas süßlich, wenig malzig. Verhalten hopfiger Antrunk, die aufkommende malzig-holzige Note dämmt dies schnell. Hier gefällt der würzig-süße Hintergrundton, der im Mittelteil stärker wird und nun ebenfalls den Hopfen übertrumpft bis sich dieser im Abgang erneut Gehör verschafft. Interessantes und relativ süßes IPA in dem der Hopfen den Ton nicht immer angibt. Vielen Dank an den Doppelbock für die Teilung des Bieres! Test vom 1.10.2008, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 13,11,10,12,11,10 - 10,80