Pour is darkish red brown. On tap at the Bocktown in Robinson shopping complex. Clear with no haze whatsoever. Aroma is surprisingly vinegary but pleasant. Nice head fades to about a coating in a few moments. Flavor and aroma are very unique. Roasty malt earthly but not bitter. Very gentle. Finish is good too. There is some hops flavor in there but it is not bitter, more unique than anything. No linger on the flavor also. Seems to have the right amount of personality. Rates up there with troegs rugged, wild goose and bells. Much better than dogfishhead indian. Overall, just plain good beer. Smells different and tastes different. This is not the same old beer.

On tap at Mekong for the St Feuillien/Green Flash Collaboration Tapping on 08/05/2010. Clear amber body with a small white head. Sweet caramel and lots of hops. Big hop flavor with lots of caramel. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 7/3/6/3/14 - 3.3 01/29/2007 - Clear amber body with a small off-white head. Sweet caramel and citrus hops aroma. Very sweet floral hops with a bit of citrus hops and a caramel background. 8/3/8/3/16 - 3.8

Pour is a cola brown with a samll tan head. Aroma is hard to come by and not much stands out. Flavor is a bit better. A sweet malty bitterness with a touch of molasses. Decent for a brown.

Pour is a cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is very citrus and hops. Flavor is a nice mix of hoppyness and malts. Light and crisp but flavorful.

Thanks to Illinismitty for sharing this one at the Nashville Tasting. This pours clear, dark brown with plenty of ruby highlights. One- dimensional caramel aroma. The flavor balance is perhaps overly bitter, suggesting perhaps some needed cellar time for this one. Decent, but this needs some complexity to round it out.

Thanks to Illinismitty for sharing this one at the Nashville tasting. Pours a brilliantly clear, dark yellow/amber body that puts a firm creamy white head in the glass. Interesting hop aroma that is both earthy and fruity and light at the same time. Lots of malt in the flavor, but it too is only supportive of the hop flavor. Good solid IIPA.

Original vintage bomber shared by SuIIy on 1/6/06. Didn’t write down the bottle number.
A dirty beige head, flecked with dark ivory, rises up to two fingers in height. Medium-mahogany to chestnut brown body still shows plentiful carbonation and dull chartreuse tints. The head shows moderate retention and produces very sticky lacing all about the glass. Medium clarity.
Rich brown bread-like maltiness is immediately matched with light prune and date-like notes. Strong base malt sugars add a creamy sweetness in the background, as well. A bit of alcohol warmth emerges in the middle, beginning to dry the aroma out, while dry chocolate and crunchy, coffeeish roast continues the trend. The finish is dotted with more of the prune and date notes, perhaps adding a bit juicier raisin-like note as well as some buttertoffee. No trace of hop aromatics due in part to the age, but it dosent seem like this was ever overly aromatic (but there’s plenty of pine and citrus bitterness). Curiously, with warming, a very distinct yeast note emerges on the finish. Not sure what it is, but I’ve smelled it before. It’s plasticy/rubbery and dry, but dosent seem unpleasant. Rather it mixes with the malts to give almost a cola-like note. Perhaps it’s autolysis, but it’s rather clean and well behaved, if so. Aroma strength is medium to medium-high, though the complexities/subtleties far outmatch the sheer strength.
Sweet at first, with caramel and base malts mixing with the darker roasted malts to produce sweet chocolate and toffee notes. Light hints of alcohol produce a Spanish coffee-like note that balances the sweetness and adds some life to this vintage sipper. Plenty of raisins, prunes and dates, with strong vanilla-like sweetness continue the English feel to it. It dries out heavily on the finish, however, with crusty, bare, dark malts and a hard brown breadiness that dulls the previous fruitiness. Bit of alcohol heat comes on with warming, and the malts get a little edgier.
Great presentation of flavors, but unfortunately, the body suffers from a noticeable amount of thinness. Not caused by age or carbonation, but just seemingly not enough unfermentables to really give the richness and bravado of some of the better English barleywines. The carbonation is appropriate (medium-light, not sharp) and the texture is reasonable (smooth and oily), but the thinness is at odds with the nature of this beer. While it allows for more drinkability, barleywines are by no means intended to be a quick quaffer, nor do the flavors here allow it to be.

Bottle. Rich dark caramel color with a tan head. Grapefruit hop aroma with caramel. Big grapefruit flavor with caramel, some fruitiness and alcohol. Some roastiness underneath. Lingering grapefruit and pine. Lots of hops - only difference between this and standard IIPA is that the aroma isn’t as strong here.

A hazy amber beer with a light brown head. The aromais sweetmalty with notes of berries and caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with primary notes of berries, but also a bit of roasted malt and alcohol.