Draught @ Barcade, Jersey City, New Jersey. Pours hazy reddish golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, fruity hops, light cherry, wood bourbon, vanilla. Flavor is rather sweet, malt, caramel, sweet fruity, cherry, little wood, bourbon, light vanilla, alcohol. Medium to full body, soft ot average carbonation, sweet finish with some alcohol. Kindof hard to drink. 230418

16 ounce can. Barely translucent dark brown color. Small creamy beige head. Roasted malt nose hints at espresso and nuts. Light sweet, dark malt flavor upfront. Subtle carbonation. Notes of coffee, nuts and sweet cake.

Got in a BIF from MacMalt. 750 ml bottle into snifter, 2017 vintage bottling. Pours moderately hazy deep orange/copper color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of golden raisin, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red apple, caramel, brown sugar, bourbon, toasted oak, and brown bread; with lighter notes of coconut, vanilla, toffee, leather, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Touch of increasing booze and stone fruits as it warms, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity yeast, dark/bready malts, bourbon barrels, and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big golden raisin, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red apple, caramel, brown sugar, bourbon, toasted oak, and brown bread; with lighter notes of coconut, vanilla, toffee, leather, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/grassy bitterness and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of golden raisin, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red apple, caramel, brown sugar, bourbon, toasted oak, brown bread, light vanilla/toffee. leather, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity yeast, dark/bready malts, bourbon barrels, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/tannic mouthfeel that is nice. Mildly increasing warmth for 10.6%, with minimal barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this a very nice English barleywine. All around nice fruity yeast, dark/bready malts, bourbon barrels, and light earthy hop flavors; dangerously smooth to sip on for the ABV. Not as rich on malt sweetness as I expected, but fits the style really well. Very well balanced fruity yeast and bready malts; not a ton of barrel, but adequate. A very enjoyable offering.

From tap. Pours cloudy orange, small white head. Aroma ia apples, citric. Sweet, spiced, toasted, slight fruity. Light phenolic. Herbal, toasted and phenolic finish.

Bottle - pours dark brown tan head - nose and taste of hazelnut, coffee, milk sugar and milk chocolate - medium body

Bottle - pours dark brown white head - nose and taste of raspberry, brett, oak, sweet chocolate and wine - light bodied

Bottle - pours dark brown white head - nose and taste of coconut, rum, sweet chocolate - thin bodied

Bottle - pours dark brown tan head - nose and taste of bourbon, vanilla and lightly sweetened chocolate - thin bodied.

16 ounce can. Number one with a bullet. Hazy Amber gold color. Small firm frothy white head. Perfumy citrus hop nose. Pine, grapefruit, pineapple, rose petals and blueberry. Toasted malt flavor upfront does not match the aroma. Dank , bitter grapefruit with green onion notes. Thin bodied. Slight peppery hop finish.