Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
500mL bottle, pours a clear dark orange with a small white head. Aroma has very subtle bourbon barrels, caramel bready malt, and a touch of orange marmalade. Flavour is much the same, with subtle bourbon barrels, caramel malt, orange marmalade, and a touch of toffee. Not super complex, but has a nice malt base and just enough barrels to accentuate. Very good.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Light amber, with slight haze. Not much haze. The aroma does have a bit of phenol, which is unfortunate, a bit headsy. On the palate, it is a bit sticky, a bit phenolic, the bourbon is just okay and I think it is kicking off the phenols. I don't hate it, but it's not as clean as it could be, and as such doesn't showcase enough fermentation complexity.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 500mL bottle. Hazed amber gold with small white head. Sticky sweet, more of a wheat wine than barley wine, not picking up bourbon barrels, decent for BC.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
500mL bottle. Pours mostly clear dull gold with a minimal head. Golden rains, light sugars, and some smoky wood on the nose. Flavour has golden raisins, dried light fruits, woody bourbon. Not particularly complex, but it's pleasant enough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
500 ml bottle. Pours a dark copper colour with no head. Aromas of postage stamp, vegetal oak, and toasted malts. Flavors of cheap bourbon, green oak, raisins and toasted malts. Finishes with a hot dose of booze and faint Vega to notes. Not up to par with previous years and may be infected. Local “bourbon-style” barrels?
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Brown bottle, 500 ml, from and with Luc Bourbonnière (merci!), at Sébastien Bertrand, savoured on December 18, 2021; eye: brown with an auburn hue, opaque, no effervescence, ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: bourbon, hops, caramel, alcohol, brown sugar, maple extract, alcohol; mouth: bourbon, hops, caramel, alcohol, brown sugar, maple extract, alcohol, woody, alcohol warmth, finale in bourbon with light presence of brown sugar, full bodied, average carbonation, mildly sweet, alcoholic texture; in summary: nice surprise FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, de et avec Luc Bourbonnière (merci!), chez Sébastien Bertrand, savourée le 18 décembre 2021; œil : marron avec une teinte auburn, opaque, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : bourbon, houblon, caramel, alcool, cassonade, extrait d'érable, alcool; bouche : bourbon, houblon, caramel, alcool, cassonade, extrait d'érable, alcool, boisé, chaleur d'alcool, finale en bourbon avec légère présence de cassonade, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : belle surprise
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Barleywine 2019 - Four Roses from Sooke Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tasting at Ryan's, bottle
Golden colour, just slightly hazy. Nice aroma of toffee and bourbon. Sweet, full bodied, it has some mellow toffee, and tons of vanilla/bourbon, and lots of alcohol warmth; it's not complex, but it's (simply) pleasant.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
500ml (thx, Gerry!) @ Ryan's. Appearance: a bit hazy pale copper with a white head. Aroma: malty, a bit oxidized, some bourbon and booze. Taste: along the same lines, a bit boozy, lots of vanilla and creamy notes from the oak. Overall: ok.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Poured from 500mL bottle. Clear golden orange with minimal white head. Caramel, light booze and barrel. Okay.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Barleywine 2019 - Four Roses from Sooke Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pale amber, just a slight haze. The aroma is malty, and there's some bubblegum to it. Soft body. Light sweetness. Touch of caramel. The barrel brings a fair bit of alcohol and sweetness. The base is fairly simple and I'm not convinced that the treatment adds to it.