6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Top Hops Beer Shop, NYC. Clear gold, white head. Aroma of citrus, grapefruit and pine. Taste follows nose and has a solid malty base. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 May 2016
at 08:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass from One Stop Market. Aroma is bread, alcohol, light caramel, vanilla and fruit. Appearance is clear amber with minimal sparkle, 1/2 finger-width off-white head with poor retention and mild lacing. Taste is strongly sweet--almost cloyingly so at the outset but settles down over time--caramel, mild late oak. Palate is medium bodied with slightly sticky texture, lively carbonation evident on the lips and tongue with warming sensation in esophagus. Overall, a nice warming winter treat that’s a hair too sweet at the outset--let it sit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2016
at 18:27
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
new rating: she's still the same; sweet rude ass barleywine - I knew it!old rating: I don’t think I ever tasted a BW from a macro, heheh, let alone on tap. Tap, and it smells a little like volatile perfume, cutting across your olfactory. A slightly darker brew like lighter iced tea. This stuff is true to its American young style; big rude nasty mouth coating in yer face brew, needs a few years or even a decade to age. Yes, a big high alky crude brew and I am surprised about the deScription, it was supposedly brewed in the 1930s for the high society, but they aged it like sherry before distribution. Now they brew it and give it away fresh, HAH. A little spice on the finish flows thru with all the other high alky crass attitudes. And yea, in the deScription it says it should be aged up to 20 years, that’s right, but you’ll have to wait until 2025 to taste it, hehehehh, not me! This stuff is cloyingly fresh typical American barleywine fer sure. Put this away in a bomber and then call me in 5 years my ratebeerian friend.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jan 2016
at 13:44
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled on draft at Tapped this beer poured a dark caramel-brown color with orange highlights and a medium sized creamy white head that left great lacing. The aroma was ripe dark and golden fruits and an undertone of brown sugar. The flavor was sweet, tangy and very fruity with notes of cherry, plum and fig coming out, fruit cocktail throughout and a bit of alcohol that worked well. very long finish of sweet fruits and fruit cocktail. Thick body. Wonderful.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2016
at 11:45
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle. Pours a deep reddish brown color with a small creamy beige head. Sweet brandy-like aroma has notes of baked bread and toffee. Rich buttery caramel malt flavor has salty notes. Big bittersweet hops in midtaste. Roasted nuts and dark dried fruits in finish. Rich and complex with a warming alcohol prescence. Quite delicious and a good value at $2.00 per bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2015
at 21:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep Golden, not much head. Earthy, woody and somewhat alcoholic aroma. Earthy, quite chewy, woody accent. Moderate bitterness. Crystal sweetness. Clean, well-made old school IPA. Glad they brought it back.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2015
at 20:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Total Wine, North Miami, Florida, USA. A hazy orange/amber coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, malty, grapefruit, caramel aroma. Tastes similar, hoppy, malty, grapefruit, caramel, hint of sweetness. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Oct 2015
at 12:09
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
12 ounce bottle. Medium gold color topped by a small creamy white head. Grainy malt nose. Sweet grainy malt flavor upfront. Some metallic notes. Thin bodied with a slight citrus hop character in finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2015
at 21:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Botle: Cloudy amber with a small white head. Sweet tangerine, peel scent. Candied orange, pink grapefruit, orange-peel flavours. Sugary and nectary...very light feeling..... Sweet, solid.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2015
at 14:49
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Sugar, orange, malt, and orange peel aroma. Hazy golden yellow with large off-white head. Mildly sweet orange malt and moderately strong grapefruit peel/pine flavor. Nice balance. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2015
at 18:28