8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured from a 510 ml bottle. Aroma is definitely malt forward with lots of honey wheat bread notes along with some toffee, dark caramel, graham crackers and hints of chocolate and nuts. Medium light raisin and date notes with hints of prunes. Light bourbon and alcohol notes with faint oak. Pours a dark brown that's not quite black with brown hues on the edges with a medium small, fairly thick, dark tan head that recedes steadily to the edges where it lingers. No lacing and long legs. Flavor is fairly sweet with lots of dark caramel, toffee, toasted honey wheat bread, and graham crackers with lighter notes of chocolate and nuts. Moderate bitterness and medium light alcohol notes. Light bourbon and hints of oak. Medium light raisin, prune and date notes. Mouthfeel is full bodied and sticky sweet with medium light carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, another great munichwine from PP. Nice, somewhat sticky, full mouthfeel with well hidden alcohol notes. Great malt character with complimentary bourbon and barrel notes.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured from a 500 ml bottle. Aroma is full of rich, dark, chocolate notes and lots of dark caramel and toffee with lighter roast notes. Hints of leather and ash. Medium light alcohol and bourbon notes with hints of oak. Pours black with a small, moderately thick, creamy, dark mocha head that recedes quickly to the edges where it lingers for a bit before disappearing. No lacing and long legs. Flavor is moderately sweet and very chocolate forward with loads of bakers chocolate. Quite a bit of dark caramel and toffee as well with light roast notes. Medium bitterness and medium light alcohol notes. Light bourbon notes with hints of vanilla and faint oak notes. Mouthfeel is full bodied and a bit sticky with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a really nice stout. This one has such great chocolate malt character. Oak and bourbon notes are a bit lighter than expected, but significantly better than being heavy-handed.

8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Poured from a 500 ml bottle. Aroma is malt forward with lots of dark caramel and toffee notes. Lighter notes of toasted bread, chocolate and faint notes of roast and molasses. Medium light bourbon and alcohol notes with hints of oak. Pours a very dark brown but not quite black with a medium sized, thick, mocha head that recedes steadily to the edges where a small film lingers. No lacing and long legs. Flavor is somewhat sweet with lots of caramel and toffee notes. Lighter notes of toasted bread, treacle, chocolate and faint roast and molasses notes. Medium bitterness and medium alcohol notes. Medium light bourbon notes and light oak notes. Light raisin and prune notes with hints of anise and soy sauce. Mouthfeel is full bodied and silky with medium light carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a really nice barleywine. Lots of malt character with a great body. Bourbon notes and alcohol are nice and well integrated with the malt. A bit of a dark fruit note in the flavor which I don't love.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured from a 8.4 oz bottle. Aroma is malt forward with loads of caramel and toffee. Lighter toasted bread, chocolate and burnt sugar notes. Light notes of raisin and prune. Moderately strong bourbon and alcohol notes with light oak. Pours dark brown with lighter brown hues on the edges with a small, thin, head that recedes to the edges where a few bubbles linger. No lacing and fairly long legs. Flavor is somewhat sweet with lots of caramel and toffee notes. Lighter notes of toasted bread, chocolate, burnt sugar and nuts. Light raisin and hints of prune. Moderate bitterness and moderately strong alcohol notes. Moderate bourbon character and light oak notes. Mouthfeel is full bodied with low, but some carbonation. Low astringency and moderate alcohol warmth. Overall, a solid barleywine. Really nice malt notes with some complimentary bourbon notes. Faint fruit notes and a bit of carbonation.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured from an 8.4 oz bottle. Aroma is very malt forward with lots of caramel, toffee, toasted bread and burnt sugar notes. Light notes of raisin, prune and dried cherry notes. Moderate alcohol notes with hints of oak, rye and spice. Pours a dark brown color with brown and slightly auburn guess on the edges with a small, forced head that immediately disappears. No lacing and long legs. Flavor is somewhat sweet with lots of caramel, toffee, burnt sugar and lighter notes of toasted bread, chocolate and molasses. Moderate bitterness and medium alcohol notes. Light notes of cherry, prune and raisin notes. Light spicy rye notes and oak. Mouthfeel is full bodied with low / no carbonation. Low astringency and moderate alcohol warmth. Overall, a solid quad. Great malt character with nice spicy fruit notes. Barrel character is a bit light, but works well with the malt character.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured from a 8.4 oz bottle. Aroma is very malt forward with lots of caramel and toffee with lighter notes of toasted bread, burnt sugar, chocolate and hints of roast. Lots of alcohol notes with a strong bourbon character and light oak notes. Pours dark brown, not quite black with brown hues on the edges and a small, faint head that disappears immediately. No lacing and sheets for legs. Flavor is somewhat sweet with layers of caramel, toffee and chocolate. Lighter malt notes of toasted bread, burnt sugar and hints of nuts and roast. Faint prune and raisin notes. Medium bitterness and moderately strong alcohol notes. Light oak and bourbon notes. Mouthfeel is full bodied with low carbonation. Low astringency and moderate alcohol warmth. Overall, a really solid beer. The aroma has tons of boozy alcohol notes, but the flavor is really smooth with only moderate alcohol notes in the finish. Great malt character and complexity. Solid barrel and bourbon notes.

8

Lci

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

0,5l bottle at charity tasting at home shared by Nische, big thanks. black color, no head. Smells wood, bourbon, vanilla, nutty. lovely smell. full body, light carbonation. Tastes of wood, bourbon, vanilla, nutty, maple, lactose, . Finishes lightly sweet with notes of bourbon, nutty and vanilla notes. very nice one, great balance.

8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5

8

Sweet, soft, fairly thin. Baked fruit, toffee, brown sugar. Smooth and a bit port-winey. Sekametelisoppa, very nice.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tasting at Ryan's, bottle
Black colour. Thick, but with so much alcohol burn that it's not sticky; rich dark chocolate, molasses, some tar aroma, toasted nuts in the finish. Well made, impressively strong, but no elegance, quite brutal.