Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

330ml bottle. Quasi black colour with average, frothy, slowly osteoporosing, resettling, minimally lacing, dark beige head. Vinous fruity, woody, minimally bretty, yeasty funky aroma, widely disguised, dark and caramel malty background, notes of red wine, blue grapes, dark berries, bramble, some oak, a touch of Hubba Bubba bubblegum. Taste is vinous fruity, slightly woody and minimally funky yeasty, dark and slightly caramel malty basis with some residual sweetness, notes of blue grapes, red wine, some plum butter, bramble, dark berries, a touch of oak, weak, tannic and fruit acidic tartness; minimally warming, alcoholic finish.
Acid-thinned, creamy texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying, simultaneously minimally astringent and pungent palate, medium to fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation.
Nice composition, quite fruity, not too heavy due to tart-ish fruity aspects - pleasurable sipper.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle 0,33 ltr: Hazy amber coloured brew with an dry bitter taste with sweetness and a burn of alcohol. Hints of caramel, almonds, dried fruits and some faint wood.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

330ml bottle. Cloudy, dark amber colour with minimally late awakening, small, creamy, diminishing, minimally lacing, white head. Caramel malty and woody aroma, notes of marzipan and oak. Taste is caramel malty and intensely woody, notes of oak, toasted oak, a touch of marzipan, low residual sweetness; warming, alcoholic finish. Creamy texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, soft, creamy carbonation. Rather monotonous, unbalanced (oak dominated), quite boozy - not my cup of tea.

#romania #oldAle

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Color: Almost black, very thin beige head. Aroma: Dark malt, caramel, wood, some vanilla and Bourbon, hints of nuts. Taste: Umami, oak wood, tannins, hints of smoke(?) and almond, subtle Bourbon, vanilla and hints of dark dried fruit. Bit boozy. Very dry, almost powdery finish. Malty with hoppy bsckground. Over moderate sweet (less sweet than most other Bourbon BA beers I've had) and moderate to over moderate bitterness. Never had such a very dry Bourbon BA beer before. Not exactly a beer I would place in the Old Ale style but I also can't place it in another style directly. Ok but no more.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

in-your-face barly wine. alc is present in the aroma but in a okay, okay, i know you're strong kind of way. nuts, caramel, malts, clearly barley wine aroma, and very potent at that. Flavor has (unfurtunately) notes of butter, but otherwise it is bone-dry barley wine'ish, with a well dosed alc. brutalishness beneath the caramelly malty surface. Pretty good barley wine, surely strong and potent, and also not in any way too boozy, even at 13%,enough pure barley wine flavor to hide the very high alc. percentage. Good one.. I was expecting smoked something, but that's not there. Doesn't need to be there, i think, it's good as it is.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Color: Very dark brown, almost black. No head. Aroma: Roasted malt, Whisky, raisins. Taste: Whisky, almond, marzipan, dark dried fruit, oak wood, caramel fudge. Over medium body, very low carbonation. Light to moderate bitterness, over moderate to medium sweet. Would benefit from a bit more carbonation.Ok overall.

#romania

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Color: Clear light copper, thin beige head. Quite light color for a Barley Wine. Aroma: Malty, caramel, raisins, hints of dried fruit, oak wood and alcohol. Taste: Dried yellow and dark fruit, caramel, hints of roasted malt, smoke and subtle oak wood, vanilla. Malty. Boozy. Light hints of butter. Bittery and dry finish. Over moderate sweet, moderate bitterness going to over moderate at finish. Over medium body, beloe average carbonation. Bit thin for a Barleywine. Not an average Barleywine but quite nice overall. Nice complexity.