Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Crisp amber/copper coloured body with a thinnish, fast-dying tan head. Aroma of strong hops, alcohol, oak, vanilla, malt and a bunch of caramel. Full-bodied; Strong assertive flavours of hops, malt, caramel, nuts, oak and a tiny bit of brandy. Aftertaste is fairly mild for the style, still showing a lot of complexity, but not with the large amount of warmth that usually come from Barley Wines. Overall, a good barley wine, definitely showing complexity and some nice flavours - sweetness and hops are good for this one. I sampled this 65 cL bottle (I hate this size for the style) purchased at Freeman’s Liquor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 05-May-209 for just $6, sampled at home in Washington on 04-June-2009.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 651ml. @ [ Chris O’s pre NYE Tasting ].Clear medium orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is bread, roasted, caramel, brown sugar, light hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20081230]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at the brewery. Golden-amber. Malty aroma is fresh with biscuits, grains, malta. Slightly toasty, then fruity (apricot, plum), followed by more chewy malts and a splash of alcohol. A fairly mellow BW. Note that in my experience this does not age well at all.
theisti (5579) reviewed Pale Ale from Santa Fe Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
12 oz bottle from Sparky27. Pour is hazed golden yellow with swirling cascading building up. Two inch white head. Head is lasting, eventually falls with nice lacing. Aroma of citrus bitterness, a bit sour, some earthy maltiness behind that. Sort of a flinty gypsum odor way in the back. Taste is dirty bitter slightly sour citrus with dirty toasted maltiness behind that. The same flinty character is in the taste, and is quite pronounced - dominating mid palate through to a long finish. Decent carbonation on the body. Overall, this one lingered a bit too long and a bit too dirty. Thanks for sending it my way, Eric.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle with much thanks to tpd975. The name just kills me. I’m not sure why I find it so funny, though. Pours a copper color with a big had that sticks to the side of the glass as it dies back. Aromas are hoppy and sweet, but a little on the weak side. Flavor is sticky brown sugar with some caramel, figs and dates and alcohol. There’s a bit of a pine hops finish to it. This is a mighty fine barley wine in my book. Sure, it’s not going to amaze you, but I could drink it all winter long... then again, as it warms it gets a little too sweet...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours a slighlty hazy deep amber color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish malty caramel aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweetish malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a sweetish malty hoppy spicy finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
FRO throwdown: All raspberry, a little green leaf. Purple brown color. Sweetish with chocolate covered raspberries, kinda ughish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 539 Pours orange with light white head. Aroma of strong raspberries with light tartness. Taste is fileld with raspberries, some malts, and lingering tartness in the finish. U really could not see much more to it. Very one dimensional.
Drake (22940) reviewed Pale Ale from Santa Fe Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12 ounce bottle courtesy of Sparky27. Thanks! Pours a copper color with a medium head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma is very grainy, almost corny with some moderate leafy hops. Taste is grain, caramel, citrus hops. Slightly bitter in the ending. Medium bodied.
Drake (22940) reviewed Nut Brown Ale from Santa Fe Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
12 ounce bottle courtesy of Sparky27. Thanks! Pours a clear reddish brown color with a medium head. Poor head retention and lacing. Nutty aroma with notes of toffee and fruit. Something a little offputting is there. Taste is very similar but with a metallic note. Seems a bit off. Medium bodied.