8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Best before date on label is 22 Feb 07 (originally rated November 2006). Pours a clean deep amber colour with a great tanned frothy head that is long lasting. Decent web lacing comes out of this, and carbonation is slow with tiny bubbles. The aroma is mild at first, but becomes much better and strong as the beer gets warmer. Written to drink at room temperature. The bar I was at served it cold. Nice caramel nose that overpowers the dark fruit. Very smooth mouthfeel with no burn at all. Good hoppy taste without being bitter. Caramel malt is present with roasted malt in the background. Alcohol slightly shows up in the finish, but disappears as fast. The aftertaste is kind of dry. Like most beer from Young’s (I’ve tasted)... greatly brewed and easy to drink for any level of beer lovers. Very, very smooth.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2010
at 16:39
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nice brownish red pour in the glass with a thick white head. Nose and taste are complex malts, citrus, light cereals and light spices. Rated 11/17/2000
Tried
on 11 May 2010
at 20:10
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
From notes. Deep ruby red with a small off white head and little lacing. Aroma of dark fruits, raisins and caramel. Flavor has alcohol that shows through, lots of malt and caramel, and some prunes and raisins. Not much hops. Complex and interesting.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2010
at 16:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark reddish brown. Little head. A very hoppy aroma, full of malt as well. This is one of the best-balanced big beers I have tasted。Very malty and creamy, with restrained sweetness, and with a lot of hops, although not over the top. Lots of nice malty after tones. An excellent barley wine with manageable alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2009
at 23:18
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ some bar, London. Clear golden colour, white head. Brew has biscuit malts, sweet and bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jul 2009
at 08:35
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Pours deep gold with copper core and thin white head. It has a mild aroma of soft subtle malt sweetness, mild caramelized malts and more sweetness. The taste is much the same as the nose with smooth blended malts and creamy floral hops (could that be right?), hints of spices like coriander and other less discernables. Wow, so smooth and crazy drinkable. Ends with lingering light colored fruity esters and a sense of dryness. YUM!!
Tried
on 27 Sep 2008
at 21:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Appearance: Light brown. A bit misty. Very little head. Aroma: Hopsy. Malt and fruit. Taste: Hopsy. Bitter. Flowery. Info: 500ml bottle, 25/7-2006
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2008
at 16:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Appearance: Redish brown. Nice amount of head. Short-lived. Aroma: Malt and winey. Bit of fruit. Taste: Malty and winey (again). Creamy. Bit of hops. Info: 500ml bottle, 23/4-2006, 107/300, 61/500
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2008
at 15:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
My first barley wine, back in 1993, and I hated it. Funny because it’s one of the lightest, most mellow examples these days. This was from an old bottle, London production, that was gathering dust in a Miami Beach store fridge.
Beautiful deep amber colour is inflected with mahogany. Slghtly oxidized aroma with rich fruitiness and lots of malt. Somewhat medium body. Light toffee and caramel. Decent, if light, example, not much worse for wear but could have been better if it was bottle-conditioned.
Beautiful deep amber colour is inflected with mahogany. Slghtly oxidized aroma with rich fruitiness and lots of malt. Somewhat medium body. Light toffee and caramel. Decent, if light, example, not much worse for wear but could have been better if it was bottle-conditioned.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2008
at 22:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours dark reddish brown with minmal head. Sweet aroma of malts and brown sugar. Flavor is sweet and malty with dark fruit taste. Full body with minimal carbonation. Good English barley wine
Tried
on 26 Mar 2008
at 21:44