Subsidiaries
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Coffee, dark chocolate, malt and hops aroma. Opaque dark brown with small head. Smoky creamy mocha malt flavor with a moderate hops finish. Easy drinking stout on the hoppy side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2006
at 14:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured a murky, orange amber with red hues that had a frothy white head. Hoppy, citrus aroma. Extremely hoppy flavor, more so than the aroma lets on. Bitter at the start and the finish, citrus, piney and slightly soapy. Full bodied with just a hint of the extra alcohol. Nice beer, not super acidic despite the ultra-hop flavor.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2006
at 20:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Pitch black, opaque colour with a thick, longlasting brown head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malts and some toffee. Also a bit spices. Flavour is spices, caramel, roasted malts and coffee. Some slight bitterness in finish. It feels slightly sweet and the palate is quite thin. Good stout, but nothing very exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2006
at 16:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Huge yellowish head, fast disappearing over dark amber-red beer. If there exists dishwashing fluid with hops, instead of citrusfruit, this is how it’s going to smell. As well as some licorice, and cake. Sweet taste, cake-ish with caramel or molasses, philo dough, and of course, hops, American style, but certainly not overdone. Some bitterness from them, but mainly sweet. Warming up, licorice in the taste as well. The hops appear crude and cheap. It’s syrupy, oily but with a very thin body for B.W. It finishes very quick, and rather empty. This is a very simple B.W. But does a BW wants to be simple? A Kellerbier, anyone? Thanks for the haul, David.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Sep 2006
at 15:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22 oz bomber. Nose smells just like a barleywine! Sweet, raisiny with dark friuts and malt aromas. Deep rusty red with a small beige head; flavor is sweet raisins, a little caramelly malt, and a hot alcohol burn; not covered well; might need to sit for a year or so. As it warmed to room temp the alcohol burn lessened.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2006
at 23:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours amber into a shaker. Off-white conglomerae head leaves significant lacing as it recedes. Flower and citrus aromas. Upfront sweet caramel resin with a sharp grapefruit finish.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2006
at 19:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
It is hard to really go wrong with a barleywine. Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a ruby-chestnut color with a large dark tan head. The aroma is a delightful mix of caramel, molasses, raisins and light fruity hops. The mouthfeel is thick though it has a noted alcohol burn. The flavor is nice but does not live up to the promise of the aroma. The flavor is strong grapefruit, pine, caramel and raisins. There is a tangy and sweet nature to the beer but the noticeable harsh alcohol on the finish diminishes the enjoyment of this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2006
at 18:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
This spent a little under half a year chilling out in the back of the fridge in it’s bomber sized bottle. Pour is a lovely dingy brown color, head is minimal but present, aromas are really nice. (I just love the way some barley wines smell, and this is one.) I’m picking up a sticky sweetness in the form of caramel and dark fruits. Flavor blends together very well... closely imitating the aromas of fruit and sweet. It is not without a couple of flaws however, as the alcohol does shine through in an antiseptic way towards the end of each sip. I’d like to age it even a little further next time and see how things turn out to see if that milds it all down a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2006
at 21:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Wasn’t sure when I saw that it was really cheap, 2.50 a bottle. I was suprised, but didn’t really expect how malty it wounded up being. Nice malt flavor though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2006
at 21:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz bottle 2005-06 Nose of hops and a little fruit, deep amber with a small beige head. Flavor had lots of hop bitterness, with a light citrus twist. Good but not close to my favorites Hopsicle and Double Simcoe!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2006
at 18:54