Draft at the brewpub. Pours a clear dark red color with a dark brown thin tan head. Poor head retention. Aroma of toffee, whiskey, apples, wood, vanilla. The taste is toffee, wood, booze, whiskey, dark fruits. Medium bodied, quite hote.

On draught at Blue Sky Cafe in the Newport News airport. The beer pours a clear mahogany-brown color with a medium light beige head that recedes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted nuts and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of grainy malt, nuts and mild hops. The finish is sweet with a short malty aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.

Aroma does not have much. Very subtle hold on it’s coming appearence reddish brown taste a little nutty long on the palate

On draft at Tortugas Lie in Nags Head NC. Pours a clear cola brown with an off white head. Feint malt aroma. Light malty mouthfeel. Moderate carbonation. Hints of black olives. Mild bitter finish.

Cherry and wood nose. Clear garnet, thin head. Strong elderberry flavor, slight DMS. Medium body.

Crisp golden coloured body with a one centimetre tall, fast-dying just off-white head. Aroma of pale malt, nice fresh hops, a hint of raisins and caramel and a bit of white grapes - nice. Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy malt character with the white grape flavour that really shows through, some light citrus and dry malt flavours with a hint of sweetness on the end. Aftertaste shows a good complexity with a very nice balance of malt and hops with some light sugars and a very soft feel. Overall, a nice beer - great for the springtime and a good beer to sample. Definitely worth trying if you can find it and you like lighter styles. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in McLean, Virginia on 02-April-2013 for US$0.99 sampled at home in Washington on 05-April-2013.

12oz bottle pours a clear dark gold with some clumpy white head. Nose is fairly mild, dried citrus zest, pine, hay. Flavor is stronger, pithy, orange zest, lemon zest, dried pine needles, some malt, something a little medicinal. Full, zesty finish. Not quite all there.

Sweetgolden, cloudy, minimal head, heavy cloying sweetness, medium body, creamy, long finish,

On draft at the Mad Fox Barley Wine Festival, Falls Church VA. Vintage 2011. Pours a cloudy amber with a creamy off white head. Caramel and honey in the nose. Sweet candy sugar, caramel, and raisin flavors. High alcohol level pretty well hidden in the sweetness. An excellent barley wine.

22oz bottle pours a clear brown with some creamy, white head. Nose has a lot of raisin, candy sugar, orange, clove. Flavor is cloyingly sweet, raisins, oranges, malt, caramel. Sickly sweet finish.