7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample @ SBWF 2011. This ones all about coffe. First some regular coffee then coffee beans in the aftertase. Dry finish. Also some chocoalte and vanilla notes.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2011
at 07:30
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Samples @ SBWF 2011. Superb barley wine! The aroma has got notes of vanilla, raisin, salt and alcohol. The flavor has got notes of mint chocolate, vanilla and wood. Creamy, soft texture. This is a massive beer in all aspects. Surprisingly easy to drink, yet very complex.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2011
at 06:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF2011. Amber/copper colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, nectar, wood and some caramel, and mild resiny notes. Flavour is fruits, wood, resins, some sweet maltyness as well as mild spicy notes.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2011
at 22:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium amber orange colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, pine, grapefruit notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, light fruity yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110805]
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2011
at 11:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 oz. bottle, split with Matts_Property pours a dark amber brown with a small beige head. Aroma of caramel, overripe fruits, brown sugar, some floral hops, alcohol and sort of an off vegetal, absinthey quality - but not dominating. Flavour is quite rich and hot, with floral notes, licorice / absinthe notes, coconut, and dark candied fruits. Alcohol is well-concealed, though you know it's there. Might do with some aging, as some of the flavours don't mesh so well - still, quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2011
at 11:56
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
A golden ale with a thin white head. In aroma, a chalky mineral malt, very much like a pils. In mouth, a biscuitty caramel malt with faint herbal German hops, medium bodied. Boring. On tap at Oregon Brewer’s Fest, July 31 2011.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Aug 2011
at 18:39
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle at home .... deep black ... thin tan head ... dark roast malt ... soft vanilla nose ... dark malts ... rih malts ... huge plum ... huge vanilla ... over sweet and rich ... difficult ... over heavy .. really i dont get the bourbon barrel barley wines... way to bourbon
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2011
at 17:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From cask. Pours hazy dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is spiced, herbal and light citrusy fruity. Citric, spiced and subdued sweet flavoured. Bitter, light sweet and dominant citric into a dry and herbal finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Aug 2011
at 23:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
3000th United States beer rating! 2008 C&C bottle courtesy of TheCheeseMan in Mystery Swap 4.0 and shared at the 5/7/11 DC Ratebeer gathering. Pours a hazy copper color with a large head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of toffee, caramel, cheese, cinnamon and some other spices. The taste is toffee, apple, citrus, spice, raisin and some oxidation notes. Medium-full bodied. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2011
at 22:50
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber. Pours a light golden orange aromas are lovely with lots of citrus (grapefruit and a little lemon). Flavor is super clean with a very nice hops kick. The malt is perfectly balanced against the almost stinging hops presence.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2011
at 22:18