7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled on tap at SIB, pours hazy orange. Aroma and flavour of hops, lemon / orange zest and caramel malts. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2010
at 10:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught. Honestly, I wouldn’t call this a barley wine. Poured light brown with medium head. Sweet aroma. Sweet malty flavour on a full body, with enough bitterness to keep it from getting cloying. Lingering pleasing flavour. Almost dry enough to be a session beer. The pub called it a mild.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2010
at 13:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
@Toronado BWfest–on tap-pours a tan ring for a head and brown with orange color. Aroma is sweet dark malt-molasses, dark fruit. Taste is sweet dark malt-molasses, dark fruit, secondary herbal hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2010
at 12:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at Toronado, Barley Wine Fest 2010. Pours dark brown with a small white head. Aroma is dark malty and light caramelish. Bitter and overripe malt fruity flavoured. Bitter and dry into the finish. Dry caramelish and bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2010
at 06:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught. Poured black with thick beige head. Much lacing. Aroma as roast malt, some hop and chocolate. Full bodied flavour, thick and chewy. Lasting malty finish. Very smooth
Tried
on 15 Feb 2010
at 15:54
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Malt & Vine. Bottled on 30 Oct. 2009. Pours very dark brown with a slight beige/tan head. Strong nose of vanilla and oak. And raisin or prune. Maybe chocolate. Medium body with foamy carbonation. Flavor is chocolate, wood, dark fruit, vanilla. It’s both smooth and harsh. I think I taste bourbon. Very nice beer. Heat is a bit noticeable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2010
at 17:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Belmont Station in Portland during a New Old Lompoc tasting. The beer is a murky dark brown color with a medium beige head that recedes steadily. Rings of lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, lemon rinds and bourbon. Rich body with a moderate amount of bourbon character, and flavors of dark fruit, caramel, malt and hops. Touches of lemony citrus here as well. The finish is oaky with a sweet caramel malt aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2010
at 14:43
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On draught at Belmont Station in Portland, served in a snifter. Pours inky black with a thick and foamy light tan head that recedes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Strong coffee aroma with some roasted malt behind it. Full, smooth body with roasted coffee, dark malt and hops flavors. The finish is black coffee with a bit of dark chocolate as well. Coffee bitterness lingers a long time. Very enjoyable overall.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2010
at 14:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
courtesy of unclejedi, New Year party in AL. pours orange, off-white head aroma and flavor, pine hops dominate this one followed by some citrus, grapefruit elements. Light notes of malts come add a little variety here and ends on a nice grassy hops touch.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2010
at 14:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber pours deep copper with slight haze, thin off white head and some sheet lacing. The aroma is full of pine hops and malts creating a pine mustiness. Not much else going on. The taste is similar starting with a moderate pine bitter hop bite moving toward mild grapefruit and pine hop flavor. It picks up a touch of roastiness and sweet malts by midway. Into the finish is seems to pick up more hop bitterness mostly coming from pine hops.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2009
at 10:20