7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample at the Hopsnobbery Collective Barley Wine tasting on 03/14/2009: This Barley Wine pours a hazy copper color with a medium thin khaki colored head that burns away steadily. Rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of sweet malt, toffee and fruit. Medium body with flavors of caramel malt, citrusy hops and a bit of chocolate. The finish is chocolate malt and tangy hops. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2009
at 02:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle Pours out a nice dark brown almost black topped with a tan head. Aroma was of the bourbon, sweet vanilla, and chocolate. Tast was nice plenty of the dark roast, sweet chocolate and some Almond Joy vanilla notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2009
at 23:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home ... thanks to iowaherkeye for this one ... deep black thin tan head ...big vanilla and chocolate nose ... meaty deep roast ... definite bourbon tones ... quite a bit of vanilla ... some toffeee caramel ... ice cream with toffee sauce ... with quite a big coffee background with some bitter roast .... low carbonation .... Very tasty but i can tell already its gonna get too much
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2009
at 14:28
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Muddy brown. Big coffee nose. Very coffeeish cheap coffee but very acrid. Not really balanced by anything much.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2009
at 01:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Dark brown with a nice tan head. Nose is bourbon with a little citrus sweet and some light chocolate. Soft and silky. Tastes malty and chocolatey with a light bourbon element and faint hops. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2009
at 20:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
2008 Bottle thanks to mar. Label was upside-down for some reason. Pours a dark, murky brown color with a wispy off-white head. Aroma of chocolate mud-pie, soot and Oreo. Taste is dirt coffee, chocolate and bitterness. Creamy mouthfeel that finishes dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2009
at 14:18
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle. Pours reddish brown with a medium tan head, Average head retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, toffee and some fruity notes. Taste is roasted malts, coffee, toffee, nuts and subtle fruit. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2009
at 19:12
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tasting at Papsoe
Hazy red-dark amber color. Wonderful aroma, vanilla, malt, Christmas Pudding. Excellent malt flavor, with good chocolate and vanilla notes, and strong bitterness, Very good.
Hazy red-dark amber color. Wonderful aroma, vanilla, malt, Christmas Pudding. Excellent malt flavor, with good chocolate and vanilla notes, and strong bitterness, Very good.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2009
at 18:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a large medium brown faomy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of vanilla and bourbon is dominating with some black chocolate notes. Taste is also a nice mix between some vanilla and bourbon with some black chocolate but without any alcohol ester. Full body with some oily texture and good carbonation. Very well done and well balance overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2008
at 22:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Unclear orange with large beige head. Hoppy aroma with caramel and piney notes. Hoppy flavour with ripe fruits, caramel and pine notes. Bitter finish.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2008
at 06:05