3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 ineedbeer (1317) - Oakland, California, USA - AUG 6, 2015
Poured from a vintage 2015 bomber.
Aroma is rather malty with some toasted bread, light caramel and toffee, light raisin, light nuts and hints of chocolate. Light oxidation and honey notes. Medium light hop character, pine and grapefruit. Light alcohol spice.
Pours a hazy, light brown with some copper hues and a medium sized, moderately thick, tan head that recedes quickly to the edges where it lingers. Low lacing and medium legs.
Flavor is moderately sweet, a bit more than I was expecting from the aroma but not nearly as sweet as a lot of big beers these days. Moderately strong notes of toasted bread with a bit lighter caramel. Faint toffee and nuts, light raisins, figs and honey. Some light alcohol spice. Moderately strong bitterness with moderate hop notes of grapefruit, pine and floral.
Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth.
Overall, an alright American style barleywine. I like that the sweetness is kept in check. Quite hoppy which works well with the less sweet malt presence.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Cybercat (4182) - Georgia, USA - JUL 27, 2015
Pours clear mahogany with a nice thick light tan head. Sweet aroma has notes of caramel, cloves, toasty malt and woody hops. Flavor has appreciable caramel, malty, earthy and woody tones plus a hint of clove - not strong, but enjoyable. Texture has average body but some good fizz, and leaves a woody and caramel finish. March to the sea for one - or with one.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 drowland (7106) - Georgia, USA - JUL 19, 2015
7/19/15. 22oz bottle from Five Points. Dark amber red pour under a nice, tight, smooth khaki head that laces like crazy. Looks good, actually. Im surprised considering this was apparently made and bottled at CE. I was expecting a gusher... maybe they have their QC figured out these days. Definite booziness on the aroma, raisins, dark pit fruits, dates, seltzer, floral and earthy hops, woody. Nice flavor, complex, would be better with less booziness, but Im getting some caramel sweetness, nice hop bitterness, dark fruits, coconut, very nutty, a hint of chocolate. Not bad! Might be good with a little time to cool the heat.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 SSSteve (3993) - - JUL 9, 2015
bottle. incredibly murky light brown color with a small tan head. malt forward aroma with some yeast derived fruitiness. full bodied. warming but drinkable at 11%. flavors of toast and caramel, some apple skin bitterness. lots of yeast notes and malt flavors. bittering hops.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 burg326 (4812) - Florida, USA - JUL 4, 2015
Poured a light amber color with aromas of sweetness booze light soap Ines and some caramel. Flavors are sweetness with some hops. Super up hops all around with caramel and soap. Solid and enjoyable I liked this rate # 76 for July 4th.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20 mixmasterob (988) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - JUL 4, 2015
Murky brown pour with an off white frothy head. Aroma was caramel malt, lots of earthy grains, fruity hop, big punch of rye, dark fruit. Flavors were dark fruit, caramel, booze, earthy malt. Dry bitter finish with a good bit of earthy rye. Plus mouthfeel with lighter carbonation. Tasty but not outstanding, I was a touch underwhelmed.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 JHeath99 (1507) - Warner Robins, Georgia, USA - JUN 19, 2015
Bottle. Pours a transparent dark amber with a ring of off white head. Aroma and taste of caramel, malts, and booze.
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