3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20 bob_w (373) - new york, New York, USA - FEB 20, 2015
2014 version, bottled. Murky brown color. Caramel, butterscotch, a hint of cocoa in the aroma, some mild spice. Mellow flavor, not aggressively boozy. Lots of malt character. Hints of caramel, toffee, a touch of chocolate/cocoa, a little bit of butter/butterscotch. Smooth body. The alcohol is well hidden by the layers of malt oriented flavors. Quite good. Ill definitely pick this up again if i have the opportunity.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 Giochaurand (215) - FINLAND - DEC 24, 2014
Bottle from Boston. Pours dark hazel with low creamy head. Aroma is dark chocolate, roasted coffee beans and malts. Taste is bitter chocolate, spices, malts and a hint of hops.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 wiosna (473) - - DEC 24, 2014
0,65 pullo from Boston. Samea, öljyinenkin kauniin kastanjanruskea. Tuoksussa paahteista mallasta, mausteita, tummaa suklaata, alkoholia. Maussa tummaa paahteista mallasta, humalaa, hitunen kahvia.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20 Kavu (3149) - Helsinki, FINLAND - DEC 1, 2014
12 fl. oz. from cask @ Russell House Tavern. Pours murky dark brown with a medium creamy off-white head. Aroma is roasted malts with hints of chocolate and some spices. Flavor is roasted malts, chocolate, dark fruits, alcohol and hops. Silky smooth palate. Excellent.
4.3 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 18/20 jmagnus87 (2912) - Rockford, Illinois, USA - MAY 11, 2014
Bottle sampled at a friends house. From notes. Caramel and toffee with loads of sweet and dark fruits. Very good.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 Scrapersnbeer (1531) - Boston, Massachusetts, USA - MAR 2, 2014
Aroma of sweetbread and butterscoth. Dark brown, looks like a dubbel more than porter or schwarz. Really spicy, featuring baking spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Thick and heavy, though not obviously boozey. Like a winter warmer imperialized. This is hard to put away, and I dont say that easily.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 blklab2007 (2106) - Connecticut, USA - FEB 15, 2014
Bottle 2013 on the front of the label. Pour has a dark brown color with a coating of dark tan head. Aroma has roasted malt, chocolate, grains, a bit of spice, and some hops. Mouth feel is medium light and the carbonation good. Flavor has an interesting malt combo, mild roast, chocolate, some bitterness, and complementing spices. Flavors are well integrated and this does not come off hot at all.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 13/20 radarsock (1126) - Massachusetts, USA - JAN 1, 2014
UPDATED: JAN 2, 2014 Poured a murky, gloomy brown with which sustained a thin-ringed beige head barely a fingernail in length resting atop the terrible-looking stuff below. Seized nougat, Camellia sinensis leaves, malt, powdered sugar, and candy canes by mid-palate. Holiday spices and butterscotch by swallow. Weak shit. I know that Im never going to have this again. What were Berkshire attempting to achieve here? Over-sweet and over-complicated clutter? Probably not, but thats the way it came out.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 puboflyons (2642) - Allenstown, New Hampshire, USA - DEC 24, 2013
From the 650ml. bottle. 2013 batch. Cloudy dark brown pour with a long lasting tan head that leaves a good supply of lacing and never really goes away. The aroma has so much character it is hard to define it precisely. Id say I picked up barley malts, cocoa, coffee, plum, fig, and a vague earthy hop note. For a 9% ABV there is no alcohol which one often gets with a Barleywine. The body is smooth and falls into the medium to bold range. I am drinking this fresh in 2013 but it feels as if it has been properly cellared for a year or more. The malts, coffee, cinnamon, spice, and the earthy hops blend together well and are not overpowering likle it can be for a fresh Barleywine. And the booze is impossible to pick up. Really well balance and one of the better Barleywines I have had fresh ever. Thus my high rating.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 AirForceHops (4820) - Epping, New Hampshire, USA - FEB 1, 2013
22 oz bottle. From Ryan and Caseys, Greenfield, MA. 2011 vintage. The first glass had real nice clarity. Slow steady carbonation producing a thin layer of white head that had decent lace. Smell is light hops, light fruit and toffee. A bit thin in body almost watery. Flavor mirrors the nose. Overall I sit here and sip this and my overall thought are
this brew is very under-whelming. At least the ABV is masked after a year of sitting.
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