3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 superspak (3629) - Michigan, USA - APR 21, 2015
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 11/17/2014. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy deep orange/copper color with a 1 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of caramel, toast, brown sugar, raisin, plum, apple, spruce, pine, herbal, grass, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, earthy hop/spruce, and light-moderate fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, toast, brown sugar, raisin, plum, apple, spruce, pine, herbal, grass, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Good amount of pine/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toast, brown sugar, raisin, plum, apple, spruce, pine, and herbal/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Good robustness, complexity, and balance of dark/bready malt, earthy hops/spruce, and light-moderate fruity yeast flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and fairly crisp/sticky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is well hidden with only a small warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a good strong ale style. All around good robustness, complexity, and balance of dark/bready malt, earthy hops/spruce, and light-moderate fruity yeast flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on for the ABV. A nicely enjoyable offering.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20 terrybail (704) - London, Ontario, CANADA - JAN 24, 2015
12 oz bottle from Steve for Christmas
slightly hazy copper
smells like a lager
weakest thinnest barley wine I have ever tasted
the 8.8 abv is well masked though
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 mabel (7455) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - DEC 12, 2014
[6147-20140124] Bottle. Cereal grains aroma. Clear, amber body with a quick foamy off-white head. Cereal flavour has a toasted grains aftertaste. Medium body. Average. (6/3/7/3/13) 3.2
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3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 jercraigs (8825) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - FEB 1, 2014
2014-01-25. Dark orange amber body with a small tan head. Aroma of hops and grainy cereals. 6+ Flavour is fairly bitter, grainy and lightly astringent. Average bodied palate, modest carbonation. Bottle shared by DuctTape
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