3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 after4ever (6820) - Brier, Washington, USA - SEP 23, 2015
Draft at sb. 2011 keg, aged in tsmp control continuously ever since. Pours a murky bright medium amber with a dense and creamy light tan head. Big sweet delicious nose, caramel and oranges and fruitcake and cake batter and a bit of creamy frosting too. Sticky thick body with light carb fighting through. Dark caramel, treacle, oranges, bananas, carrot cake, and frosting on the mid palate. Long sweet finish. Luscious.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 fcjack1 (249) - Washington, USA - APR 7, 2015
On tap at the Red Hot. Pours reddish amber. Thin white head. Scent is whiskey and booze. Taste is caramel, booze, whiskey and sweetness. Tasty.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 tcon25 (313) - Duvall, Washington, USA - FEB 28, 2015
Draft pour at brewery (2013) light pour copper. Aroma of a beer that was ageed in barrels. Very smooth beer here. I definitely like the aged version of this beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 andrewje41 (1600) - Kenmore, Washington, USA - FEB 27, 2015
2013 version draft pour at the brewery. Pours a dark reddish copper color with a thin oily head. Aroma is rich sugary malt and caramel. Flavor is sweet. Thicker body. Some brown sugar to it. Lingering sweetness with a little booziness. A warmer upper here for sure. Its strong, and doesnt hide it. Overall a fun barleywine. Good beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 jsnicholas (414) - Woodinville, Washington, USA - DEC 19, 2014
Bottle (12oz $7): bottled 41/28/14. Mostly clear orange. Little head. Smells sweet with alcohol. Tastes sweet with metallic after taste. Pretty good.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 maxwelldeux (4182) - Snohomish, Washington, USA - SEP 13, 2014
Draught, 2012 vintage. Pours a hazy amber color with a small white head on there. Nose has some strong bread and caramel in there. Taste is slightly sweet and seems very alcohol laden. Decent brew.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 SHIG (4021) - Wasilla, Alaska, USA - FEB 15, 2014
Draft 12 version: Poured brown with tan head. Malty, fruit, and vanilla aroma. Sweet malt with high alcohol burn of fermented fruit and whiskey.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20 flannelnomad (57) - portland, Oregon, USA - FEB 13, 2014
Poured into my Ale Apothecary snifter from a 12ozer. What a beautiful beer! Glowing deep amber. Crystal clear. Off white head that fades away. Smells like candied caramel corn, booze, sugar and vanilla. Has a toasted sugar quality to it. Like kettle corn and marshmallows. Vanilla, burnt caramel, for all the cellaring at the brewery that this beer goes through it is still pretty hot. Lots of hops with all the malt and high abv give it a stingy, medicinal, numbing quality, which I love. I really really like this barley wine, its such a melding of english and american style and I am very intrigued to see what its like after a year or two, I think it will be kicked up a couple notches with some cellaring.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 Prufrockstar (1590) - Seattle, Washington, USA - JAN 9, 2014
12 oz bottle, thanks to Jeremy. Pours clear copper with very little head and minimal lacing. Aroma: wow, that was unexpected. Big and fruity. Green apples, pear, some alcohol as well. Taste: apple meets caramel and vanilla. Unfortunately, this combination conjures up tastes of apples coated in melted, Brachs caramels. Toffee; loads of booze. Fully body, soft carbonation, thick and warming. Overall: interesting ...
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 OldMrCrow (2198) - Seattle, Washington, USA - JAN 8, 2014
One year old bottle at Prufocks place -- thanks to J. from untappd
I was quite happy to have the chance to try this one. Light orange pour into a stemmed HOTD glass, limited head. Nice full aroma: vanilla bourbon dominated by apple jolly rancher, hints of muscat grape and something close to cotton candy. Bourbon provides only a hint of vanilla. The taste is a close match to the aroma. Modestly sweet, light caramel --- in fact, caramel apple. Not such a hop blast as in many relatively fresh American barleywines. Definite aspects of English-style barleywines here. Quite nice in its subtleties but a tad hot -- give it two years of age and it could be really special.
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