8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

From a massive Mikkeller backlog. Most of these ratings are very old. Beware :) Pours clear dark brown with a small offwhite head. Aroma has lots of sherry, raisins, malt, caramel, oranges, banana, vinous notes, hazelnuts. Taste has malty bready notes, sweet oranges, vanilla, fudge, oak, dark fruits, bitter hazelnuts, caramel, grapey notes, strawberries. Super weird and quite special!

8.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle 375ml. [ As Mikkeller 40 Smaragd ].Clear medium amber orange with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, sweet malt, toasted, caramel, oxidide malt, moderate to heavy yeasty, belgium yeast, wood, oak, alcohol, dried fruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, belgium yeast, candy, wood, oak, dried fruit, vanilla, alcohol. Body is medium to medium full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. Wow tasty :0)... [20180212] 9-3-8-4-17

7.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at Kulminator courtesy of Vincent, thanks! Deep clear amber color. Aroma of burnt vinous caramel. Taste is rich caramel. Nice.

8.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Mikkeller 40 Smaragd (by Mikkeller):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 19/20, MyTotalScore: 4.5/5

21/XII/16 - 37.5cl bottle from Kulminator (Antwerpen), shared @ 't Zwaantje (St. Denijs-Westrem) - BB: n/a, bottled: 21/VIII/14 (2016-1476) Thanks to a good beer friend of mine for the bottle!

Slightly hazy deep amber to chestnut brown beer, no head. Aroma: very oxidized, caramel, honey, almonds, sweet, marzipan. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: sweet, honey, sweet wine, marzipan, some alcohol, honey, dried fruits, malty, vanilla, caramel. Aftertaste: sweet, caramel, vanilla, cookies, malty, vanilla, dried raisins, some banana.

10

Thanks Trevor. Proper ace bw.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

37.5cl bottle shared courtesy of and shared with 77ships. Thin white head. Clear amber pour. A decent barley wine

8.9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5

Mikkeller barley wine celebrating the 40 years of existence of - still - Belgium’s most prominent beer pub. Draught at Kulminator of course, in a sherry snifter. Off-white, medium thick, regular and surprisingly stable, lightly lacing head on top of a deep, pure, clear amber coloured beer with chestnut brownish hue and refined, almost lambrusco-like fizz. Incredibly rich bouquet of all kinds of wonderful things, the kind of aroma a true beer afficionado can sniff for hours: candied orange, oxidized sherry, honey, hazelnut oil, black peppercorns, vanilla, oaky tannins, dried banana, whisky, calvados, old port wine, fermenting peaches. Very sweet onset but in a refined, candied kind of way, candi sugar and marmelade, lovely oily and vinous mouthfeel gliding smoothly over the tongue with a subtle sparkling, caramelly and honeyish malt sweetness underneath the candied sweetness, evolving into a rich and downright beautiful finish of lingering candied sweetness, honeyish malts, lightly peppery hops, a lot of drying ’woodiness’ and peppery, warming, liqueurish and slightly whisky-like alcohol only burning a bit in the throat after swallowing, but otherwise well in place. A barley wine of great finesse with a complex texture and amazingly addictive bouquet, absolutely worthy of this dignified institution of Belgian beer culture.

8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft at Kulminator. Dark copper color. Aroma of strong raisin, vanilla and wine. Taste is very rich, with fruity raisin, white grape, vanilla, oak, malt, mild peach. Tastes like a strong desert wine. Long warming finish. Fantastic barley wine.