8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Tap @ Mikkeller Bar Aarhus. Pours hazy dark reddish brown with a small offwhite head. Aroma is very sweet, malty, dark dried fruits, caramel, woody, oaky, port wine, strong vinous sweetness. Taste is sweet, dark dried fruits, malty, caramel, port wine sweetness, oaky barrel notes, subtle bitterness.

8.5

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

375 ml bottle into snifter, no bottle dating. Pours hazy dark ruby red/brownish color with a small fairly dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of huge caramel, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, raisin, prune, plum, cherry, fig, date, berry, apricot, red wine, and toasted oak; with lighter notes of molasses, nuttiness, licorice, vanilla, tobacco, leather, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, fruits, fruity yeast, and wine barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of huge caramel, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, raisin, prune, plum, cherry, fig, date, apricot, red wine, and toasted oak; with lighter notes of molasses, nuttiness, licorice, vanilla, tobacco, leather, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal bitterness and tannic wine/oak spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, dark fruit, cherry, berry, apricot, red wine, toasted oak, molasses, vanilla, tobacco, leather, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruits, fruity yeast, and wine barrel flavors; with zero cloying sweetness after the finish. S Lightly drying from herbal bitterness and wine/oak spiciness as well. Light-medium carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky, lightly slick/syrupy, and sticky/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Alcohol is very well hidden; a small pleasant warmth, with zero booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an amazing English barleywine! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruits, fruity yeast, and wine barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV. Insanely rich, complex, and well balanced between malt and fruits. Nice Port wine barrel presence, without being overwhelming or tannic. Just enough hops to balance the sweetness. A highly enjoyable offering.

6

W cholere slodkie, dziegciowe, zioliwe, nieco oleiste? Fajne ale dziwne

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle thx to Benzai, medium sample. Dark color, short frothy head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, prune, dates, raisin. Quite sweet in taste, raisin, fruity. Nice.

7.3

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

Bottle shared with Caesar @ Caesars mancave. Clear red to red-brown color, average sized off-white to beige head. Aroma is sweet, prunes, raisins. Taste malts, raisins, sweet, some alcohol. Medium body, average carbonation. Hmm nt great.

7.5

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

Draught @ Mikkeller Bar (Aarhus), Jaegergaardsgade 61, ST., DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark. [ As To Øl Barley Wine Babushka ].Clear medium to dark brown red color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, sweet malt, caramel, dried fruit, prunes, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dried fruit, prunes, sweet malt, alcohol - portwine, bread, sweet alcohol. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20160227]

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Tap at Salon piva.Brown color with medium off white head. Aroma of nuts, sweet malt, honey. Taste, sweet malt, red berries, honey, nuts. Excellent.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Tap at TCBW. Pours dark amber. Aroma is sweet, fruits, malt, dates, plums. Flavor is sweet, sticky, malty, some alchol and sour notes. Finish has more dates. Overall: great brew.

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To Øl tasting session

7.5

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

Draft sample @ TCBW ’16. Couleur acajou, doré au verre, huileux, col fin blanc-cassé. Arôme offre un nez laissant un côté vin cuit - rouge, le tout accompagné de pas mal de caramel, épice, chocolat avec une pointe de barrique et de boisé. Palais est épais, presque sirupeux avec un côté vin barrique versant sur les raisins, dates et figues mettant en avant un gros profil de fruits noirs. Sucre résiduel est conséquent ajoutant à cette sensation de lourdeur en bouche et épaisseur, le tout est collant aux lèvres.