[1] Review by Stoutlover72 from Northern, California, USA who has tried this beer once. (12/31/2007 4:51:03 AM)
"Received in a trade with jjpm74. I've always been a huge fan of barleywines. Even mediocre ones work for me. This is anything but mediocre though. I'm surprised that this was not aged in a whiskey barrel, because I thought that it had a real pronounced whiskey-like vanilla character which was very nice. Some chewy malts, a bit of alcohol, and some tropical fruits were also present but it just couldn't escape that whiskey character. Appearance was a cloudy orangish/brown with a scant whispy head. Perhaps a more agressive pour would have had better results. Aroma was more of the same of the flavors. Whiskey, light tropical fruits, sweet malts, some brown sugar. Really a very nice barleywine. I'd love to find something like this in California."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 750ml @ $0 Unit Cost: $0 per Pint
[2] Review by Vac from San Diego, California, USA who has tried this beer once. (12/27/2006 10:43:57 AM)
"Pours with an orange-amber body topped by a thick head with a good amount of lacing. It’s slightly sweet with notes of oak, vanilla and alcohol. Is this barrel aged? Full bodied and warming."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[3] Review by E from Spring Mountain, PA, USA who has tried this beer once. (6/12/2006 7:41:56 AM)
"[9/05 bottle] Poured a reddish maber color with a small, off white head that quickly diminished, leaving no lacing on the glass. Aroma of chocolate, dried fruits, sour cherries, nuts, caramel malts, green apple, toffee, vanilla, and watermelon. Taste of cocoa, caramel malts, sour cherries, more vanilla, with a fair amount of alcohol and heavy carbonation."
Aroma:
9/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
4/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.4)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[4] Review by willblake from Brick, NJ, USA who has tried this beer (1/18/2006 8:05:27 PM)
"07.31.05 750ml bottle on which the label touts "Limited Release" but then doesn’t list date or bottle number. How special. Mudded, nearly opaque rust-orange pour with little to no head, a surprise given Cisco’s track record of gushing bottles, etc. Aroma is pretty straight forward barleywine stuff: brown sugar, light spice, apricot jam, sugar cookie. Flavor follows suit and masks the 12% devastatingly well. Bit bland in end and to finish. Lingers with a sweet syrupy malt. Thick bodied but not sticky or slick."
Aroma:
6/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
6/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
[5] Review by JaIce from Smyrna, Georgia, USA who has tried this beer once. (8/7/2005 6:32:11 PM)
"The name on this is really, really weird. Cloudy light brown color with a clear soapy bubble wash. Aroma is full of bark and alcohol soaked caramel. Strawberries soaked in bourbon and then coated in chocolate dominate the body. A sac of dried fruits and nuts briefly makes a cameo in this. A bit tart."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
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