Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Pours hazy caramel, not much head. Aroma offers caramel and toasted malt notes. Flavor presents sharp caramel, woody, toasted malt and fruity notes. Mouthfeel is fairly firm and lively. Go old school!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

These fruity barleywines are too sweet for me. That being said, I enjoyed the flavor and appreciate everything that is going on here. Cloudy light amber appearance. This is more of a European style barleywine, or resemblance of something Belgian....versus the American style semi-hoppy barleywine. I probably should have aged this for a year or two....but was too curious.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Bottle from 2010.Poured dark amber reddish color with small bubbly tan head which didn't last.No lacing. Don't think this has improved much since my last tasting of a year ago.Aroma is Very fruity,hoppy and strong alcohol.This is certaily a sipping beer.Can taste the dates and figs.Warming alcohol flavor,almost like a brandy.Quite sweet.Smooth velvety,sticky mouthfeel(nice)Hope I can keep off the last one for at least a year.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Four pack I brought back with me from Kentucky, one fresh bottle now while the remaining three will get some cellar time. Pours with a fizzy head and some strands of lacing with an amber-copper colored body. Dry, sweet and very warming. There is a trace of booziness, but it's fairly well hidden and I'm sure will smooth out over time. Toffee, caramel, raisin and a nice burnt malt flavor. Woody with hints of vanilla and lots of dark berries. Unique and fairly complex, I hope it will develop nicely.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

A barleywine the way they should be done. A beautiful clear golden pour, an off-white head topping it off. Sweet malt, honey, and caramel dominate the aroma with some floral scents. Flavour isn't as sweet as the aroma would indicate, it is very nicely balanced between the malty sweetness and hoppy bitterness.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Beer 2 of my 12 Beers of Christmas. Been sitting on this one; drinking it while watching Sam on Brew Masters. Beautiful clear orange ruby amber pour with a thin head reducing to a sustained tight creamy ring leaving delicate light lacing. Pleasant complex aromas of honey, clementines, grapes, ripe cherries, sweet dates, honeysuckle and floral hops. Big flavor with upfront aforementioned fruits in the taste with a floral and honeysuckle light hops bitter and a good warming alcohol bite. As with most barleywines, it gets even better as it warms. Excellent Dogfish Head brew. Another one off the wish list and excellent choice to include in my 12 Beers of Christmas 2010.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottled. Pours out in a clear orange color with a small disappearing white head. Dense and rather hot aroma of toasted, malts, honey, orange-liquor, black pepper, over-riped raspberries, black cherries, sweet licorice and alcohol. Full-bodied with notes of honey, roasted nuts, fudge, toasted malts, and peppery alcohol. Long warming sweet finish of orange-liquor, black pepper and black cherries. Impressive.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

I will be picking up a bottle to revisit in a year. Not gonna say this is a bad brew. Sweet citrus. Heavy aroma. And though you may not pick up the 15 abv in the taste, you will get it after the first few sips. Because of the sweetness, this would be better to let and cellar for the better side of a year and trying again. With the sweetness mellowed and the bright citrius, this woild be a treat to drink - especially as it warms above 60 deg.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

A crystal orange-amber colored ale. Head is moderately small and disappears fairly quickly. The soapy white head settles nto a gentle ringlet. A big alcoholic phenols, malt, fruity aroma rises to the nose. Nothing about this ale allows you to forget the alcohol. A fair amount of carbonation and creaminess hit the palate. The tasting, again, think alcohol with sweet sugars and fruits (like cherries, apples, pears). Let this one warm. It goes down easier at that point.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

On draft at a bar near me, finally gave it a try even though it was quite expensive. Dark brown in color, small tan head. Aroma is hoppy. Taste reminds me just how much i love barley wines. Nice hoppy finish to it also. If it weren't for the price, I could get used to drinking this.