Oakshire Barleywine

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

2013 vintage 22oz bomber, courtesy riversideAK, thanks Alex, pours with a near clear deep copper to amber body that supports a tan head of foam. The aroma offers up smooth plums and brown sugar coated raisins to go along with a light spicy woodiness and some earthiness. The taste has a lot going on as the age is pulling the hops toward the sweetness. I get smooth sweet malts blended into blunted pine and floral hops. To midway it gets a bit boozy and resiny with hops. Into the finish modest levels of spicy woody hops join booze and blunted malt sweetened pine hops to help close out the experience.

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

Sampled at Whole Foods in Beaverton
Clear copper with a small off-white head and some lacing. Aroma is piney, fruit and caramel. Flavors of pine resin, caramel and candy
Nice, easy drinking.

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

Vintage 2013 bottle. Redish pour. Lots of fruit and carmel malt on the nose, lighter hops. A little booze. Flavor is nice, but instantly boozy, and the aroma follows as it warms. Raisins and light fruit and a little bitterness. Good, but with it's faults. They gotta tone down the alcohol a bit. I've had bigger thicker stronger barleywines that show far less alcohol.