Old Dominion Millenium

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

Lucked out at a bottle share and got the 1998 version. Pours clear mahogany, no head to speak of. Aroma is very sweet and boozy. Flavor features roasted malt, caramel, woody and fruity tones. Mouthfeel has decent body of not much fizz - but it has been 19 years, maybe 20. Toast the Dominion!

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

Stumbled across some bottles recently that have been sitting on the shelf since 2006. They were only a couple bucks apiece so I grabbed some hoping for aged bliss. While not as amazing as I had hoped, it's still packing plenty of flavor. Screw off caps may have hindered the aging process. A murky brown body with a lifeless head and some spots of lacing. Sweet oat bran, mild chocolate and honey dominate a completely malt oriented brew. The honey is really nice. Smooth and enjoyable this 11% sipper is easy to put away. I would loved to have had a fresh bottle back in the day, but I'm glad I grabbed these 2006 bottles.

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

bottle from late '06 .. dark tan, decent lacing for no real foam .. . burnt caramel and light filtered brandy .. nice but at its peak as far as aging .. . The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Bottled: 040407...Pours a murky, dark orange. Aroma is butter scotch, and caramel. Very little head. Tastes, sweet, bitter, almost dry. Butter Scotch, an caramels. Very tasty Barlywine.

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

Pours a slightly hazy coppery color with a quarter inch off-white head that fades failry quickly to a spotty cap that leaves mild lacing. Smell; a bit of sweet honey and some hints of toffee at first, strong piney hops, and some cherries. Taste; the hops hit at first, followed some by dark fruits and slightly sweet honey and toffee background, and finishing with a bit of an alcohol bite. Mouthfeel is full bodied and just slightly oily/slick.

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

Poured a deep orange color with good head, just okay lacing. Aroma was malts and was fruity. Flavor was caramel, pine and earthyness. Fruits mint? 11.4% not sure where that is hide it very very well.

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

Pours an orange color with some ruby hues, decent initial head, sustained good covering, ok lacing. The aroma was fruity esters (grapes most notable), mint, sweet malts. The flavor was strong fruity esters, mint, vanilla, caramel, earthy/musty notes, finishing with a piney hoppiness to keep things honest, crisp (for a barleywine). Mouthfeel was moderate with light dryness. Nice stuff, darned refreshing for 11.4%.

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

Tasted this at the ratebeer may 04 gathering in the spring, and couldn’t find this on the site, but now I have. Thanks goes out to jgb9348 for this one! Aroma is alcohol first and foremost, with malty caramel hints following. Body is a dark amber colour, head is medium sized, off white. Taste is like a port, or a whiskey.....with malts and an alcohol burn that is slight and enjoyable.

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

RERATE 10/2007 - Nice brown color with decent head for style, little lacing. Aroma was sweet caramel. The flavor was caramel, vanilla, some oakyness with a hop burn finish. A citrus burn was a welcome balancing aspect, but perhaps a bit strong in hoppiness for an English style barleywine. I enjoyed it.

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

Vintage 2004. Clear reddish amber with a small dissapearing head. Full caramel aroma with notes of honey, brown sugar, earth and alcohol. Very full flavour of caramel, toffee, vanilla and honey with nice bitter woody tone. Bitter finish of wood and alcohol with a vanilla sweetness underneath. Pleasant.