This brandy wine is an attractive brown/red in the glass with steady carbonation. The aroma is potent but structured very tightly and not overly boozie or gnarly like many barley wines. Flavor does not quite follow the aroma. Up front I get a slight bitterness followed by classic heavy and sweet raisin, malt, and a somewhat dry booze finish enveloped in caramel. I do not get much of the sweet juicy fruit from the aroma in the taste. I do appreciate, however, that the flavor profile is relatively tight and even dry for a barley wine. Good beer.
2 outta 3 hell yeahs
No comments:
Post a Comment