Olde School Barleywine - Dogfish Head Brewery

Alieniloquium

Florida

3.05/5  rDev -22.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75

12 oz. bottle poured into a snifter. Bottled in 2011. Looks like 4/11/2011.

Appearance - Deep copper with some sediment and a short lived head of large discrete bubbles. Nothing but a pencil thin collar when all is said and done. Not really all that viscous in appearance.

Smell - Rough from the booze. It smells all of 15% and then some. Fruity and just a hint of caramel, but it's a lot of alcohol and not a pleasant alcohol aroma either. As it warms, it gets a bit raisiny.

Taste - A fair bit better than the smell, as the alcohol is more subdued. Much more raisin and caramel with the lighter fruit flavors coming farther back. The alcohol enhances some of those apple flavors in the back. Finishes hot, but not terribly sweet.

Mouthfeel - I expected it to be more syrupy, but it's thinner than I expected. Maybe it's dried out a bit in a year and a half. Medium carbonation. Hot.

Overall - After the first couple of sips, I thought I might dump it. Now I think I'll get through at least half of it before deciding I don't need any more alcohol tonight.

Serving type: bottle

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