Blithering Idiot
Pours a cloudy amber with pleanty of yeasties floating around. Head was about an inch thick before it dissapeared a small ring. Smell is heavy on figs with some dark fruit aroma creeping in. Alcohol is prevalent in the aroma. On first sip the alcohol makes is presence known. This is like drinking rum that had dark fruit soaking in it. Very sweet and some what thick. Alcohol is all over this and it almost makes the flavors a little hard to detect. Some hop bitterness does creep in, not hop flavor, just some alpha bitterness, odd for an English barleywine. Feel is thicker with low carbonation. Has the feel of a cask/real ale at first. This is not bad, but it is not great. I wish I had aged this longer than six months. But it is cold outside and thought this would be a good treat. This would be a good treat if the alcohol was a bit more subtle.