Blithering Idiot
Poured into a tulip. Deep reddish caramel color with a thin white head, not much retention. Smell sweet of cherries and burned sugar and caramel. Faint alcohol on the nose as well. Taste doesn't have much up front but hits sweet and balanced on the finish. Has a very faint metallic off-taste that I've picked up in some of my homebrews, but barely there. Pretty good but not as robust as I'd expect from a big barleywine. The alcohol is not well hidden. Pretty drinkable, but again, that's not what I really expect from an 11.1% barleywine.