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Having been terribly disappointed with this, I now move on to my second Machine House beer the 2025 Barleywine. Pour gives a great looking, two-finger head that lingers. Some lace, and a great film across the body on settling. Body has a copper hue...
Bottle number 4815. Kahn's, Indianapolis, sometime in the latter half of 2022. 330 mL bottle. I have zero expectations here, or at least I'm assuming that it's going to be a dud, and anything and everything above that will be a bonus. Deliberately...
2021 vintage. This is a complicated beer, that is actually very different than first impressions on opening might otherwise suggest. At the outset the appearance seems to be basically black, and the nose very strongly bourbon based. Neither are...
Thanks Lee, my third experience with the small batch series. This is an interesting stable of beers. In some places this is categorized as a 10% English Barleywine. Well ... whilst there is definitely a beer of that description SOMEWHERE in the...
22 oz bottle form Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. I've become really wary of this series from Clipper City because frankly, the beers have been pretty poor. I'm a little more optimistic about this one though, since I liked the original Below Decks so...
11.5 oz bottle in the cardboard sleeve and plastic cap. Interesting beer. Firstly there is an appearance that is reminiscent of one of the classic, English Pale Ales with superb sticky, white lace and a dark, honey orange body. The head and lace...
Thanks go out to Lance for securing this bottle for me. Took me an age to get hold of it, but eventually it got here. 22 oz bottle with the black wax. Shared this one with Wes at Cypress, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is a simple, reddish hue with good...
Many thanks go out to Brad007 for the chance to try this one. The 32 oz mini-growler is a great presentation. The first time I've seen it but I like the idea very much. Dirty brown, cloudy pour with a really good, ivory colored head. The lace (or...
Courtesy of Bob at The Brick Store - from notes either late 2007 or early 2008 (not sure of the exact date). The sample pour is a simple dark, dark brown with obviously no head or lace to speak of. Aroma is very strong which I think I would really...
2004 vintage (which seems to be all we get in Atlanta), 275 mL bottle, $6.49 from Merchants Package Store, Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pours with a really rather alarming amount of carbonation - very fizzy. Obviously this dies...
Updated notes 09/13/2022 - Pictured, but read on ... Mmm ... OK, here's the deal. I ran across this bottle in September of 2022 in what looked like a store that had not been open too long (Crown Liquors at 116th Street in Indianapolis) and thought...
Additional notes 07/19/25 (2008 pictured) Well I did say in the original notes that might be, "A good candidate for the cellar I would think", so here we are. Found these two on the final clear out of what once was a 1000+ bottle cellar, and given...
$6.49 from Merchant Package Store, Johnson Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA, USA. 50 cents more expensive than most of Atlanta. 9.3 oz bottle, 2004 Vintage. Mill-pond still on the pour. Dark orange body with a thin ring of lace around the edge of the glass....
Definitely the best of the three Bad Elf series that I have had so far. 500 mL bottle. $6.88 from Beverage Mart in Acworth, GA, USA. This has probably been aging in the store for at least six months, likely even a little longer. It's held up and...
12 oz bottle, 2006 vintage. I've been drinking this for a few months now, finally got around to reviewing it. Interesting beer. Has the taste (and aroma) of an English Barleywine up front (malty, sweet and fruity), but then finishes with a little...
1995 Vintage, on tap at The Brick Store, Decatur, GA, USA. Classic English BW in all respects. Deep orange pour with little or no carbonation and minimal ring of lace on the surface of the beer (as expected). Very sweet. Strong aroma is dominated...
$6.95 Green's on Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA. 12 oz bottle. 2004 Vintage. It's an extraordinary beer, in fact in many ways it's barely a beer, but it is just about what I expected. Pour is a deep orange viscous liquid with a head that disappears...
=== 2004 Vintage === Poured into the small Gouden Carolus chalice, it takes on a golden brown color - a little less dark than I was expecting. Not much head or lacing, but I wasn't expecting much of course. This is absolutely typical of an English...
Typical viscous looking, mid-orange appearance with no head or lacing. Alcohol and some bananas & (of all things) coconut in the aroma. Taste is pretty powerful. Alcohol, hop bitterness and a dry feeling combine in a not all that subtle a manner....
A treat and a delight rolled into one. A very special beer for sipping and savoring. 9.3 oz bottle, $6.95 Greens, Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2004 vintage. First time that I have opened a beer for a period of 24 hours before drinking; done it...
Gosh, this is good. Coming in at 10.3 % it's a big hitter, but the drinkability is still astonishing. Ruby red which is cloudy in a chill hazed manner, but it looks like a lot of sediment rather than a temperature effect. Attractive, thin espresso...
Additional notes 01/08 12oz single from recent trip to Greensboro, NC, USA. Thoughts on this bottle pretty much reflect my original review. Very sticky, sweet and English in style. Original notes 02/06 Great looking red pour with some head but it...
Additional notes 05/23/25 2006, Batch 2, the best part of 20 years old. Well, as expected in terms of carbonation and the pour. Not much oxidation. The alcohol is still there, but it now manifests itself as an oaky, but incredibly smooth sherry....
Barleywines walk a fine line with me. The combination of the sticky sweetness and the alcohol really needs to strike the right balance to pull it off, and it's very easy for a BW to fall out of favor with me if one of the two dominates too much. I...
Dark orange pour, typical for the style with minimal head and some, but very little lacing. Typical BW appearance. Aroma is all dark fruit. Smells a bit like a doppelbock with those very distinct dried fruit aromas coming through strong. Mouthfeel...
2007 Vintage pictured 06/13/26 Pretty extraordinary. 2007 still carbonated, excellent head and retention and not huge signs of oxidation. Drinkable? Yes, but I don't think I'd want much of it. Some bitterness. 2005 Vintage, notes added 11/05/05....
This is a lovely beer. From presentation through to pour, from the head through to the appearance, from the color to the body, it's a feast for the senses. Deep, deep mahogany red coloration, with a good head that is firm and slightly pink in...
Update: 4AT coded bottle (April 2004) consumed January 2007. 7oz bottle getting toward three years old. Very deep malts and lots of sweetness with a hop edge. This stuff seems to be peaking since I can hardly imagine it getting any better. Original...
Pours with little or no carbonation to give a brown sugar colored beer with some minor lacing around the edges of the head. The aroma is all sweetness and sugar and so are the initial tastes. A very, very sweet combination of flavors hit, and the...