Exemplary barleywine coalesces bittersweet spruce-hopped orange-tangerine tang with ripe melon, cherry, red grape, and fig-prune nuances, becoming medicinal as almond wine succulence secures alcohol-smitten oaken dryness. Chewy malt sugaring renders creamy maple, molasses, and cookie dough richness.

Magnificent 2008 version of extremely popular ruddy-hued barleywine brings up-front brandy warmth to syrupy whiskey malting and chewy pine-sapped goo. Huge hop bittering imbibes overripe peach-cherry-grape jam prevalence and alcohol-strengthened sherry-bourbon whir.

Well-balanced chocolate sweetness and malted barley grist placed alongside easy flowing crystalline hop groove. Pungent alcohol finish retains spirited barleywine warmth and caramelized raisin-fig aspect, but fruity adjuncts could be more pronounced for better creative distinction.

9.1% alcohol thrust boosts doubled malt-hop complexity, bruised orange souring, and port-like dryness to full-bodied hearty warmth. Fruitcake, malt liqueur, and dark rum illusions crowd cherry-pureed pineapple-mango-papaya center. At finish, honeyed nuttiness drapes slow sipping bourbon-barreled dessert treat.

Pronounced perfume-hopped citric fruiting and strong alcohol influence favorably prevail over bitter grapefruit pungency. Cinnamon and clove-spiced peach, pear, cherry, and bruised orange illusions furnish chewy caramel malt thickness.

Turbid butterscotch-hued oak-barrel aged barleywine may lack stylistic strength and attributes, but floral grapefruit peel bittering and piney earthen depth enrich lively departure. Beneath subsidiary tannic peach-grape tartness lies lemony lavender-violet tease and oaken vanilla nuance.

Though moderate-bodied for its class, tranquilizing libation possessed intrinsic brandy, bourbon, and rum warmth simmering succulent sugar-caned bruised banana, cherry puree, strawberry, and peach sweetness. Latent chewy vanilla respite adds harmony.

Blustery black cherry tang dominates thick-headed, though less filling, specialty ale. Musty wine sweetness, neat floral bouquet, and fruity adjuncts animate rich barleymalts for heady feast.

Pour slowly puffy beige-laced amber-toned bottle-conditioned barleywine or risk carbolic explosion. Perfumed herbal hop bittering buttresses candi-sugared orange-soured tartness and grapefruit-peeled nectarine-apricot-pineapple-mango fruiting. Heartwarming juniper-spiced alcohol finish relaxes nerves.

Serpentine-like turbid magenta barleywine changes course like vintage wine. Haughtily acrid molasses-draped charred wood, black tar, and tobacco chaw bittering, alongside hefty 9.5% alcohol burn, may disappoint softer palates, but escalating lactic robustness sweetens endless peculiarities efficiently. Chewy brown-sugared chocolate-vanilla upsurge informs pureed raisin creaminess, orange-bruised cherry puree compaction, and illustrious medicinal finish. Dry bourbon, burgundy, and brandy wining stumbles across hard-candied coriander-spiced anise stickiness. Not for the weak-hearted. Compares favorably to highly efficient double bocks.

Viscous coppery russet haze befits impressive full-bodied barleywine. Raisin-esque mouthfeel consumes sharp medicinal alcoholic blast, peppery hop dissonance and piney wood timbre to subdued earthen bottom. Red grape esters, cherry, pomegranate, and fig consume yeast-candied caramel-cocoa malting to maple syrup finish.

Behind sharp hop char lies creamy caramel malting fortifying mellow maple syrup sweetness. As subtle grain finish descends, unexpected sherry elixir dissolves into barleywine effervescence.