Tastes and smells better from the Speigelau IPA glass, should have been using that all along. Anyway, it's a nice clean refreshing IPA with lots of flavor, especially for 5.9%!

Tastes and smells better from the Speigelau IPA glass, should have been using that all along. Anyway, it's a nice clean refreshing IPA with lots of flavor, especially for 5.9%!

Tastes and smells better from the Speigelau IPA glass, should have been using that all along. Anyway, it's a nice clean refreshing IPA with lots of flavor, especially for 5.9%!

It's a massively hopped barleywine. I didn't notice a big difference once it settled in. Pretty good, though, and not terribly expensive. Not hard to justify the cellar space but it's never really going to be at the top of my list of what I want at any given time.

So, so different than the first bottle I drank 9? months ago. No more oily mouthfeel. Very hoppy for a barleywine. Citrusy aroma and lots of citrus hops in the flavor (Sierra Nevada after all...) .Clove and similar spices in the aftertaste. Shared a surprising amount of flavors with the 6-month old 90 minute IPA I had yesterday. Not as sweet as I expect from a barleywine, definitely reminds me of a full-bodied malty IPA.

Tastes and smells better from the Speigelau IPA glass, should have been using that all along. Anyway, it's a nice clean refreshing IPA with lots of flavor, especially for 5.9%!

I see that I mentioned sour notes in my previous review but I didn't detect anything like that in this bottle. Not a barrel-forward beer. More barrel in the aroma than the flavor. We all really enjoyed it, probably more than the last time. Very smooth, the 12% didn't hit as hard as last time. Sweet but also bitter, surprisingly so for an English Barleywine. Not sure what to make of that but I would like to get my hands on more of Clown Shoes' barrel stuff.

Very different than bourbon barrel aged barleywine. Some sour notes in the aroma that I couldn't quite place. Sweetens greatly as it warms. Very pleasant but kind of heavy. Every bit the 12%.

Tastes and smells better from the Speigelau IPA glass, should have been using that all along. Anyway, it's a nice clean refreshing IPA with lots of flavor, especially for 5.9%!

Tasted more like an Imperial Oktoberfest than a scotch ale. Not unpleasant but the Munich malts overwhelmed with sweetness.

It's OK. I probably need to try it fresh but there are much more reliable great beers out there.

It's OK. I probably need to try it fresh but there are much more reliable great beers out there.

It's fine. Not my favorite, though. And way overpriced.

I may have to revise that. I remember this tasting a lot more chocolaty and less roast. Definitely has a bite.

NOT an RIS, but a very good Imperial Stout.

Great scotch ale but the two years didn't do anything for it. Drink fresh, don't bother to age it. Didn't hurt the beer but not worth the cellar space.

Unfortunately this one had turned pretty far, I didn't want any more after the first sip. Parents still thought it was good until I opened the 2015, which had fared much better.

Still good, maybe not as balanced as it could be. Smokier, burnt caramel, enough bourbon but not a bomb. More barrel than bourbon.

Lost about all the bourbon in the flavor. I expected it to be smoother by now but it's still quite boozy. Very sweet, in a good way, though.