Soulive
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I'm thinking about cracking one tonight since its been about one year since I bought it. I've been storing it in mostly proper cellar temps. Anybody know where its at right now?
Glibbidy said:2007 Vintage
Appearance- Poured a dark amber, and brilliantly clear beer with a frothy head that slowly dissipated into a variety of bubbles that eventually left a lace around the perimeter of the goblet.
Smell-Spicy yet sweet smelling hop aroma right on the nose. Flowery essence with a peppery finish
Taste- Slightly sweet with a pronounced dank, pungent, chewy bitterness that lingers on until the alcohol taste pushes it's way forward and says hello. This beer has a huge bite, that goes on and on and on.
Mouthfeel- This is one full bodied bitter beer, with an extraordinary amount of hops to balance the malt on this one. The alcohol just simply invades your mouth combined with a coating of hops to make this a well rounded beer.
Drinkability- Wow! Sierra Nevada has really managed to create a highly drinkable barley wine, that leaves you coming back for more year after year.
It tastes like another.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 10-01-2007
Does that help?
Glibbidy said:You'll be amazed how prevalent the hops will stick with that beer. Best guess the beer I drank was probably 11-12 months old at the time I consumed it. I neglected to check it's born on date on the box.
I think Dude had a few bottles of the 2007 lying around. He may have some input on this. IIRC he also had some 05, and 06 as well.
Either way enjoy!
mrkristofo said:Sorry, misread that guys. I was thinking he was looking for the info on the Bigfoot released in 2007. Around these parts we don't get Bigfoot until September, which would have made a difference in 1 vs 4 months of aging.
At any rate, glad to hear it's drinking well. I'll head to the liquor store and pick up some bottles.
Jekster said:I have some of this sitting around from this summer when our local liquor store was selling it for $5.99 a six pack. I scored about 4 and am unfortunately down to my last sixer. I had one a few weeks ago and think it's a very drinkable barley wine with a nice hop kick and just enough malt to balance while not being cloying on your pallet. Yummy stuff.
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