Room A Thousand Years Wide
Orpheus Brewing

Rich and thick. Dark black with virtually no head.
Big notes of toffee, caramel, dates and prunes. I can get the coconut in there as well.
It does nothing to hide the alcohol.
It's very sweet and one of those beers where I'm glad to have tried it, but have no real interest in even finishing the whole glass, let alone the whole 375ML bottle. At this alcohol percentage you're basically crushing half a bottle of wine.

Pours a deep murky dark brown, thick looking. Head is small tan only leaves hints of lace.

Aroma is sweet malty sugars, dark fruits, caramel, raisins.

Taste is nice sweet, loads of caramel, dark fruits, raisins warm barrel notes. Finish is lingering caramel sweetness, barrel notes lingering alcohol bite. Big complex be that's tasty.

Mouthfeel is big chewy think the alcohol makes the finish lighten up a tad.

Overall a nice big chewy treat.

Great beer but I was expecting more for whatever reason .

Poured a super dark brown, with ruby red edges. Head was chunky, and disappeared as fast as a fountain drink. All the characteristics of a great barrel-aged barleywine. Aromas of dark fruits, almonds and coconut. Really pungent and appetizing.
Flavors are quite dry, with a lot of dried fruit, bourbon-soaked raisins and salted caramel. A bit drier than I prefer my barleywines, but still flavorful.
Mouthfeel is rather flat, but it feels full-bodied, and the alcohol burn passes through your nose as you swallow. All the good aromas come right back.

Hitting savory overload, Orpheus Brewing pushes the limits on what any palate can handle when it comes to decadence with a blending of Barleywines, aged in rye whisky and bourbon barrels to make you forget all about that tawny port in your cabinet.

Pouring a deep garnet black blend, Room a Thousand Years Wide releases a creamy tarnish froth, low-lying in its profile yet billowing with candied sweet scents of dark fruit, weathered oak, toast and leather. Lavish sweetness comes with the first sip of blackstrap molasses, gingerbread, butterscotch and brown sugar in a dessert-like upstart.

Every sip delivers a new surprise as the rich malts nestle onto the middle palate. As hints of coffee, burnt toast, dark chocolate and candied walnuts pull from the sweetness, a bounty of fruits come in the form of raisin, date, fig, cherry, currant and grape- each seemingly slight stewed and charred. As the caramel, vanilla and oaken charm of the barrels add nuanced coconut, the ale trails into a late palate of sherry, brandy and madeira but with the earthen grit of rye.

Undeniably full, sweet and yet off-cloying, the bold sipping ale finishes malty-sweet and with endless complexity. A long port-like finish is the perfect ending to a meal prepared well, a dessert in its own right.