Cinnamon Roll Maestro
Alesong Brewing & Blending

 

 

Bottled on:
Many thx to muchloveforhops3 for this bottle!

A - Pours an amber color with dense thin lacing and light carbonation.

S - Toasted caramel malt, vanilla, and cinnamon.

T - Toasted caramel, cinnamon, vanilla, and light Whiskey while ending with a lingering cinnamon, vanilla, and Whiskey booziness.

M - Light syrupy body that's silky smooth and some pronounced warming in the back of the throat.

O - This is a really enjoyable 'Barley!

Colour....cloudy amber with a thick white head. Nose...delightfully round cinnamon, allspice, dates and nutmeg. Palate...full, plush, fleshy and teeming with cinnamon/sugar paste and a generally bitter feel on the mid palate. There's sailor jack on the mid and back palate and heady notes of booze infused caramel and butterscotch. The finish is long, warming and loaded with cinnamon toast flavours.

Pours a clear, light reddish brown. Wonderfully sweet aroma dominated by cinnamon and vanilla with hints of the whiskey. Taste follows nose -- perfectly balance of cinnamon, vanilla & more pronounced whiskey. Mouthfeel is on the lighter side for a barleywine but works nicely for this one. Overall, a very good barleywine.

Look - Pours a fairly translucent golden red color with a nice light head.

Smell - Has a pastry scent, with cinnamon and vanilla. I'm not getting the whiskey barrel in the nose, but the cinnamon roll is nice.

Taste - A light cinnamon roll taste, with just a hint of whiskey. Tastes surprisingly light and easy drinking for a 13.3%ABV beer.

Feel - Feels pleasant for a 13.3% ale. Nicely carbonated, a light taste for a barleywine, but good.

Overall - I really like this ale. Though I feel that perhaps it needs just a bit more strength of flavor (or more ABV?)