King Henry....

Just had one about a month or so ago. Still fantastic, granted it is definitely a shadow of what it once was. (I've had about 4-5 now). Worth trading for, but maybe not as much as some people are asking..

 

Still good. Not as good as it was.

 

Anyone had a King Henry lately? Curious how it's holding up?

 

Had it in December at a barleywine tasting, was amazing and considered best of the evening.

 

Had one in a blind tasting against quite a few other beers in various styles. It won out easily. It's still amazing.

 

It's still drinking really great. Granted, I never had it around the time it came out, since I wasn't into beer back by then. But the two times I had in the last year really impressed me. It's still a god-tier barleywine, IMHO.

 

"The metaphorical meaning of the term alludes to the feeling that the next ingested dosage of the beer will result in a nirvana that seems and feels imminent and conclusive, yet upon consumption never quite yields the promised experience—leading to the desire for the next dose that still promises the same—thus chasing the dragon but never catching it (like "chasing after the wind [a wild wind]", a biblical term[3])."