Name – Insanity
Country – United States
Type – English Barleywine

Appearance – Poured a reddish brown color with a nice sized white head that did leave some good lacing.

Smell – Quite malty with hints of caramel and dark fruit.  You get a bit of oak and a slight alcohol burn in the nose as well.

Taste – Malty nirvana.  So very sweet but in a malty sense.  You get some oak in the taste and the alcohol is present and just gets bigger as it warms up.

I had this one before and really enjoyed it but I didn’t get to review.  So I had to get another bottle so that I could review it.  I’m going to go out on a limb here and say this is my favorite barleywine out there right now.  I’m much more a fan of the English style with less emphasis on the hops than the American style so this is right up my alley.  And I imagine if I drank enough of this it would make me clinically insane.

Overall Grade – A