Mikkeller Big Worse Barleywine

After loving Boogoop I was fairly amped for this beer.

Hmm.. poured without a great deal of head and a powdery mid-brown colour. Not the most attractive beer initially. Boozey nose, sweet malts, sugar, raisins.

It's pretty hot in the mouth too, the alcohol very evident to me, certainly more so than in comparable abv barleywines tested previously. But at the same time there's a slight lack of roundness in the mouthfeel. Flavours mirror the aroma, not much hop astrigency to back up the raisin cake character, bit heavy and sweet to my palate.

All in all then.. a bit of a disappointment to be honest. There are better options in the barleywine space. 6.0