Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot

I love barleywines.  It's been a while since I had a good English style barleywine (the last one I had was Duck-Rabbit a couple months ago), so I popped the cap on Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot, and my evening got a whole lot smoother:

Vittles:
English Barleywine
11.1% abv

Score:
Appearance: 8/10
Aroma: 21/25
Taste: 35/40
Mouthfeel: 8/10
Style: 5/5
Drinkability: 8/10
Overall: 85/100

Impression:
The coppery-mahogany color just looks so enticing, and the aroma is nearly all malt and dark fruits.  I smell figs, raisins, and cherries on top of caramel malts, with a touch of booze at the tail end.  The flavor matches the nose pretty closely, but there's a bit more spiciness on the tongue.  As the beer warms, it also takes on a sticky-sweet quality which I think I would enjoy more in chilly weather but is just a little too viscous to really enjoy on such a hot evening.  There's definite alcohol warmth on the back end, but it is a pretty high abv beer, so I was expecting to be able to taste it at some point.  The mouthfeel is fairly full-bodied, and the carbonation is present at low levels.  I'd love to try this one with a year or two on it, maybe while watching the first real snowfall of the year.  Or maybe to help make the holidays just a little more merry.  I'll have to keep my eye out for a sale on a case of this so I can try some aging experiments.

Cheers!