What's up with the Twizzlers aroma?

So I tried my first barleywine last night, and went with one that was recommended several places: Blithering Idiot. Although not obvious at first, after a few minutes this beer started smelling more and more like Twizzlers. To the point where I'm pretty sure whatever they make Twizzlers out of is present in this beer in a significant amount.

So my question is sort of 3-fold: what exactly is causing this aroma, is it an intentional quality (if anyone happens to know), and will it start to go away if I lay it down for a while?

Topic aroma aging barleywine homebrew

Category Mac

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It can be hard to help with perceived flavors here due to obvious limitations.

If you can use this tool to best describe it, then we can help with solutions.

http://www.beerflavorwheel.com

Usually barley wines are boiled a very long time to achieve the OG. This will also give the beer the effects of carmeling the wort in the boil producing a wide array of maliard notes. Also being a hoppy beer the style is open to all of those possible flavors and aromas.

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