95
Overall
Aroma
12
Flavor
19
Mouthfeel
5
Appearance
3
Windsor, CO
What Our Editors Thought
Black body with no color around the edges and minimal head. Port wine, fig, plum, and bready caramel notes in the aroma. Sweet body driven by caramel and milk chocolate alongside a top note of maple, balanced by notes of tobacco, black pepper, and a slight tannic woody note. Elegant and refined, rich without cloying or pandering, it's assured but accessible.
What Our Panel Thought
What the Brewers Say
English Barleywine aged for 18 months in a barrel that previously held whiskey, vanilla imperial stout, and maple syrup.

Review printed in: The Malt Is the Message (Spring 2024)
View All IssuesDate Reviewed: December 6, 2023