This is a beer I've heard about for awhile throughout the online beer community. Anyone in NY who approves of craft beer knows you can't get Lost Abbey/Port Brewing here. That makes this beer particularly special. This is also one hyped up brew that apparently can be quite hard to get a hold of, does it meet its expectation?
Pours quite viscous and a beautiful color for the often ugly barleywine. Big, thick and bubbly off-tan head. Beautiful scents of bourbon, honey, vanilla beans, maple syrup, chocolate and alcohol. Taste is well, incredible. Strong bourbon flavor upfront has a magical dissipating effect like vanilla syrup or something. The bourbon on the tongue just lasts and lasts and lasts. That's not to say that this beer is all bourbon. There is one hell of a beer underneath all that bourbon, and I don't know what it is. It's like an almost stout, or an amped up red ale? Maybe, but its got notes of a scotch ale or wee heavy. It's like no other beer I've ever had, and
that counts for a lot. Flavors of wood-smoked caramel apple, vanilla, oak, honey, hops, tobacco and smoke. As it warms it seems to lose its initial scent of bourbon and takes on an almost hop related smell still accentuated largely by the caramel malt bill. Bourbon is still there in full flavor and finish. Alcohol is at no point overbearing, especially at room temp. The beer is so smooth -- its fizzy up front but turns smooth as silk with its instant dissipating action. These, people, are adjectives of on
e incredible beer. Thanks to this trader!
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