The beer is a little stingy with the foam, but what it releases is a rocky mixture of big, medium, and tiny little bubbles. A flotilla of these bubbles remains in the center of the glass with a familiar ring of tiny bubbles around the sides. The sit on top of a significantly hazy honey-brass colored beer. The aroma definitely lets me know that there has been some brown liquor involved in the aging process, but the Belgian yeast still manages to peek through. What seems like a caramel malt is also asserting itself.First sip is a spry and capable beverage. I was afraid that the addition of the whiskey barrel would weigh the beer down, but that is not the case. Instead, the Belgian yeast floats on top of the whiskey heaviness, and the carbonation brings a certain amount of activity to the beverage that would seemingly be too sedate. The caramel malt is more of a calming influence on the yeast, and the sip would imply that all of the ingredients are just about mixed perfectly. I wonder what a swig will say.
Tip-in is frantic carbonation burn with light yeast atop the carmel malt and a pall of heavy alcohol casting a shadow. The center is a delicious maelstrom of carbonation chatter over top of the rich, vibrant yeast with the caramel soaking up the heavy alcohol to make a good bed for the yeast to lay in. The finish is a surge of sweetness followed by a decrescendo that allows bitterness to see been while be yeast add some spices and trails off.
Bottom Line: I wish I had bought more of these.
5.0/5
