On tap at Little Beast, pours an opaque murky dark red with no head. Nose is full of intense bourbon barrels, lots of toffee, dark dried fruits, and some vanillin. Flavour is sort of like a tart fruity barleywine; it’s dominated by the bourbon barrels, with tart red fruits, sugars that are immediately eclipsed by the tartness. Surprisingly nice—definitely not tripel-like. Whatever it is, it’s a pleasant bizarre strong ale.

P.S. the PDX brewery tasting room describes this as a tripel, but I don’t see how that’s correct.