(tap 0,3l @ OP (Brno)) Overall: Good. Drinkable. Reminds sweeter wines. Later more malty and warming. Aroma: Sweet, some soft fruity, sweet wine. Appearance: Clear dark copper color. Minimal beige head. Taste: Medium sweet, stone fruits, sweet wine, caramel, malty, some harsh (peated ?) malts. Palate: Medium body. Sticky, light creamy texture. Light warm, light astringent finish.

The Chardonnay wine barrel aged version of Silly Scotch, one of newer versions, as Silly has been experimenting with aging their Scotch on barrels for quite some years now; 75 cl bottle with cork from Belbière. Creamy, papery lacing, egg-white, dense, medium thick, very stable head on a translucent and clear mahogany beer with deep ruby red hue. Aroma of crème au beurre, hazelnut candy, caramel sauce, peanut butter, Ersatz chocolate, banana, old bread, raisins, cream cheese,, melting butter, cookies soaked in tea, straw, some vague iron and a whiff of wood, but hardly anything wine-like at all. Sweet onset, quite pronounced ‘bubblegummy’ banana ester, candy apple and raisin hints, medium carb, very smooth and bit resinous caramelly malt body with a touch of Ersatz chocolate to it but with a metallic edge as well; spicy hop accents in the end with soft bitterness, but more bitterness comes from not all too well hidden, ‘jenever’-like alcohol. The barrel effects, meanwhile, remain very limited, with only the slightest hint at vanilla-ish oakiness but hardly any presence of wine at all – nothing of the tartness, ‘grapeyness’ and added complexity I have encountered in so many other wine barrel aged beers is to be found here. The whole, therefore, differs remarkably little from the regular, non-barrel aged version, weirdly. Second or third filling perhaps?