Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

12 ounce can into snifter, canned in 9/2019. Pours hazy very dark reddish brown color with a minimal spotty lace cap that lingers. Minimal spotty lacing or streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, rye whiskey, coconut, toasted oak, biscuit, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of roasted nuts, chocolate, cocoa, raisin, plum, fig, date, apricot, orange, grapefruit, citrus peel/zest, peppercorn, pine, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Minimal booze in the aromas as it warms. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready malts, rye whiskey barrel; light-moderate citrus/earthy hop, and fruity yeast notes; with big strength. Taste of huge caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, rye whiskey, coconut, toasted oak, biscuit, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of roasted nuts, chocolate, cocoa, raisin, plum, fig, date, apricot, orange, grapefruit, citrus peel/zest, peppercorn, pine, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Mild pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, grassy bitterness; and rye whiskey/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, rye whiskey, coconut, toasted oak, biscuit, brown bread/crust, roasted nuts, chocolate, cocoa, dark fruit, apricot, orange, grapefruit, citrus peel/zest, peppercorn, pine, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malts, rye whiskey barrel; light-moderate citrus/earthy hop, and fruity yeast flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness, and rye whiskey/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying sweetness after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitter/spiciness. Light carbonation and full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mild increasing warmth of 10.5%, with minimal lingering barrel booze after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic barrel aged barleywine. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malts, rye whiskey barrel; light-moderate citrus/earthy hop, and fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV with the mildly bitter/tannic/drying finish; amazingly soft/silky feel for the style. Perfectly balanaced between super rich malts and rye whiskey barrel presence/integration; solid C hops, and fruity yeast presence. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example as expected. Like a hybrid of American/English styles.