Tap @ CKBC. 8 oz pour. Hazy amber brown appearance with a cream colored head. Served at 1 kelvin, so had to let it warm a while. Surprisingly, it did not possess any real booze in the nose but did have a floral hoppy element with a sweet caramel malts and some dark fruits. There’s a fairly rich caramel malty, toffee element in the flavor along with a floral, lightly soapy happiness and some fruity elements. Honestly it was extremely smooth for the abv but I didn’t get a ton of flavor. Nice offering overall.

Served in a plastic pint glass during their anniversary party - not exactly the best serving vessel or size for a beer like this, but whatever I guess; I just got a pint of 13% barley wine for 5 bucks, so I guess I won’t complain - turbid dark amber - thick, frothy off-white head - nose of raisin, fig, vanilla, rum, woody notes, light esters - low carbonation, medium body - flavor is a hybrid of British and American barleywine - quite a bit of toffee, caramel, fruity esters, raisin, vanilla, damp wood - moderate spicy hop profile - light oxidation - a fair amount of alcohol heat in the finish, but not overpowering - needs another year on it to mellow out and perhaps develop a little sherry character, but pretty good as it is now - just rough around the edges.