Barrel Aged Roaming Elephant

Rated Aug. 2024. 2021 vintage poured up on tap at Tipsy where it exhibits a mahogany colored body that supports a decent enough tan head of foam. The aroma offers up smooth integrated notes of plum and date dark fruity esters as well caramel, a bit of molasses and then supple soft barrel treatment notes leading to some booziness. The taste delivers smooth reduced sugars blended into integrated plum and date and some sherry sweetness. To midway the supple barrel notes bubble up providing additional depth and goodness. This is a terrific sipper that maintains a silky smoothness countered with a boozy warmth bite.

Bottle thanks to Keeling. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is bourbon, caramel, licorice, wood, vanilla. Slick body, vanilla, toffee, licorice, raisin, boozy, enjoyed this.