Bottle from Wine & Cheese. Pours hazy brown with a ruddy tinge; tan head; transient head. Aroma of caramel/brown sugar with some bourbon. Nose tingling. Full bodied. Flavor is brown sugar, bourbon, and musty wood. It’s not dry, but there’s an astringent tang that renders it less sweet than many barleywines. It’s a sipper that makes ya think about it. Finish is brown sugar/wood. This is rather interesting stuff. Amazing what goes on in wood. Finally I realize there is some heat. It was so interesting I didn’t notice before.