Super deep brown and muddied ruby body with a nice, three centimetre tall tan head that leaves a nice lace on top. Aroma of super nice cherries, oak, alcohol, grain, vinegar, sour grapes and a bit of brett, all with way more alcohol and especially cherry notes on the finish - super nice smelling throughout. Medium-bodied; Strong assertive malt flavour at first with a very musty, basementy flavour with a lot of grain and oaky flaours with way more cherry tartness and pungency than expected. Aftertaste shows an amazingly complex flavour of oak, vanilla, grain, cherries, wine, vinegar, brett, funk and tons of sour grapes and tart fruits. Overall, way more of a fruit beer, a wild ale or a belgian ale/belgian strong than anything else, especially a barley wine, but this beer IS really good, incredibly complex and hides the alcohol very well also. Definitely worth trying to find if you like any of the above styles and especially if you like cherry beers that have high alcohol contents that tastes like much less. I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased from BeerTopia in Omaha, Nebraska on 01-October-2017 for US$9,49 sampled in my hotel room here in Omaha, Nebraska on 03-October-2017.