A dark brown porter with a thin brown head. In aroma, a sweet nutty chocolate, a bit of corn husk and vanilla. In mouth, a smooth woody porter with oaken notes, light alcohol, a bit of soy sauce, not bad. Cask. On tap at Brewvival, Feb. 26 2011.

Had two pints of this on cask at Pizza Paradiso in Washington D.C. Pours a translucent, hazy, deep brown with ruby fringe and a creamy, lacing, white head. Nose is mostly bourbon but not in a bad way, oak, vanilla, light caramel, some light candy. Flavor was nice. Initially you get mostly bourbon, vanilla and wood but the beer sneaks in at the end with some caramel malts, a light nuttiness and some milk chocolate. Extremely smooth in the mouth and going down with a filminess that lasts in the mouth. This was a bit of a letdown, very thin and a little watery. Not bad, but not complex. I like my barrel aged beers to have some more depth.