5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

First sotol-BA beer I have ever had. I’m guessing there are not very many. Pale amber. Slightly dull. Thin head. The alcohol hits with plasticy, slightly harsh booziness. That’s more the base, which is underattenuated belgian golden. Sticky. Not a whole lot of sotol influence on this. Yeah the bubblegum phenols are the base and the barrel does not exert sufficient influence to overcome that. I get the idea - a cleaner ferm or a sotol BA pale barley wine would allow the barrel to stand out more.