Cuvee du Sharon

Sampler, then goblet at RB Yorktown. Pours several levels of bronze gradations, slightly hazy, with a thin head. Cherry smell is there, and I also get notes of chocolate, somehow. Starts starts out with cherries, not quite as tart as described, instead kind of kirsch liqueur impression. Vanilla bean comes into the picture, and just enough oak to make you want to sip this from an easy chair. No added brett, but impressions of of from whatever might have been in the wood. Brewmaster Tim tells me this was an oak barrel, but they took out the previous char and made a fresh char before adding the beer so it wouldn’t be overpowered by bourbon. I think of New Belgium’s Le Terroir when I drink this.