Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

OK, thought this was a rye grain like IPA but this is indeed a whiskey barrel aged IPA. Hmm. It pours with a crystal clear copper body that has gold edges and supports an off white head of foam. The aroma offers up big bold brash soft sweet whisky notes and some vanilla that are ringed thinly by pithy citrus and a spicy woody sensation. The taste is similar as it is largely big round soft whiskey with only snippets of “beer’ notes around the edges. Well off in the background I get faint citrusy grapefruit. For my taste this is far too barrel forward as the beer is nearly washed away.