750mL bottle pours with a murky brackish copper brown body that supports a thin light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up sweet malts and molasses leading quickly to candied anise and then more anise spice nuanced by sweetened lemon zest and floral hop notes. The end of the draw has more molasses and a thin caramel sensation but little barrel influence. The taste delivers smooth sweet malts, molasses, candied anise and candied and molasses sweetened lemon. To midway it picks up sweet plum and fig. Toward the finish mild Rye barrel notes and oak come to the surface. Nice sipper that can use a little less anise and additional cellar time. (consumed March 11, 2018)