Pours a hazy deep amber with minimal head. At first it almost smells like an intense red wine that got extra time in the barrels. There are grapes, oak, alcohol, and malt. The flavor is sweet with toffee, grapes, figs, oak, malt, and some alcohol heat that works well here. Excellent.

This was a special tap only brandy barrel aged version of their Brothers barley wine. They had bottles of the standard version at the time.