7.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle pour from the brewery. Opaque dark brown, nice viscosity, trace lacing. Strong, peaty malt, oak, dark fruit, mild bourbon and peppercorn. Taste is peaty malt (less strong than aroma and mellows as it warms), oak, caramel, bourbon. Smooth, velvety texture, mild alcohol warmth. Good but not as phenomenal as some of the other barrels.

7.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared by tfontana. Aroma Black pepper, oak, buffalo trace bourbon. Flavor is very forward and reminiscent of buffalo trace. Stronger oak with a good amount of dark fruit. Good, not great!

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500mL bottled 2022, shared by tfontana on 1/11/25.
Clear dark mahogany with deep auburn tints. Burnt-tan head quickly to ring.
Prune, licorice, black pepper, very spicy with a bit of char and ash. Some light warming. But it's got juicy oak, light caramel, moderate vanilla and does give a pretty good Buff Trace impression. Just seems a bit too heavy on the dark fruit. Lingering alcohol is a bit odd given its age.
Soft, sweet, malty, rich, with spicy buff trace, vanilla, heavy oak and strong black pepper. There's somewhat strong alcohol on the finish, which is really the only detractor here. Otherwise, lovely texture, rich malts, good attenuation and a big oak character. The Buff Trace is well-represented. Just a touch too alcoholic still.

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle pour from the brewery. Opaque dark brown with no lacing. Aroma is roasted malt, rye whiskey. Taste is sweet roasted malt, rye bourbon. Smooth, velvety texture, soft carbonation. Nice balance, decent strength.

8.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle pour from the brewery. Virtually opaque brown w/nice viscosity, trace lacing. Aroma is strong peaty/roasted malt, spicy rye. Taste is strong roasted malt, mild peat, toffee, rye, bourbon. Smooth, slightly frothy, no sign of alcohol. Better balanced than previous variants today.

8

Thanks Tom, dark chocolate, rye. Smooth, balanced, nice flavor.

8

Thanks Tom nice spicy notes, toffee, barrel, rye. This is quite nice.

8

Thanks Tom, toffee, oak, rye, bourbon. Really nice treatment.

8

Thanks Tom, caramel, oak, chocolate. Taste is nice, light barrel notes, good flavor.

8

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

Sample at GTMW 2024, 8/10/24. Hazy orange, large tan head, average retention. Aroma of candied orange, pineapple, pale malt. Taste is pineapple, grapefruit, orange. Lingering bitterness.