750mL bottled December 2021, drunk 9/18/22. Clear blonde-golden with a medium-sized, white head showing moderate-to-low retention. Pretty big lemon and rosemary nose, the lemon being most prominent. Some mineral and light ester/phenol from the yeast underneath, alongside cracker and rustic grain-like malt notes. Clean and with no alcohol, yet I can't get a very good sense of the actual base beer on account of the strong adjunct presence. This must have been brutally overdone when fresh given that it's still so strong and dominant at 9 months old. The taste is enjoyably full of lemon and rosemary with balancing sweet malt and good attenuation. Light-to-medium bodied with soft mineral and light baked bread. The lemon just sticks to the palate and never lets go throughout the course of the glass. It's fruitier than it is acidic, thankfully, but that plus the rosemary equals I'm not even sure what the base beer is. Is this a saison? A belgian golden? A sour? I guess there's light tartness, but even that is obscured, somewhat, by the lemon peel.

Brewery draught, 9/16/22. Clear red raspberry. Small, pinkish head of low retention. Grapeskin, mineral, tannin, hints of raspberry-cranberry-red grape-like acidity. Very soft, understated. Clean and easygoing. Soft, but very spicy with big black pepper. Tannic yet very light, with high attenuation and a very drinkable wateriness. Chalky mineral, juicy acidity. Maybe not 7% abv worth of flavor, but the flavors are interesting, for sure.

2022, 500mL bottle, drunk 8/21/22. Inky, thick, dark as night. Tan head is thin, showing low retention. Wow that's intense. Vanilla, espresso bean, ash and finally some lighter sherry and bourbon coming through on the very end. It's telling when the sherry and bourbon are the significantly brighter, lighter notes in the nose. Not too much sherry but some light earth, moss, old wine and oxidation, with spicier, livlier bourbon notes to follow. Alcohol isn't hot/sharp but at this level is noticeable upon warming. A pinch of sweetness opens up with light vanilla and warming bourbon spice. Sherry notes through the middle ending on hard espresso and fairly heavy ashen roast. Bitter, well-attenuated and pretty unforgiving. The flavors are all excellent, especially the sherry, though the excessively bitter, dry, Italian roast coffee notes do eventually fatigue the palate. An absolute monster, with a viscous, though not syrupy texture. Fully attenuated; thinking maybe a bit more residual sugar would actually be beneficial here. But well-constructed, albeit a very slow sipper, nonetheless.