On tap at Sara Oakland Arbor location.
Aroma is very vanilla forward with lots of sugar and date notes. Moderate toffee and caramel notes. Some burnt sugar and treacle. Lighter notes of nuts and toasted bread. Light bourbon and medium light alcohol notes.
Pours dark brown, almost black with a small, light mocha head that recedes steadily to the edges. Light lacing and long legs.
Flavor is very sweet with lots of caramel and toffee notes. Lighter notes of treacle, nuts and toasted breads. Burnt sugar notes. Medium bitterness and moderately high alcohol notes. Moderate date notes. Light bourbon. Medium vanilla notes.
Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium low carbonation.ow astringency and medium alcohol warmth.
Overall, a decent barleywine but the date syrup definitely accentuates the dark, dried fruit and burnt sugar notes that barleywines can have. Huge vanilla aroma but the flavor was lighter. Good bourbon notes.

Bottle. Pours clear reddish hazel, small beige head, some lacing. Aroma is dark sugars, bourbon, werthers, light molasses. Flavor is medium plus sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body, hot
8,7,8,4,16

Tap. Pours clear golden, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is biscuit, cracker, grain bread, straw. Flavor is light sweet, medium bitter. Light body. Quite excellent.

Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Caramel and light chocolate aroma with light bourbon. Chocolate and coffee flavor with bourbon and sticky caramel. Fuller bodied. Chocolate and coffee linger with bourbon and sticky caramel.