The beast of a beer you hold in your hand has quietly slumbered in oak bourbon barrels for 13 months — slowly breathing in the vanilla and oak notes from the barrel staves and adding layers of complexity to this full-flavored barleywine-style ale. The Columbus and Centennial hops have blended with rich malt and oak barrel flavors to produce a beer that is meant to be savored with every sip.

Pours a deep copper-red with an eggshell foam that sticks to the edge of the glass. Spirit and barrel aromas of sawdust oak, oversteeped English breakfast tea, golden raisins, and honey oat cereal. You can taste flavors of confectionary caramelized sugars almost exactly like a cream-filled caramel candy with additional notes of Vanilla bean, Rye Bread, and Caramel. The oak tannin and sweetness balance out for a smooth toasty finish.