The beast of a beer you hold in your hand has quietly slumbered in oak brandy 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 reddish mahogany capped with a dense fawn cap of foam that clings tightly to the glass. Spirit and barrel aromas of dried cherry, fig cookie, baked apple, and dry roasted almond emerge from the depths on a monstrous body of sticky toffee and bread crust hidden just beneath the surface. Vinous oak tannin and alcoholic warmth trail behind lending a long, layered, and uniquely complex finish to every sip.