25.4 oz bottle. Clearish pale orange with a thin white haze. Nose is yeasty honey and sage. Surprisingly full body with prickly carb. Taste, like the nose, is honey and herbal with vanilla and alcohol. Though not overly sweet this still feels a bit cloying. Dry finish, kind of chalky with citrus peel.

Bottle. in a trade. Orange yellow body 2 finger head. Oak, woodiness, light sweet malt character. A dry finish. Sour apples, some noticable etoh. Spices, pepper, edit big etoh in the finish. I loved it.

Bottle shared with Blankboy, Jerc, Garthicus, GregClow, and Hogotwn Harry, courtesy of Harry. Oaky aroma, vanilla, alcohol. Hazy yellow, foamy white head. Good taste, very oaky, strong. A little too much oak. Good though.

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, blankboy, tupalev, jerc & garthicus - courtesy of HogTownHarry. Slightly hazy dark gold with a tiny white head. Aroma of caramel, orange, herbal hops, and a good dose of oak. Medium bodied. Flavour is very oaky with a pleasant sweetness, some caramel malt and dark sugar, nicely hopped finish, and a very balanced flavour for an 11%er. It’s nice to have a wood-aged beer that uses new chips rather than bourbon or wine barrels - while those obviously work nicely for some beers, they can often be very overpowering, but this beer strikes a great balance. Well done!

Started in on this when eating a Porterhouse steak simmered with various spices and worchestershire sauce. It tasted odd to me then but as I made short work of the steak and move to cheese slices with rosemary crackers, it was like drinking a different beer. Initially, I thought it rough and a bit like a young Cabernet, brash & tannic, I wasn’t impressed. A combination of the beer warming, and my palate switching gears as I moved from the steak into cheese both melded this into a sweet, rich tripel. It is still a bit bold (American oak, I wonder how it would have been if aged in French Oak?) I enjoyed the herbal hops at the finish. Damn I miss having access to decent beer!