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@thebruery Smooth Criminal, delicious ba Barleywine, it’s like Melange 2.5

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If I can’t tick it homie it can’t be done, imma let the Barleywine bottle imma take you to the top.

Was not going to buy this one, tasted it, maxed allocations. Phenomenal barrel character and while sweet it presents a great oak and caramel profile with a finish not unlike a merlot barrel treatment. The saison is imperceptible and comes across in a light musk and incredibly thinning product to cut down residual heft in the mouthfeel.

This beer is a solid deal, would bang again.

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@hillfarmstead The art of Earling.

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I like this better in bottle than on draft.

It reminds me of a Nova II to the Speedway Chevelle. Slick light mouthfeel and a deep crisp roast that imparts a 85% cacao dryness to the finish. You can chain combo these relentlessly, it’s not that berry acidic intelligentsia roast more of a Coaba/Peets sort of chocolate savory toastiness. Abv is muted and drinks more akin to those European iterations of single coffee stouts like dieu de ciel, etc

Good stuff, if you can appreciate a gentle nuanced presentation in a coffee stout.