This is a lot. Burnt sugar up front, syrupy, with a bitter finish that makes me think I’m licking the barrel staves. The third barrel aged beer in a row on this trip that I’ve been unable to finish.

Sweet with almost overwhelming cherry flavor. But it doesn't have the horrible backbone of other barrel aged beers. I couldn't drink a lot of this, but it's not terrible. Oddly, the visual impression is more like a European dark. It looks a bit like a soda through the edge. As Mike says, "it tastes like it should be a lot more opaque than it is".