Smoky! Wood smoke. Too sweet and smoky for me. What's bizarre is that it has no resemblance at all to the beer described in the 2015 log.

A hoppy, malty, amber barleywine. I mean, it was beer, and it wasn't bad, but it also wasn't exactly the most memorable thing. And it was priced like it should be memorable.

Part sweet, caramel, light touch. Lays off the sweetness after a bit. Similar flavor notes to Stickee Monkee.

Opens with almost a skunked flavor followed by a ton of blue-cheese funk. Bracing, vinous tart finish and a lingering bitterness. Super unusual but really compelling.

2016 Big Wood Festival. Tasty, unusual flavor. Vegetal character.

Very sweet

Very woody and smooth.

Sweet, and definitely the most syrupy of the beers tasted at Big Wood today. It's still very good, but a notch down from the generally outstanding selections of the day.

Lots of cocoa. A bit of cherry. Pungent.

While I'm glad I got to try it, I can't say I liked the Ardberg's peatiness mixed with the sweetness/bitterner of the beer.

The first thing is you definitely get a faceful of Ardbeg with this beer. It smells exactly like Ardbeg, peaty and smoky and that flavor kicks in strongly at the start. The flavor transitions to a kind of dank vegetal smoky-raw alcohol taste that did sit well at first. Here again, to me, the beer got a lot better as it warmed, but I love peaty Scotches. I do have to say that this was not a popular share with the crowd, either.

Round, fruity and delicious, with a fizzy grapefruit-malt open and barely any bitterness in the finish, despite the listed 80 IBUs. If all double IPAs were like this I'd be an IPA fan!

Awesome, smooth, bourbon flavors with maltiness. Very very similar to Angel's Share (did a side by side taste test)