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Poured into my Duvel tulip at cellar temps: A: Pours a dark brown/red that shows brown highlights when held to the light. Whispy off white foam slowly dissipates but is reignited with each sip. Lacing remains throughout. S: sweet roasty malts followed by vanilla and deep woody aromas and bourbon. Booze is upfront but there seem to be layers to each smell off the glass. T: heavily boozy that is quickly balanced with sweet malts. Actually the flavors seem to fight with eachother throught each sip making for a great experience. Vanilla shows through and finishes with some alcohol heat. Exactly what I want from a %100 barrel aged beer, I want to taste that barrel. M: thinner than expected but silky and balanced by the carbonation O: a great barreled Barley Wine to say the least. A few years will make this beer exceptional as the boozy whisky flavors taper off and meld.