Cuvee Series Two (Oak Aged Series)
Bottle picked up several years ago, probably in D.C. A: Cider brown with a dirty white head that quickly recedes to the glass edges. S: Very potent with heavy caramel, vanilla and butter, along with a slight sourness and some oak. Much like an aged barleywine. T: Starts off with dense brown sugar sweetness, mingled with vanilla, roasted malt, burnt sugar and a tannic woodyness. Finish is long and very sweet with an intense roasted/buttery flavor combo. M: medium bodied and under-carbonated. Somewhat flat and syrupy. This could pass as a mediocre oak-aged barleywine. But at $13.49 a bottle (sold in its own box), this has to be a disappointment for most people.