Barrel Aged Advent Calendar Day #19 Bottled Sweet aroma from the time spent in Utopias barrels and oak hit first in the aroma. Underneath this, I'm getting some chocolate and light coffee notes. Taste has a boozy start with the sweet, wine-like flavor of Utopia, followed by chocolate and coffee notes, finishing with oak that starts to creep in mid-palate and lingers into the finish and aftertaste. The usual roasted malt dominance of this beer is tamed quite a bit, but it's subtly there. The body is medium-full, bordering on full bodied, with an appropriately low amount of carbonation. This is definitely a sipper, both flavor-wise and strength-wise, but is a very enjoyable, complex beer that drinks boozy while still being approachable. I hope they release this again someday. 4.5/5

Barrel Aged Advent Calendar Day #11 Bottled on 11-1-2019 Bourbon hits first in the aroma, followed by chocolate, roasted malts and a touch of oak. Taste has bourbon, chocolate, oak and finishes strong with tons of roastiness from all the malts used in this. Oak and roasted malts linger in the aftertaste. The body is full with an appropriately low amount of carbonation. The age and bourbon both have tamed the roastiness that is present in the base version. Delicious beer (the regular version), but sometimes the malts (combined with the booze level) can be a bit overwhelming at times. This one, despite being bourbon barrel aged and so strong, is quite balanced. It does taste boozy, but nowhere near 18% boozy. If I didn't know any better, I'd guess maybe 12-14%. High 4.5/5

This is one hell of a barrel aged stout. Very smooth and roasty, but not for the faint hearted because of its ABV 15% but well masked. This stout makes me howl at the moon.

Beautiful color in the glass. Nose is a hint of citrus with (maybe) the malt peeking around the corner. On the buds, very nice! I catch the hops first with the malt finishing. The two are well balanced so I didn't even notice the transition. Well done.

Awesome, drink this bba stout at your own risk. 17.2% utopias stout with dried fruit, expresso and chocolate not for the faint hearted.

Toimiva, maukas ja tasapainoinen bitterinen britti-ipa. Mausta erottuu makea karamelli ja sitruuna oikein hyvin ja runko on tosi roteva.