How do you impress in a saturated barrel-age marketplace? Well you let Beachwood concoct an Imperial rye brown ale aged in American Rye Whiskey barrels for a year.
This beer packs the whiskey heat but it is no one trick eagle. There is a load of milk chocolate flavor here that matches the rye whiskey and wood notes. There is a bit of vanilla cream sweetness here as well. Texture wise it is almost silky but far from syrupy where many a barrel beer ends up.
I don’t know if it is the touch of Udder Love blended in or the age but this is one of the rare 10%+ beers that is drinkable right now. Three months into the year and I may have found one of the best beers of 2015. It totally reminds me of the Firestone Walker anniversary beers.
Expensive, yes. But this beer is worth it.
