Ryan brought this to SOTS for us to try. Not allowed to be an entry. He knows me too well. A barley wine beer is a somewhat rare beer for me and it will great or crash and burn. Aroma gives a thick malt with a sweet caramel and mild bourbon alcohol. Color is a dark copper, the color of whiskey, totally clear. First sip......oh! This is heaven in a glass. Just out of the Guadalupe, sitting on the deck at Whiskey River, nice sunshine, listening to Willey, and now a beer fighting for the elusive 5.0. Velvet soft, smooth, mild burn, raisin, caramel, faint cocoa, bourbon in the background. Nice. Finish evolved with mild dryness. Awsome!!!!!