English Barleywine aged in a single Rare Breed 14-year barrel for 20 months.
Our Singularity series beers are those which, we feel, show off the best of our barrel-aging program. They are never planned, rather discovered as we taste through our barrels on hand. This particular Rare Breed (Basically a 14-year Wild Turkey barrel) jumped out at us in a big way during a recent tasting, so we rushed to get it into bottles in time for (most of) the holiday season.
We love how thoroughly the bourbon character shines through this beer. Drinking almost like a brown sugar old fashioned, it is heady with cherries, toffee, vanilla, and spice. Incredibly warming and spirit forward, but tempered by beautifully rich malt character with just enough sweetness to find balance.