Dentelle
The Bruery

750mL bottle into a tulip. Pours a caramel mahogany with a thin khaki head that quickly settles to a narrow ring around the inside of the glass.

Aroma is a blend of brown sugar, toffee, dates/figs, vanilla, and bourbon. Some subtle cinnamon and clove notes.

Taste leads off fruity-sweet with a counterpunch of bready bitterness. Caramel malt, stone fruits, currants, subtly sour black cherries, warm vanilla—all held together with nice oaky barrel character.

Mouthfeel is chewy and heavy, not unlike all the other Bruery anniversary beers. Similar gravity yields a similar mouthfeel. Lingering finish.

Overall another fine addition to the series.

Cellared 3.5 years. Poured opaque brown with a tan head. Smells of bourbon, brown sugar, raisin, date, tobacco, earthy yeast and rustic oak. Taste is boozy even with the age, but it works as it balances well enough with the earthy yeast, tobacco, char and molasses with dark fruit especially raisin shining through to the finish. Feel is very boozy verging on hot, malty and decently dry, simpler yeast strain.