Radiant Earth
Parish Brewing Company

Dark opaque almost maroon tinted brown body, no head at all. Let's start with the taste, it's very very very sweet. The peach is candied and boozy and it is huge with vanilla pairing, then barley with bourbon, cinnamon and graham cracker add a muddled less sweet moment, before candied dark fruit sweetens right back up the finish. The nose is way better, the bourbon is more dialed in, barley meets the sweet peach and adjuncts decently. Feel is smooth and sticky before booze and barley spike in the middle before a sweet almost syrupy impression is the finish.

Enjoyed on draft at the Parish taproom. I get an impression of this being styled as a peach crumble or cobbler barleywine. That seems ill-advised to me, but it largely works. The peach brandy barrel component is doing a lot of work, dominating the flavor profile on some sips. The nose is much more balanced, still peach leading the way but more of a barleywine base in evidence, plus notes of macadamia, vanilla, honey, and some booziness. As it warms, the maple emerges but the brandy also gives a much stronger impression that I'm drinking some watered down schnapps cocktail.