Dear Agony - Old Forester (2022)
Heavy Riff Brewing Company

 

 

Pours black with two fingers of mocha colored foam. Pretty good head retention. Aroma is roasty and toasty malts with some caramel, char, barrel, whiskey spice, and earthy malts. Flavor profile is roasty and toasty malts paired with dark fruits and mild chocolate and toffee. Char comes in late. Whiskey swells up at the end, but is well contained and ingrained within the flavor profile. Mild earthy malts underneath, which are a little more apparent as the beer warms. Mouth feel is low in effervescence, thick consistency, and very mild softness. Overall, rich and full but not quite smooth.

Draft. Reviewed from notes.

On draft at International Tap House. Poured an opaque, jet-black color with a small, light brown head of foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled of bourbon, oak, vanilla, chocolate and toffee. Sweet boozy, taste with chocolate, toffee, caramel, vanilla and charred oak.