30th Anniversary Single Barrel (Port)
Saint Arnold Brewing Company

This is one part of the 30th Anniversary Grand Cru barrel aged stout. They blended the stout with Madeira, Tokaji, and Tawny Port barrels. They also released each barrel aged beer individually to make the 'single barrel" series. This of coarse is the Port version.

A: Pours an impenetrable opaque black color. Tan head tries to rise as a cap, but recedes to leave the inky stout.
S: At first some alcohol up front, which is to be expected. That evens out, and this toasted baked bread aroma appears that is excellent. A bit of roasted coffee, and dark bakers chocolate. There is a porty fruity character, light oak and warming alcohol again. Oh this is complex.
T: Again, all that complexity shows. That toasted baked bread and bakers chocolate is great, there is a nutty flavor as well. A lighter roasted coffee flavor, and is a complement to the other malt flavors. Certainly some hefty sweetness, but that never becomes cloying. The oaky, vanilla, fruitiness lingers on a bit, with a bit of tannin.
M/O: A big full body with moderate carbonation. This is supremely smooth and decadent. The warming alcohol is perfect and makes this a nice sipper.

This is incredible, much like their Grand Cru is. You can't make something like that, with the individual parts not being quality either. It is a good deconstruction of that Grand Cru offering. It is also a big monster of a sipper where the alcohol is mostly warming. All this, without it being overly sweet is something else.