Nummy The Slayer
Stubborn Beauty Brewing Company

 

First to review this beer...wow! Picked up at the brewery after my first COVID vaccine about 1 week ago. Pouring from a 500 ml bottle into my snifter.
The beer pours a very dark cola brown color with deep garnet highlights on the edges of the glass when I hold it to the light.
A fizzy khaki colored head of almost 2 cm foams up and fades rapidly to a thin surface layer and clingy edge lacing. I do get some dense lacing when I swirl my glass.
The aroma on this beer is fairly robust and is pretty boozy even for an 11% brew! I get some brown sugar and toffee, white grape vinous character, some dark fruit, raisin and plum and a bit of mild black tea hop scent.
First sip reveals a medium to light body, fairly slick texture and fine tingly carbonation. Beer drinks too easy for an 11% ABV brew. Watch your step with this one!
Flavor is also rich and malty up front with toffee and some brown sugar, I also get some raisins again and then this rolls to some herbal tea character and a bit of bitey booze. I dont get a lot or warming on the finish here, but just a boozy black peppery flavor at the end.
Overall this is a pretty solid barleywine and dangerously drinkable I think too. Worth a pickup if in CT and you like bigger beers.