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Orpheus Brewing

My local bottle shop picked up a keg of this that had been sitting around at the distributor for around a year. It had been kept at proper temps and everything. I picked up the first two crowlers out of it...

I had heard rumblings about how boozy this beer was. It may have been when it was fresh but it is truly sublime now.

The adambier leads the way with a dak slightly sour presence but it's quickly eclipsed by the barrels and barleywine...

This almost has an imperial stout vibe to it. It's like a combination of imperial stout and barley wine... With a little bit of funk thrown into it...

Super unique and delicious. The nose is incredible... Chocolate covered cherries, bourbon, some vinous aspects...very English barleywine-esque

 

 

On tap at Das Beer Garden. Mostly black. Smells like jet fuel. Some Bourbon, brandy, oak, caramel, a little chocolate. Tastes sweet and boozy. Lots of spirit flavors with brown sugar and oak. Some deeper malt flavors as well. But super boozy. Not great.

Had on tap. Very dark brown, lighter on edges, no head. Whiskey leads, and in its wake is tons of dark fruit, especially raisin and date, malt, barley, and slight toffee. Taste is sweeter and borderline resinous in how it basks in the dark fruit, with whiskey, wood, slight toffee, earth and leather backing this celebration. Feel is boozy, borderline resinous, sweeter, heavy, edgy, and full.