Cosmic Cliffs - Double Barrel Aged
Barreled Souls Brewing Company

Sampling a cellar temp 375 ml bottle and pouring into my snifter. the beer was bottled on 9/18/2023 and registers 16.6%.
the beer pours a very dark black coffee color and no light is passing through my glass. A minimal beige head foams up and remains as only the thinnest of edge layers. No lattice, but some red wine-esque legs in the glass when I swirl or sip the beer.
Aroma is bold and fairly boozy too. I get dark fudge, sweet bourbon, some charred wood, fusol booze that tingles my nose hairs and some buried brown sugar. No hop character that I can detect.
First sip reveals a medium body with very smooth texture. Gentle and spacious carbonation and Im not getting any warmth or heat. Uh oh dangerous beer incoming!
Flavor is some fudge notes with brown sugar and anice mixing together and some sweeter bourbon with hints of charred wood too. here I do get some biting booze on the finish, sort of black pepper like, but isnt really hot. Hops are absent, and this beer is a sipper, but also drinks easier than that. I had this on draft at the brewery and Im SOOOO glad to have a few more bottles in the cellar. Big win on this one!!

Poured on tap in Anaheim. Pours pitch black with a thin layer of brown head. The nose comes across as quite boozy. Lots of bourbon and vanilla. The taste is bourbon, vanilla, raisins, sherry, brown sugar, and big malts. Really nice.