Honey Dip - "Double Barrel"
Able Baker Brewing Co.

 

Taste is dominated by smooth whiskey; I really like the woodford barrels, which happen to lean more toward the whiskey flavor and less toward the oak or vanilla. The honey and aging process make it smooth, and impart some chocolate notes, but there is also a decent amount of alcohol warming, so be warned. It is more booze than sweet. It is well carbonated but the head quickly dissipates leaving no foam or lacing whatsoever. Color is dark brown with a slightly lighter hickory brown around the rim.

 

 

 

 

On tap at the brewery. Look is black with amber tinges, opaque. Smell is piles of bourbon barrel, sweet and oakey. Taste is very sweet forward, almost sugar candy, then a long hit of boozy bourbon, vanilla and oak. The sweet lingers on the palate. There is an awesome unique flavor element I can’t pin down that hangs on forever. Almost minty, but not menthol. Feel is a touch thin for a big beer, but lots of alcohol heat, which I like. Overall, this is a phenomenal beer. Might even deserve 5s all around, but maybe I am holding out for the perfection that doesn’t exist. You should go out of your way for this one if you like BBA stouts.