Whangdoodle Reserve
The Veil Brewing Co. - Production Brewery

Viscous black with a somehow dark red chain after the head dies down?

Holy thick fuck--coffee liqueur, cacao reduction. This almost bested Voodoo's Dolk this day. Almost.

This one pours a very dark black color, with a very small head, and only a little bit of lacing.

This smells like chocolate covered caramels, dark fruit, black cherry, leather, vanilla, and bourbon.

I’m never going to call this one “not sweet” but it’s definitely less sweet than other beers in the Whangdoodle series, and the Veil in general. There’s lots of milk chocolate, with a dried cherry and raisin thing, a bit of caramel sweetness, and lots of semi-sweet leathery bourbon.

This is very thick and creamy, with very little booziness.

This is decadent, and really well done. The extended time in barrels really helps this sing.

 

Pours jet black, soapy, oily dark tan head.

Aromas immediately hit you with alcohol heat, but subtly fade and reveal dark cherries, slight smoke, charred oak, Port wine, oaky bourbon.

Flavors of chocolate-covered cherries, vinous oak and cherry cola. Finishes with dark chocolate bitterness and tannic dryness. Drinks oddly thin, almost Port-like.

This beer is just super complex. There are a lot of a flavors going on that I don’t have the memory to identify. Like a really nice wine that’s just beyond my palate. Really interesting stuff, and the packaging is just insane.