Bourbon Barrel Aged Repeating Trajectories
Nod Hill Brewery

Sampling a 500 ml bottle poured at cellar temp into my trusty snifter. The beer says it was brewed in 2019 and aged over a year in oak. I picked it up at the brewery about 1.5 years ago.
Pop the cap and pour into the snifter, unsurprisingly no head foams up, the beer is still per the label.
The beer pours a rich deep mahogany color showing some garnet highlights when I hold the glass to a light source.
Aroma is huge on bourbon notes. I can smell the bourbon even with the glass sitting across the table from me. Some brown sugar and vanilla mixing , no hops and not really fusol hot alcohol anywhere. Mostly sweeter bourbon scents carry the day here.
First sip reveals a light to medium body with no carbonation (as advertised). Slightly slicker mouthfeel and some warmth on the swallow and on the tip of my tongue with each sip. There is the booze!
Flavor is brown sugar, dark fruit (raisin), some vanilla, rich bourbon notes and a little black peppery bitey booze. no hops anywhere on this brew. This one is quite the nice barleywine that showcases some bourbon for sure. I would definitely buy another bottle of this one, and will next time I head to the brewery if they still have any left!