Dragon With Matches - Sherry & Bourbon Barrel-Aged (2024)
Incendiary Brewing Company - Winston-Salem

 

Opaque darker brown body with a fat tan collar. Smells is full of dark fruits, sherry and bourbon about equally with brown sugar and leathery undertones. Taste has barrels and dark fruit galore, sherry with a slight edge over the bourbon, yeast is expressive on the back end, malts are sweeter with flavors of candi sugar, brown sugar, and a hint of vanilla. Feel is warmer for the series, the booziness is more powerful than the malt and yeast are to contain it, residual sugars reside in the aftertaste. New world all the way, but nowhere as good as others in the series though

Appearance: Pours espresso colored with a beige film that becomes wispy; leggy but no lacing

Smell: The sweet grape tones of Oloroso Sherry are in the forefront though the caramel and vanilla from the Bourbon barrel are in the mix, as well; dark berries, all around

Taste: Dark berries forward with the Oloroso making an early impression; the Bourbon doesn't add much until the finish, where it adds some caramel and vanilla

Mouthfeel: Full bodied with low carbonation

Overall: Much better than the Port and Bourbon version I tried last night, as the Oloroso works better with the Bourbon; the mouthfeel is better, too, but I am not sure why that would be the case