Barrel Aged Ale X
Logan Brewing Company

Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a very dark mahogany brown, appearing nearly opaque in the glass with a quarter finger khaki head that dissipates to patches with light lacing. Aroma of dark toasted malt, raisins, dates, plums and mild rye. Flavor follows with dark toasted malt, rye whiskey, raisins, dates, dry caramel and well dried plums; rye whiskey and woody oak in the finish. Medium bodied with moderate creaminess. Wow, a very nicely brewed and barreled English style barleywine. The base malt is rich with lots of dried fruit, caramel and dense malt notes. The rye whiskey barrel character is clear, but balanced with the other flavors. They nailed this one. I bought this and the rye whiskey stout based on a taster of the latter; I liked the stout, but I'm really impressed with this barleywine. Can stand with any of the better barreled aged barleywines and great English character (except the rye whiskey, of course which is from this side of the pond, but fits fine with the base barleywine). Wish I had purchased two of these.