What is the 2021 Transient Wake N Cake?

In 2018 they took a base beer(Cake N Bake) aged it in Blis barrels for 16 months. Then they took Kentuckley(which is Buckley aged for a year in bourbon barrels) and aged that in Blis barrels for 16 months. At a 2:1 ratio it was blended and called Wake N Cake. This year they made a few variants. The regular Wake N Cake, Wake N Cake Blantons, and Wake N Cake with vanilla. They say an imperial stout aged in Blis barrels for the regular WNC, they added vanilla to that for the WNC vanilla, and for the Blantons it said an imperial stout aged in Blantons barrels for 12 months. So there is nothing but a generic Imperial Stout aged in barrels. Nothing about the base, adjuncts, ratio of the blend like the 2018. Does anyone have any info??? I shot them an email and haven't heard back. Please help!!!

 

Here is the Facebook post from March 2018. This beer was a Frankenstein of sorts before I read the 2021 description compared to the 2018. I would think they would say what it is. The 2018 entry made it seem so epic compared to this years lack there of...


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March 22, 2018 ·

*Important Release Announcement*
When: Noon EST This Saturday March 24th
Where: Lovely Bridgman, Michigan
What: bottle release of Wake and Cake
Price: $25/btl after tax and deposit with $1 of each bottle sold going to charity.
Limit: we set limits morning of the release, but we expect somewhere between 3-6 bottles per person.
What is Wake n Cake- a blend of 16 month maple syrup bourbon barrel aged imperial stout (Formerly Cake n Bake) with 16 month maple syrup bourbon barrel aged Kentuckley (at a 2-1 ratio).
We love spices/adjuncts as much as the next brewer, but this blend was so rich and full we left it as is. Just those lovely BLIS maple syrup bourbon barrels and stout.
We will be pouring a few Wake n Cake variant as well as several other tasty treats.

 

The base of Kentuckley is Buckley. And Buckley has adjuncts. When it first came out, they said they didn't add any more adjuncts to the finished product. They wanted to add more vanilla. Well they did this time, I just wish I knew what the hll it is. Transient won't answer emails about it.

 

It doesn't make sense to me to put Kentuckley and not use Kentuckley. It was confusing in 2018. And now reading a Imperial Stout aged in Blis barrels doesn't really do justice for a description. Unless that's exactly what it is. Which is lame to do that and call it Wake N Cake. It was such a cool concoction in 2018 and now????

 

Blis barrels for Transient used to mean sweetness bomb. Prince Of Barkness or Reserve 2 were sweet maple craziness. Bad Hombre I felt lacked that Blis/Transient feel. That was the start. Lots of variables here. Less time in the barrel or other reasons. But for Wake N Cake, they should tell you what it is. It says aged 12 months on Blis and thats it. And putting the Blis issue aside. They have never shied away from labeling adjuncts or barrel info. Some of it got confusing. Just check out the description on Hello Barkness. Its a mouthful, but at least it's there. I just want to know what it is because it's definitely not Wake N Cake.

 

Buckley Select 1 was great. But the past few releases were ok. That BBA Bowser, when they said last year the base would go into Blis and bourbon barrels I was stoked. It came out and no maple flavor. Double Barrel Junie was good. They obviously have amazing potential, its a shame they are in a lull. The lack of information on beers doesn't help.

 

Because Wake N Cake should have adjuncts and they didn't list any. You don't know what the product is. They have always been clear on what was in their beer. This seems like a fast one. If you didn't use vanilla beans in Marshmallow Handjee I would hope you wouldn't label it as being Marshmallow Handjee then.