FiftyFifty BART (2010)

Formerly brewed at FiftyFifty Brewing Co.
Style: American Strong Ale
Truckee, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Tap @ brewery. Dark, burgundy brown body, clear, creamy, off-white head that lasts and coats the glass in sheets. Sweet, malty aroma of toffee, caramel, vanilla, very mild oak, brandy. Body is medium, wet, light soft creamy carbonation. Flavor is sweet, caramel, toffee, sour oak, vanilla, booze, and a surprisingly hoppy grapefruit finish that is somewhat harsh. A little young. Sticky. Tasty.

On Tap @ Toronado. Pours a very deep ruby with no head. The nose is a subtle dark chocolate, oak, tobacco, and some vanilla. The taste is much more pronounced in chocolate, coffee, leather, earth, huge malty caramel, and a little bit of alcohol astringency. The mouth feel is huge with a very nice yet light carbonation. The finish is a lot of coffee roastiness and oakiness. No alcohol burn, but some wonderful warmth.

on tap at brewery. pours a burgandy color with a large mochoa head. Flavor is packing heat with vanilla and oak.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours reddish brown with a thin beige head and a treacle and whiskey aroma. There is a hearty malt flavor with a bitter alcohol finish. This brew is the result of blending two excellent, but different, beers and aging it in several barrels. BART is an acronym for "Barrel Aged Really Tasty" and is an appropriate name. I really enjoyed this one.