Bottle 75 cl from 2005. Pours a hazy brown with a inch-high tanned head. The nose is clearly bourbon-like with hints of cherries and lots of alcohol. A overwhelmin mouthfeel takes you away - creamy and thick like a sauce. Tastes of burned malts, oakbarrels, brown sugar, vanilla and plum in madaira. Sticky and fizzy at your tounge. Have a pleasant flight

Bottle, sampled with thanks to WeeHeavySD! Pours a clear brownish-amber with a white ring. Rich aroma, of malt, wood, herbs, and dark fruit. Big taste, of malt, wood, dark fruits and an alcohol bite. Lingering rich malt-wood flavors. Very very tasty.

201st rating. My NYE beer opened on 12.31.08 at 11:25pm Pacific. Nice to have this back to back with BrianK. This bottle came via trade with someone. Over and over, people rave about this and now its my turn. Pours dark brown with a bubbly head. Nose is really damn nice, super rich. Taste is sweet and big and full of flavor lots of rich sweetmalts, tons of rich full flavor, 11% is completely undetectable.

Keeping with my tradition, I open a bottle at midnight new years eve. This shit is drinking better than last year. This is one of my favorite barrel aged beers as the barrel enhances the beer in a great way without becoming overbearing. I can totally taste 05 Old Salty in this one. Great stuff. Well attenuated.

750mL bottle, 2005. Dark brown-red color with a thin film of light brown head. Nut and dark alefruit aroma, some alcohol and vinous notes. Heavy caramel and walnuty flavors, some vanilla and alcohol. Some heat in the finish, with a lingering rich bready sweetness. Mouthfeel is heavy, fairly smooth with some heat.