October 3, 2021

279/3629) Home:  Heavy Lifting BBA Barley Wine by Goose Island Brewhouse of Ontario:  ****1/2; 11.9%; brewed using Maris Otter Pale Malt with a four hour boil time, as opposed to the usual one hour; aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels for one year; reddish brown colour; nose of vanilla, oak and bourbon; tastes of sweet caramel, vanilla, bourbon, oak, alcohol and dark fruit; sweet and boozy aftertaste;

It occurs to me that I ought to have bought a second bottle to age.