Anchorage Brewing Company A Deal with the Devil

Aroma: “Vanilla, toffee, caramel, semisweet chocolate, leather, and tobacco. Spicy phenols. Candied orange peel and fig, burnt maple syrup, and maybe just a bit of wine grape.” Flavor: “Caramel, toffee, vanilla, maple, bittersweet chocolate. Sweet, but balanced. Boozy and warming, but not harsh. Fairly viscous for the style, full-bodied. Pleasant oak notes of bourbon, sherry, port. Finishes sweet, but not cloying.” Overall: “A wonderfully complex, full-bodied, sweet, big, and delicious barleywine. Well-balanced and beautifully boozy. An exquisite beer that begs to be savored.”

“Aroma-wise, a healthy dose of alcoholic heat punctuates caramel and cinnamon notes with hints of vanilla, toffee, milk chocolate, coconut. The flavor stays in the same lane. The booze is the star of the sip but deftly pulls everything together.”

**Aroma:** “Roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, slight fresh oak. Crisp roast malt softened by caramel, light cocoa with a slight touch of pipe tobacco, mild earthy hops.” **Flavor:** “Bitter roast malt and coffee followed by soothing sweet chocolate. Full bodied and filling. Bitter coffee flavors linger in the aftertaste (not a bad thing). Lots of oaky tannins in the finish. Finishes quite dry for how sweet this starts. Slightly sweet (caramel swirl), some chocolate but it’s cut with some tart grainy acidity.” **Overall:** “Almost a desert beer because of the sweetness, but the strong roast helps cut through giving a lively palate sensation. Alcohol helps prevent the beer from being cloying. A touch of vanilla from the marshmallow adds sweetness.”