Wolf's Ridge Brewing Wheelhouse

Inviting nose—hints of licorice, cinnamon, nutmeg, coffee, and sweet cream play with caramel and chocolate malt. In the flavor, roast malt emerges, imparting coffee-like bitterness and nuttiness—chocolate-covered cherry, cocoa dust, coconut, light caramel sweetness. Aftertaste lingers on sweet mocha.

Aroma: “Hints of booze, chocolate, and toasted coconut. Barrel components stand out—some wood but mostly whiskey.” Flavor: “Prominent smooth, creamy milk chocolate and coffee. Low supporting hops. Spicy woody alcohol flavor. Complex malt richness with toffee and coconut is accentuated by the barrel-aged qualities that add a tannic wood dryness, some toasted coconut, and a pleasant underlying boozy warmth. Finish is rich, but not overly cloying.” Overall: “Great underlying Baltic porter with interesting barrel-aged character. It certainly comes across pretty strong and a bit boozy, but you’re paying for a barrel-aged beer so it should slap you around a bit.”

“An unexpected forest of hoppy pine greets the nose; light caramel, toast, baker’s chocolate. Aggressively American bitterness with toffee, dark chocolate, roast, a moderately bready backbone. Piney grapefruit hops. Wrapped up in a creamy mouthfeel, this works.”