Our Tastes-- XS Old Crustacean Barleywine Style Ale

We're trying XS Old Crustacean Barleywine Style Ale as we close in on the end of the Rogue run. It is a cloudy soft medium brown with a yellow to tan flattening head with the nose of malt, raisins, clove, and molasses being so thick I could smell it before I put the crocker down. It is well balanced with slight hoppiness giving way to a decent malt bill then the hops make a phenomenal rally to the tongue and gums well at the end, a good minute after the swallow. There is a charred almost meat flavor to it as well. Wow what a great beer! Made with Hugh Baird Carastan & Rogue Micro Barley Farm Dare & Risk Malts: Chinook, Rogue Micro Hopyard Revolution & Freedom Hops. 110 IBUs, 25 Plato and 11.5%abv, mmm, mmm, good.