After much heated debate with our good friend Nate Darnell of Uproot Brewing Company, we decided to delve into the epistemological waters of beer styles and came up with a vision that skirts the fringes of what is good and decent. Before asking if we should, we designed a rich and decadent barley wine, fermented it with a mix of our house and favorite monastic yeasts, and blended it with a touch of bourbon barrel-aged Sour Cherry.

The result is a wild ride of flavors, ranging from street vendor toffee, cherry drop candies, and Chinese Five Spice. While we cannot justify this beer morally, we do believe this to be a fascinating expression of what can happen when brewing minds collide.