Firestone - Double DBA (2012)

DDBA is our flagship beer brewed at double strength.  It is amazingly similar in many respects to our barrel fermented DBA and possesses everything we love about that beer times two.  English caramel malts lend rich toffee character that pairs well with assertive medium toast American oak barrels.

Specs:

• Reserve Series no. 001
• Production
  3500 Cases
• Bottled date
  6/15/12
• Fermentation
  Selectively fermented in the Firestone Union.
• Malts
  Premium Two-Row, Maris Otter Pale, Munich, Crystal, Chocolate
• Hops
  Bittering—Magnum; Late Kettle—Styrian Golding, East Kent Golding; Dry Hops—East Kent Golding

The ABV is 12.0 and the IBU rating is 29
Style - Barrel-Aged Barleywine
Glass to use- Snifter, Pint, Mug, Stein, Tulip, Oversized Wine Glass
Delivery 22oz Bottle

Can be cellared for long periods, under the proper conditions.

The Pour - Pours cloudy dark amber with a tan head.  Good lacing.
Aroma - Malty, sweet, vanilla from the barrel aging. 
Taste - Bourbon, sweet, caramel, toffee, vanilla bean, hints of oak tannins and malty.
Mouth Feel - Medium carbonation, full body. Smooth finish.
Drinkable - This is a must find brew.  One of my favorite barrel-aged brews.  Very well balanced. Nice warm felling from the alcohol.  It gets better as it warms up to room temperature.  Okay a little confusion of the style of beer, it's called a Double DBA - Barrel-Aged Imperial Special Bitter, but on their website they call the style a barleywine.  Surprising since they have a Barleywine, Sucaba (Abacus).  Heck it taste like a barrel-aged barleywine so that's what I put in the description above. 

This beer pairs very with nutty cheeses such as; Asiago, Colby and Parmesan.

This beer gets a Duper rating of A-
BeerAdvocate Rating =91
Ratebeer Rating =99