Beer and Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Hope you all had a great day with whomever you spent it with and took the time  to reflect and appreciate it all.  What better way to cap off a day of all that and gluttonous eating and drinking...than with another beer!

Harpoon 100 Barrel Series - #34 Oak Aged Dunkel.  5.7% ABV and 30 IBUs... not far out of season either!  They incorporated a secondary fermentation while using oak 'spirals' to impart character, wicked.  Much darker than the other dunkels I've had with faint caramel/toffee malt notes, a little vanilla and oak with some subtle grassy hop aromas.  Full-flavored, but rather light taste with just the right amount of carbonation. The taste followed the nose with the sweetish nutty, caramel, toasted bread malts upfront with some faint spices following up...transitioning to a bit of hops with the earthy oak notes combining with vanilla and a bit of a bourbon-esque bite to the middle/finish.  Nowhere near as intense as bourbon barrel aged in terms of flavor,  very faint actually, but just enough to provide a subtle aspect to this beer.  A really smooth, easy drinking beer with a great malt profile and a nice spectrum of different flavors popping in and out..  definitely aged itself well!  Cheers!