Alley Kat Rye Dawn Oak Aged Beer, Barrel 1A

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Batch 1a made using the same barrel as batch 1 plus they actually dumped a bottle of rye into the barrel with the beer. This one poured better with some head and carbonation, the body of the beer was a slightly hazy brown and had some strange looking lacing. Aroma is whacky with ginger and cough medicine and comes across very light. Very dry sour taste that reminds me of white wine . no real malt character comes through. Yet a other total failure but I liked this one better then batch 1

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 2

The second batch was even more of a failure than the first batch. This batch was a refill of the original casks. They even added straight rye liquor to the process. I'll give 'em credit for sticking to the creative processes of creating something new for them.
This is the lighter brown version, awesome messy lacing, off white head, some skim retention. Some how this had carbonation in it which was a surprise. The aroma was ok but considering what they tried to create it's a total failure. Sweet with citrusy hops but not like the aroma of an IPA, sour orange, oddness. The taste was sour, so very sour. This is a total failure, of course.