Alley Kat / Sherbrooke Glenda Sherbrooke A Newer Breed

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Tasted with beerchronic in the rain from the bottle beside a fire near a river in Canadas Rocky Mountains. For some reason we decided this would be a good bottle to open near the end of a day of fairly serious drinking. This is what I wrote on a mushy rainy scrap piece of paper, "I already tasted before I started to review. It is great! Chlorophyll something barleywine in the back... no trace of anything". Well after that well considered review, I again tasted in a more sober location and from that experience I will say that this beer is awesome, though I love uncarbonated high abv things that taste like vanilla. No trace of alcohol above 5% thats for sure. Something smooth and oatmeal like. Very very drinkable (I think that's what I was getting at when I wrote 'no trace of anything'". Fairly thick mouthfeel, but not syrupy like some BW's can be. There could be something apple and unibroue yeast smelling lurking as it warms, but hard to say. Well appreciated.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Murky brown with no cap I mean not even a single bubble floating on this stuff, but the beer does appear to be carbonated. Aroma is aromaless! You can smell some sourish wood and mild hints of vanilla, and I have no idea how Alley Kat did it but they managed to completely hide the 18.5% alc. In the aroma not even a small trace of it. GOOD JOB!!!!Taste is far more potent than the nonaroma. Wood, apple, vanilla, just mild hints of the massive alcohol beast that lies within. Seriously how is this 18.5%?!?!?!?! I can tell it’s there because my stomach warms with every swallow and I’m starting to feel more important and funnier with every sip, but WOW!!! There is no harshness to this beer at all. The beer even has a much thicker feel then I was expecting. This brew has less flavor and not as good flavor as “Mikkeller Big Worst Barley Wine Bourbon Edition (19.2%)” but it is 100 times more drinkable, I mean this is scary drinkable I could drink this all night and then probably die, you just can’t tell how much of a beast this beer is until you’re in a coma after two of them. Crap after finishing the 341ml bottle I’m drunk, very drunk, homeless guy begging for change drunk. Great job Alley Kat you did good HIGH FIVE(I say this as if I’m taking to my retarded half-brother who has a drooling problem)