Ryan:<\/strong> There are moments when I drop in to Sheffield’s, or any of the dozen or so other great beer bars in Chicago, and I scan the menu and my heart will skip a beat.\u00a0 Lost Abbey Angel’s Share catching my eye did just that.\u00a0 I have never had any of the versions of Angel’s Share.\u00a0 Never.\u00a0 I have access to them.\u00a0 I’ve seen them plenty of times.\u00a0 But I just can’t bring myself to spend the money to pick one up.\u00a0 Call me cheap, but sometimes I have to prioritize – especially on a budget.\u00a0 But this was my golden opportunity.\u00a0 My chance to get a small sampling of this barrel aged beer.\u00a0 Is it really that good? Abso-frickin-lutely.<\/p>\nAn 8 oz pour of Angel’s Share, black in color with a thin lacing of white head around the edges, arrived in a snifter.\u00a0 Chocolate, oak, vanilla and bourbon…oh the bourbon…waft from the glass.\u00a0 I actually didn’t have to lift the beer towards my nose to smell this.\u00a0 Just lean in a bit and you’ll catch it all.\u00a0 Now, before I tell you how fantastic this tasted let me get this out in the open.\u00a0 I love barrel aged beers.\u00a0 Bourbon, whiskey, brandy, oak – doesn’t matter – I love them all.\u00a0 So this was really a treat.<\/p>\n
This beer is wonderfully complex and yet also rather simple.\u00a0 You get that bourbon and chocolate right off the bat but if you let it warm a bit, and you will because this is not one to rush, a few more flavors begin to come to the forefront.\u00a0 The second wave to hit your palate is some vanilla and oak creating a very smooth finish.\u00a0 Last, but not least, a bit of smokiness will start to emerge.\u00a0 This was like Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout on steroids but…smoother.<\/p>\n
After having this do I regret not picking it up sooner?\u00a0 No, I can’t say that I am.\u00a0 That’s not to say that you should pass it up because this is most definitely worth trying at least once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“Lost Abbey Angel\u2019s Share is infused with copious amounts of dark caramel malt to emphasize the vanilla and oak flavors found in bourbon or brandy barrels.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[253],"yoast_head":"\n
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