SMUTTYNOSE SMUTTLABS: OL’ GRUNDY HUMPER PALE BARLEYWINE – 2016
On tap at Barcade - Jersey City, perplexing oak chip-aged barleywine (circa 2016) stays stylishly moderate as oaken vanilla and honeyed pear adjuncts get lost among whiskeyed grain malting and blearily finishing 10.8% alcohol burn. In the distance, champagne grape, dried cherry and green apple tartness wavers.