Lift Bridge Barrel Dessert Series Short Stack

Lift Bridge Barrel Dessert Series Short Stack.
8 % ABV. 30 IBU.
Lift Bridge Brewing, Stillwater, MN

This one's the final of a sample pack given to me by a brewery rep. It's been waiting too long.

Dark brown color, throughly opaque, no head at all.

In the nose: Overwhelming maple syrup notes, sweet and cloying, barrel effects on the side.

In the mouth: Drenches the palate with maple syrup and bourbon. An interesting mix, but not exactly successful. The "sweet dessert stout" underneath the barrel, the maple, and--is this right, the pancakes?--does not hold it's own against the other flavors. Just a bit too thin to withstand the sweetness and the booze. Can't say that I'm enjoying this one at all.

I will finish this. It's what I do. But I can't recommend it.

Short Stack is a blend of a sweet dessert stout with a bourbon barrel aged stout, accentuated by natural Maple Syrup and Pancake flavor additions.