Dragon's Milk Reserve - Bourbon Barrel & Maple Syrup Aged Stout

New Holland can always be depended upon to brew a fine stout and Dragon's Milk Reserve is no exception. Playing a variation on the theme established by the original Dragon's Milk, Reserve hits all the right notes. Like the original, Reserve pours dark and viscous, with a frothy khaki head. Aged, not only in bourbon barrels, but in maple syrup barrels, we're treated to a breakasty mapleness as well as the heady bourbonity. (Several of the preceding words will be found in dictionary)

Primarily the taste buds encounter an unsurprising sweetness, followed with little delay by some luscious alcohol heat and the unmistakable elegant hint of bourbon. As this prince among stouts attains room temperature a veritable cornucopia of flavors springs into action: chicory, walnut, black cherry, vanilla and dark chocolate. In short, an interesting and complex brew.