After quietly resting in the cellar for ten months, it is finally time for our Willie Wee Heavy Scotch ale to be extracted from the bourbon barrels. The rich malt character reminiscent of cocoa, toffee, and brown sugar from the specialty malts has melded beautifully with the flavors and aromas of vanilla, caramel, toasted coconut and fine bourbon from the charred American oak barrels. Prolonged aging in these amazing barrels yields a finished product not only with a high level of complexity but also a smooth creamy mouthfeel which masks this ale’s rather substantial ABV.