July comes with a gigantic bang. Bigger than even the biggest of big things that we’ve done before. This month we’re doing a parallel tasting of two barley wines, done in two different ways from the highly renowned brewers at the Gigantic Brewing Company in Portland. If you have a friend or two to share these with, great, gather around and enjoy the experience, these are certainly big enough to share. But if you’re doing this solo, prepare yourself, you essentially have two bottles of wine in front of you, so consider either tasting separately or cellar one of them to enjoy down the road.

 We have nearly the same liquid in each bottle, the highly age-able, high alcohol barley wine that has been long boiled to caramelize the wort and bring out a ton of character. The other one has been aged for two years in bourbon barrels presenting a whole other level of fuel for your sensory tools served at 13-16°