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Napa Parabola. Interesting. Parabola aged in Napa wine barrels instead of their traditional bourbon barrels.

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Personally not a fan of Wine barrel aged beers unless it's light. How was it?

Had HB Raspberry Sour/BlackBerry Mead and now SoCo Homebrew Dudes (LHBS) Strawberry Wine. Pretty nice..
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Personally not a fan of Wine barrel aged beers unless it's light. How was it?
I'm with you on wine barrel aged beers, usually not my thing, but this was actually quite good. I got initial tastes of chocolate, coffee, and vanilla (like I do with the regular Parabola), with a very subdued currant flavor in the background, bordering on a nice pinot-like taste, (but quite well hidden in the background). Lacked the muted coconut I usually get from Parabola, which I assume comes from the bourbon barrels. At any rate it was a lot better than I expected, but I still prefer the regular BBA Parabola to its Napa cousin. Picked up 2 bottles of '19 Parabola to age, and one bottle of '18 Mole Merkin to drink sooner.
 

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