Today’s B.A.R.T. (2020 Vintage) from GABF Brewery Group of the Year FiftyFifty Brewing is one of the Top 40 American Strong Ales in the World on Beer Advocate. 

The California brewers blended two of their most sought after brews — one Stout and one Barleywine — and then aged it in Bourbon Barrels!

For Stout fans, Barleywine fans, and Barrel-Aged beer fans, that’s all the convincing you need. 

For the rest of you, here’s what makes this 10% ABV sip of dark deliciousness worthy of your bucket list.

• Both of the beers in this blend are rated 4+ everywhere where you look. Old Conundrum Barleywine won a Silver at GABF and Totality Imperial Stout is the base beer for FiftyFifty’s beloved Eclipse series, which has won practically every beer award out there. 

• Mention all that to your Dark Beer-guzzling buddies at your next zoom party and they’ll beg to know where you got it. 

• One sip, and an ocean of complex chocolate, vanilla, char, and dark stone fruit inundate the palate. Every taste reveals new worlds of flavor: a whisper of dates here, a roasty hit of espresso there. This brew is so endlessly nuanced that every sip seems to reveal something unexplored and exciting. 

• FiftyFifty brews B.A.R.T. every year, and every variation is different. But, they all have one thing in common: they’re very hard to find outside of the brewery and a few West Coast bottleshops. 

Rated 4.14 on BeerAdvocate; 4.11 on Untappd

Tavour strictly supports independent beer. FiftyFifty Brewing Co. is certified independent by the Brewers Association