tavour logo
Home
Home Gifts Blog Sell Your Beer Careers
taxmanBrewingCompany_theVaultBATaxHoliday

The Vault BA Tax Holiday

Taxman Brewing Company

chevron right

Bargersville, IN


Tavour Rating

3.94

star star star star star

Style

beer can icon

Belgian Strong Dark Ale

ABV

beer ABV icon

10.0%

Tavour icon

Find and rate beers like this on the Tavour app!


A Note on This Beer

When it comes to Holiday Ales, there’s a heated debate. Are these beers’ festive flavors best served barrel-aged or straight-up?

To end the debate once and for all, we’ve selected two versions of a top-tier Holiday Belgian Dark Ale from the brewers with more GABF medals and World Beer Awards than they care to count: Taxman Brewing’s Tax Holiday.

We brought in two of our Cicerone-trained beer writers to each make their case as to whether this luxurious dessert feast tastes better barrel-aged or untouched.

Beer Expert #1 (we’ll call him Sigmund cuz that’s what his momma calls him): Tax Holiday is much better barrel-aged. The Port Barrel’s oaky tannins smooth out the flavor of dark chocolate-covered figs, drizzled in honey notes. 6-months of aging tames its intensity, making it a silky fireside sipper.

Beer Expert #2, Dylan aka D-money (no one actually calls him that) disagrees: Tax Holiday is a prime example of a Holiday Ale that should be left alone to showcase all of its complexities. Unaged, its 10% ABV booziness shines like a Brandy-soaked cherry cordial in a glass — why mask any of that flavor with notes from a barrel?

Well there you have it folks, we’ve come to absolutely no consensus. Except that Tax Holiday tastes amazing both in or out of the barrel. I guess it’s up to you to try each one and decide for yourself.

Tax Holiday: 3.87 on Untappd

Barrel-Aged Tax Holiday: 4.18 on Untappd



Packaged On November 6th, 2018


Reviews

3.94

star star star star star

124 Ratings

Darkwind112

star star star star star
4.0
Awesome! Will buy again if I can.
empty heart

0


Fill your fridge with unique craft beers you can't find locally. Access highly-rated IPA's, Stouts, Sours and more. Craft beer delivery, made easy.

Twitter logo Facebook logo Instagram logo
Home Gifts Blog Sell Your Beer Careers Help Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use

Notice of Collection

© TAVOUR, 2021.