re: FBD - The weekend can't come soon enough

Late start, gonna have two

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The barrel quality has more or less fallen out on this one, which has let a lot of other things come out. Some cherry, tobacco, and then some vanilla and chocolate on the finish. But it's this artificial vanilla-esque flavor that I'm not partial to. Actually still a little hot on the finish -- it definitely still warms the throat on the way down, which surprised me. I think this is the ugly pubescent years for this beer, and with some more time it could really blossom. It's not bad, but I preferred it a few months ago.