The Bruery Etain Red Wine Barrel-Aged (10th Anniversary Ale)

I've been working through some excessive Bruery inventory lately, particularly anniversary ales, and having not enjoyed the red wine variant of this beer in over two years, I cracked it open out of sheer morbid curiosity. Let there be no doubt: this is an extremely wine-forward beer, so much so that the fruit and vine and barrel dryness all cut through the natural sweetness of the old ale. I kind of wish I had more bottles, but I suspect this …