Cuvée 2021

I managed to find some bottles of 3 Sheeps Cuvée 2021 and I'm pretty excited.  To me, this beer is a darned-near perfect barrel-aged specimen.  I know people really line up for certain beers out there e.g. "Black Gold" from Central Waters.  And there's an increasing trend in double-barrel-aging and higher ABVs.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not very picky.  I usually like BA beer.  Some of them tip the scales though on sweetness.  

What I liked about Cuvée 2020 is that it doesn't try so hard to be the biggest, meanest, most-barrely beer ever.  It's simply a blend of their barrel aged beers from 2019 at proportions designed by the brewers in what was probably a fun day of tasting, blending, and re-tasting.  To me, it seems like the beers combine to make a beer that's somehow smoother.  Like combining four different dark chocolates and getting Nutella.  It's crazy!

The 2021 version is (to me) a little spicier and perhaps a little more acidic.  Still very very nice.