Again with the whiskey-barrel-aged brews...

Hailing from Lake Mills, WI we find Tyranena's Dirty Old Man...

This one is interesting. The majority of whiskey-barreled-aged beers are of the bourbon variety. Tyranena has stepped a bit out of bounds by aging 
their porter in a rye barrel. Oh. Nice.

Appearance: Pours coffee black with a brown—like melted vanilla ice cream with a bit of Hersey syrup mixed in sundae style—with a sliver-sized highlight at the bottom of the glass when held to light.  The head is a good inch and leaves a baby foam covering cap. 8.9/10

Body: Rich and viscous with a quasi-syrup quality that quickly expands and turns into this wonderfully foamy fluff that gracefully works the beer off the tongue. Full and efficient. 9.1/10

Nose: Nestle Quick mix, Worther’s Originals, Tootsie Rolls, Whoppers—the movie candy—rich, dense malt with chocolate overtones galore. Could you tell? Diced cashews and peanut shells. There are some smoky fruit notes peering over the olfactory fence, but the nose remains a Malt Club Event.  8.6/10

Taste: Much sweeter and fruity than expected. In fact, the chocolate takes a brief backseat to mingle with cherry, which lingers and lingers and lingers. It’s actually tart. Bizarrely tart. The cherry gives way to dark chocolate and the whole thing meanders away leaving you curious. Points for trickery. 8.5/10

Overall: 8.8/10