Hertog Jan barrel-aged (vatgerijpt) Islay 2020 is a beer that has matured in wooden whiskey barrels. The taste is full and rich. Many typical aromas of wood and malt. The aftertaste is long and powerful. Islay is Scotland's smallest whiskey region. It is an island, the southernmost of the Inner Hebrides. You can drive from one coast to the other in half an hour by car. Just over 3,000 people live on those 600 square kilometers. The climate is mild, due to the warm Gulf Stream. You will find a rugged and quite varied landscape, the soil of which largely consists of peat. That is cut and dried. The peat is used as fuel to dry malt for whisky. It differs from the peat from other whiskey regions; so close to the sea it consists of a combination of seaweed, mosses, gorse and heathland grasses. This also affects the taste of the Islay whiskies. These are usually what whiskey connoisseurs call peaty. Brewery: Hertog Jan Brewery Beer style: Barley Wine Alcohol: 13.3% Category: Intense and Challenging Characteristics: Barrelly matured Prizes: Gold medal Meininger's International Craft Beer Cup 2020 Food: Spicy dishes, Meat dishes, Spicy and mature cheeses, Sweet desserts Drinking temp.: 10-12 °C Volume: 75 cl Drinking time: Fireplace, In good company, With dinner, Before going to sleep Fermentation: Top-fermented