Clear auburn bourbon-barreled oak-aged seasonal fades badly to metallic dry-hopped finish. Slick caramel-molasses malt initiation sports vanilla bean sweetness, cream soda appeal, sneaky cinnamon-nutmeg spicing, and restrained cotton-candied marshmallow-coconut dint. But thin buttery texture and diffident bourbon character ransack deficient laggard. 2010 version: tame candied orange frontage, cinnamon-toasted pumpkin-pied nutmeg spicing, and vanilla-butterscotch ice cream finish better defined sharply alcohol-fueled winter ale.