The original brew of Twelve Dazed was extremely boozy. It hasn’t done well in competitions and I think that’s why. So this version is tweaked some in leaving out the sucrose and it’s much better this way. At the time of writing this I have 5 gallons on tap and it’s quite nice. Very toasty, bready, cocoa and chocolate from a malt standpoint. Very spicy, lemony and black currant like from a hop perspective. We brewed this beer as a barrel experiment so the other 5 gallons is in a LA1 whiskey barrel at a fellow brewers house. Really looking forward to getting that one carbed up.

Update 2/4/2016
This version is amazing. The barrel and non-barrel versions are both incredibly complex and savory beers. This beer is ideal for a whiskey barrel and it really melds together well. I bottled it up, taped it up and put most of it in a safe corner of the house until around Christmas.

Update 5/28/2017

Drinking this beer watching the LSU game in the SEC championship for baseball.   Whoa it is incredible.  Deep, complex and savory.   Dark fruits, deep caramels, treacle, almost licorice hiding in there.  Very Very smooth.  Dark, rich pastery type maltiness in there.   Like those blueberry pasteries that have the rich jelly in them.  The beer is wonderful.   I feel I did myself a disservice my drinking so much of it earlier in it’s life.  It’s been at least six months since I last tried it and it wasn’t this wonderful.  Will brew again and hide for a couple of years before passing out to friends, competitions and enjoying.