There are beers that whisper. There are beers that sing. There are beers that politely ask if you’d like to sip and ponder and maybe write in your journal.

And then there’s The Giant Made of Shadows from Silver City Brewery—a Belgian-style Dark Strong Ale that doesn’t whisper, doesn’t sing, doesn’t ask permission. It looms. It seduces. It wins bronze medals at the 2015 Washington Beer Awards like it’s collecting lost souls, and it does so with notes of dark fruit and caramel and roasted coffee murmuring like an ancient monk in your glass.

But wait. The story gets darker.

Silver City, glorious maniacs that they are, took this already formidable creature and locked it away for a year in single-use Kentucky Bourbon barrels, because of course they did. This is not a metaphor. This is not your uncle’s “bourbon barrel stout” that tastes like burnt vanilla and regret. This is oak-laced, whiskey-kissed transformation. This is The Giant returning from the shadows—aged, wiser, stronger, and more dangerously drinkable than ever.

Behold: Bourbon Barrel-Aged The Giant Made of Shadows, thundering in at 9.9% ABV, rich with complexity and depth, a velvet thunderstorm of bourbon-soaked dates, bitter chocolate, toasted oak, and something that might be molasses but also might be pure magic.

And it is but one in a dark and decadent pantheon.

The Giant shares this 2015 Barrel-Aged Series spotlight with its equally well-oaked brethren:

• Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout – for when your soul needs something heavier than coffee and darker than night

• Bourbon Barrel-Aged Fat Scotch Ale – malty opulence with a kilt and a swagger

• Bourbon Barrel-Aged Old Scrooge – festive, boozy, and grinning like a tipsy Dickens ghost

• Wine Barrel-Aged Le Fat – a wild card, a funk-laced ballerina twirling through pinot dreams

Each is rare. Each is precious. Each is designed to make your cellar look more legit and your holiday evenings feel like an art house film.

And as of today at 2 p.m., The Giant Made of Shadows (Bourbon Edition) is available in limited 22-ounce bottles at Silver City’s Bremerton taproom. This is your call to pilgrimage. This is your black-magic alert. This is the moment when the shadows part and your glass gets heavy.

Drink wisely. The Giant remembers.