Persona - CK + Duality

Persona - CK Blend of Triple Barrel Aged MJK Finished in Mizunara Barrels and Barrel Aged Imperial Stout finished in Orange Curacao Barrels I love Mizunara. Thank you to my friend Drew Kulsveen of Willett, this exotic oak was put on my radar several years ago when we finished one of my favorite Double Barrel Derivations in a Willett Mizunara oak barrel.  For my Persona, I wanted to focus on the freshest Mizunara barrels we had in our warehouse and also my love for the new challenges we find in our brewing and aging of Barleywines, most specifically, the M.J.K. recipe.  M.J.K. is by far the "biggest" beer we brew and ferment and Mizunara is our most exotic and lovely barrel, so for the next release of M.J.K., I wanted to showcase these two characteristics in one beer. When it came time to blend my personality into a beer and name it Persona, I felt like pulling some of these barrels now, fine tuning them with a small back blend, and they sharing them with you, would best represent what