3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20Tap at Map Room 20th Anniversary Party. Served very cold in a mini nonic water glass. Appears to be an 8 ounce pour. Very still in the glass, no head. Dark chocolate brown color. Aroma is molasses, brown sugar, and faint bourbon. Taste is sweet up front thin brown sugar in the middle and then boozy and coffee-like on the finish. Very smooth and not nearly as hot and chewey as I had expected bits blended together very well. The vanilla bean is fagrant and shows up at end, too. As anticipated, the flavors are becoming more prominent as the glass warms. So well blended, this is tasty.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sample at CBC 2013.
Black with a beige head. Aroma and flavour of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, licorice, dark dried fruit, oak, vanilla and bourbon.
4.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Pours like cocoa. No head
Huge nose. Loads of candy corn butterscotch licorice vanilla and espresso.
Tingling sensation. Huge body.
Holy shit. This is kilos upon kilos of vanilla beans. This must have been expensive to make. Boozy and roasted chocolate. Insane vanilla and milk chocolate with marshmallow fluff. This is a special beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap @ CBC 2013. Black, thick pour with a small tan head. Menacing appearance. The nose is toasted shredded coconut. Sweet marshmallow smore. Plenty of sugar, dark chocolate. Burnt caramel. The taste is very sweet. Vanilla-accented marshmallow smores. This and the brandy variant would definitely appeal to marshmallow enthusiasts. Milk chocolate, a bit of charred grain. Hot woody bourbon on the finish. Very oily and viscous. Thick. A real sipper indeed. Overall, quite good, though certainly not my favorite of the variants. Still, this was great to try without having to trade an arm and a leg for it.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Opaque black with a tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, smoke, vanilla, bourbon, marshmallow, cocoa, bourbon, and alcohol. Taste of roast, smoke, vanilla, char, dark fruits, coconut, dark chocolate, bourbon, and alcohol in the finish.
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
2012 bottle from Brent at Damico’s. Pours dark brown with little head. nose is chocolate cake, coconut, dark chocolate, black forrest cake and candy corn. taste is bourbon, brandy, chocolate cake, caramel mild coffee. finish is clean and smooth. I just had a shot of bourbon with God.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours thick, dark, and unclear blackish without really much of a head. The aroma is incredible, sweet vanilla marshmallow candy, wow! The flavor brings sweet vanilla beans and some smooth oaky booze that goes down easy some how for the high ABV! There is some coconut from the barrel and beans as well, so nice. The body is thick, but not too oily or overbearing. Wow, awesome!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Copenhagen Beer Celebration.
Tap, 040513.
Black with beige head. Aroma of roasted malt and vanilla. Flavor with coffee, liqourice and caramel
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
04.05.2013, tap @ CBC:
After the regular one beeing the biggest disappointment ever the day before, this one could only be better. Still very flat, but at least there is a hint of there beeing a head at all. Aroma is sweet, slightly rich, dark malts, vanilla, dark sugar, chocolate, caramel, coffee, cocoa. Tast is still very sweet, but far away from the sugar bomb from the day before. Dark malts, alcohol, vanilla, oak, dark sugar, cocoa, caramel, coffee. Longlasting bitterness, very dry mouthfeel. It’s a lot better than the regular one, but still it’s not even close to competing with Founders KBS for instance. And Goose Island Bourbon County Stout Vanilla is out of this world compared to this one.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft. A black beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of vanilla, roasted malt, and soy sauce. The flavor is sweet with notes of vanilla, alcohol, roasted malt, and soy sauce, leading to a dry finish.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught @ CBC2013. Pours oily dark brownish black with a thin mocha head that quickly dissipates without leaving any trace on the glass. Smell is sweet with roasted malts, tons of vanilla, quality dark chocolate, dark roast coffee, vanilla fudge, bourbon, charred wood, coconuts, molasses, caramel, honey, toffee, burnt cookies and hints of sweet soy sauce. Taste is very sweet with roasted malts, tons and tons of vanilla, quality dark chocolate, sweetened dark roast coffee, honey, vanilla fudge, caramel, toffee, fresh oak, bourbon, charred wood, roasted nuts, sweet soy sauce and sweet liquorice candy. Mouthfeel is silky, sticky sweet, round, slightly boozy and near full bodied. Finish is sweet and tiny bitter with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, vanilla essence, bitter chocolate, vanilla fudge, toffee, caramel, bourbon and charred wood. Extreme but very good... I expected less...
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