 AdamSkillin (376), High Bridge, New Jersey, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 16, 2008 This is a hugely vanilla tasting and creamy feeling stout. Not overly burnt-malt/roasty tasting, letting all the oak barrel flavors come through. Really bangin’ beer.
dkachur (2420), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 12, 2008 Bottle from Market Street Wineshop Downtown Charlottesville. Bottled May 5, 2008. Dark brown pour with a medium quickly disappearing head. Vanilla is strong in the aroma with wood and roasted malt notes. Bitter roasted malt aroma with a hint of vanilla. Medium body, silky mouthfeel.
RichJ7 (1175), Cullman, Alabama, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 8, 2008 Not bad at all. Black pour with a beige head. Sweet malted aroma with a dash of vanilla. Flavor is roasted malt with vanilla and hints of oak. Decent palate, perhaps a bit thin. A fairly tasty beverage.
badbeer (433), Iowa, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 7, 2008 Black with a beige head that quickly recedes to a a ring around the glass. Smell gives me quite a bit of roast and some cherries. Upon further agitation of the glass, I got a little bit of a malted milk ball aroma; really don’t think I picked out vanilla. Taste is a bit roasty at the beginning, but then I get a much more creamy taste that comes through. Again, I don’t know that I would have specifically picked out vanilla if I didn’t know it was used. Medium carbonation and body is a little less than medium. Thanks to dsigmon for the sample!
afireinside96 (839), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 4, 2008 Bottled on 12/13/07. Pours very dark brown with a thin beige head. Smells like a vanilla latte with maybe a hint of whiskey. Roasted bitterness and coffee are evident at first, a larger sip reveals a bit of oak character. It is a shame some of that vanilla doesn’t come through in the flavor. Feels lightly astringent and bitter. Pretty good.
Rciesla (3790), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 4, 2008 Bottle. Pours a dark brown body with a similar head. Aroma and flavor is very chalky vanilla been with some oak to go around. Some malt and burnt malt. a bit roasty. good beer.
twindog (98), Hampstead, Maryland, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 20/20 |
Jun 28, 2008 this beer is great very creamy taste color of the beer is very dark about a 2" ten head almost a buttercream linger stays on your tongue ( good beer )
HogTownHarry (4025), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 26, 2008 Bottle (12oz). Shared with blankboy and garthicus, via trade with goldtwins. Black and oily pour, opaque, with an average beige head. Rich nutty/oily aroma, deeply roasted, with treacle, dry herbal bitterness, molasses and a hint of iodine. The taste is also heavily roasty, a lot of peat and even some light salt, not much alcohol at all - the oak emerges as a hint of vanilla in the finish. Thick, slick body, slides down too easily - not much carbonation, but a long oily linger. I’m amazed how much I like this.
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