Michelob Celebrate Vanilla Oak

nice amber-brown body with reddish orange-amber highlight, minimal lacing, small light tan head that dissipates quickly, random medium-sized bubbles; wood, vanilla, cola--primarily; feels nice, subtle yet nothing really, alive yet subdued, medium carbonation, slightly syrupy; sigh, this beer does hurt a bit... negatron on the bitterness, it’s just not my bitterness, and i like bitter and i love IPAs! so what gives? it’s artificial, generic, it lost its soul to big money corpor... anyway. too sweet, cola-like, better as it is warmed though, gets chewy a... and, well, do yourself a favor and buy a well-known and highly rated micro: :o) UPDATE: downrated overall impression.

I wasn’t expecting much out of this and I was not surprised. Pours a reddish hue with light head. Smelled very much like cream soda, too much vanilla. Bitter aftertaste. Stay away.

wasnt expecting much out of this. i was surprised when this was poured. i was expecting a dark black lager and instead got a bright clear almost ruby red lager with a very small white head. huge cranberry or cream soda aroma....maybe its big red. very sweet and kinda fruity. the vanilla is too much. tastes and smells more like imitation vanilla extract than actual vanilla. i do enjoy the mouth feel. medium bodied nice and creamy. the finish does leave a nasty bitter flavor in your mouth. kinda like drinking a bunch of imitation vanilla extract. big props to AB i didnt know that you could make a beer smell and taste like soda before i had this.

First of all; was quite disappointed to discover this wasn’t a corked bottle (i noticed before taking it home). I start on better notes: this is one of the better lagers i’ve had. And i’m not at a big fan of lagers. The vanilla comes through w/ the malt in the nose, and through the body of the beer as you sip it. Tastes slightly flat, or at least under carbonated... but that’s relative to comparison to other lagers. Oak and caramal notes come through nicely through the bourbon barrel aging (any subtle vanilla notes from the wood are completely nulled by the addition of the whole vanilla bean.) thick and syrupy for a lager, and very sweet. Alcohol is well hidden, but the bourbon notes keep reminding me of drinking bourbon on the rocks after the ice melts. kinda tastes like watered down malty bourbon w/ loads of sugar and vanilla added. Mildy sharp finish with notes of cranberry. not a bad beer by any means, but i’d likely reserve this as a one time beer. far from a daily drinker.

Pours nice ruby-amber , bright snowy head on top . aroma-vanilla icecream like , mild sweetness behind . Vanilla is not my favourite falvour when it comes to beer and there is plenty of it . Alcohol is well hidden thanks to it . decent malt base , many craft brewers cant hide alcohol as well as this beer does .

Vanilla syrup, way too sweet. Clear amber body, no head. Smells of malt and watered vanilla extract. Aftertaste has a slight coffee burn, but this is really a little bad due to its unbalanced sweetness.

Amber color with a thin white head. Lots of vanilla extract in the aroma. Taste is bad. Too sweet, the vanilla tastes like straight up extract and there’s not much bourbon in there at all. Thick and syrupy mouthfeel. Still has that AB cheapness to it.

Certainly purchased more the glasses than the twist off bottle. Copper color with a yellowish taupe head that diminishes to a small, but stable lid. An odd dusty vanilla aroma. A pink jelly bean sweetness also seems to be in the mix. Sweet artificial fruit flavors mix with caramel and vanilla. Mild bourbon flavors, does not seem to be the "good stuff", more like Old Guckenheimer. More burn than flavor in the middle. The finish and linger are better with some malt and mild floral flavors. I still get a malt liquor flavors, that have a white grape flavor somewhere in the middle. Not enough malt complexity to make this anything but a mediocre souped up vanilla laced amber lager.