 Oakes (6819), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Oct 11, 2005 To this point, a festival special for the GABF but they envisioned marketing it this coming Christmas, so we’ll see. Dull amber colour. Light vanilla and caramel aroma with a hint of booziness. The flavour is very sweet and really heavy on the vanilla. Combine with a rather thick body and it’s practically ice cream. Light caramel and oak background thankfully keep things on the beery side. It’s a bit simple overall, though, and I’m not a huge fan of vanilla in beer so that doesn’t help win me over either.
kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Sep 1, 2007 Name: Michelob Celebrate Vanilla
Date: 11/04/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Bend Brewing
muddy amber, whispy beige head, bits of drippy lace, huge sweet vanilla aroma along with some sweet fruity malt, sweet malt flavor, lots of vanilla character, oak shows up in the finish and adds a bitter edge, gets tiresome quickly
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: **/4
fiulijn (5860), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
Jan 11, 2007 Beautiful amber color. Some malt aroma. Strong lager, a bit malty, smooth enouth, with a light Bourbon vanilla flavor, more artificial than from the wood. Not bad.
BückDich (4525), Boise, Idaho, USA
Mar 7, 2006 Amber ruby color, no head. Nose of strong pale malts, almost like a russian strong ale it’s so much like a super sweet malt liquor. A bit of hay and dusty vanilla. The flavor is intense with vanilla and sweet plywood. If I was chugging mexican vanilla that had been soaking in particle board, it would probably taste better. The finish is long and sweet, strong carbonation and alcohol. The tail is syrupy. Yeah, I can see why no one likes this.
hopdog (4525), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Dec 2, 2005 Bottle shared courtesy of egajdzis (thanks Eric!). Poured a darker copper color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of burnt vanilla beans, oak, acorns, and a little buttery. Tastes of lighter vanilla, oak, caramel and nuts. Cloyingly sweet. When I saw this was from AB and read vanilla, I expected an artificial and overpowering vanilla quality but was pleasantly surprised that the vanilla portion was done nicely. Gotta love that screw top...
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