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Michelob Celebrate Vanilla Oak

Michelob Celebrate Vanilla Oak - Spice/Herb/Vegetable

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21
overall
Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable

St. Louis, Missouri USA

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1952.69/5.02.69/5.0Winter10%24.8Lager glass, Tumbler
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Michelob Celebrate Vanilla Oak features distinct vanilla, caramel and aged oak flavors for a full-bodied, well-balanced taste and warm aroma. Celebrate Vanilla Oak is brewed using two-row barley, caramel malts, carapils malts as well as imported hops. It is aged on whole vanilla beans and bourbon barrel oak. Ideally served with dessert or as an after-dinner drink, Celebrate Vanilla Oak is also enjoyed in a snifter, allowing the beer’s aromas to be intensified.
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 REDDOGICE (202), nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/517/20
Mar 14, 2006  
Great brew. Sweet vanilla taste. the beer is on my top list.


FentonFunClub (2), fenton, Missouri, USA
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4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/55/104/520/20
Jan 18, 2007  
i enjoyed the beer...i did find it to be similiar to a flat cream soda...i would drink it again


Folsom530 (3), USA
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4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/103/518/20
Feb 7, 2007  
This beer is definitely made with real ingredients - Anheuser-Busch puts real Madagascar vanilla beans and used staves from old bourbon barrels in its lagering tanks, not extracts. To me, the appearance is very appetizing especially when enjoyed in a snifter glass. Depending on temperature, will get different aromas - at first, vanilla, but when a bit warmer, you will smell the bourbon. A wonderful dessert beer.


9er (29), Delaware, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/510/105/519/20
Aug 28, 2008  
This shit is good. it pours cloudy and murky, but the flavor is mildly sweet and not offensive. I appreciate the simplified flavor that actually is quite pleasant. The head leaves after a few minutes and long legs lace the glass as you imbibe. Recommended.


 dwyerpg (2519), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 29, 2007  
Aroma is a battle between the vanilla and the malt liqour alcohol. Taste is very vanilla up fron too and some wood finishing w/the alcohol right there. Pretty good stuff but a little pricy. Cool bottle, like a rocket. Probably gets a little bit of a bad rap because it’s an attempt at a nice beer by Budweiser. Decent I thought.


 thedm (3833), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/57/105/517/20
May 19, 2006  
This bourbon barrel oak aged bottle came in a two glass gift set. I recently purchase a bottle by itself from a local store where the owner pulled the bottle out of the gift set and sold me the bottle separately in the hopes of selling the glasses to someone else. The set cost $16.99 and the bottle was $8.99. Hot stuff and I drank this a while ago on Valentines Day as we celebrated our Love for each other over a Fondue and this brew. I thoroughly enjoyed a brew from AB that actually had some flavor to it. The bottles brew poured a small sized head of foamy off-white colored mostly diminishing finely sized bubbles that left behind a beautifully colored softly carbonated caramel brown colored body and a poor oily lacing. The aroma was mild in its vanilla content and otherwise malty. The mouth feel was tingly from start to finish and increased as time went on. It had a strong vanilla caramel malt flavor that was vinous and malty overall. The vinousness was well hidden. Truly a very interesting brew from AB and I was glad to see them coming out with something that actually had some flavor to it.


 TheBeerBaron (218), Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/102/58/103/516/20
Aug 7, 2007  
Cloudy brown color. No head and no visible carbonation. Vanilla and plum aroma, but no hops noticed. Medium palate with more carbonation than was seen from the glass. Definite vanilla bean and suble molasas flavor. No hops, no bitterness. A peat like flavor, unique like a beer blended with whisky or scotch. Very good. When the professionals at A-B are given the OK to show creativity and actually use some quality ingredients - they can deliver.


 onehotsexychic (101), Albany, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
May 11, 2007  
We almost didn’t get it.. rumor was it was awful but when all is sain and done it was GREAT!! Dark, sweet. Jeff, John, Dad, me and Vin drank out the bottle and a screw top how great... Happy 125!!



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