Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation
2019 - 13.55% / 40 IBU. This "liquid brownie batter" was aged in a combination of Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve, Four Roses, Heaven Hill, and Knob Creek bourbon barrels and finishes out at a mighty 13.55% ABV. Each barrel saw multiple additions of Madagascar vanilla beans from one of the best crops in recent memory, ultimately aging the finished batch of beer with hundreds of pounds over the course of a year.
2018 - 13.2% / 40 IBU & 2017 - 13.6%. Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Vanilla Stout: Our chart-topping ''liquid brownie batter'' was aged in a medley of Buffalo Trace, WL Weller, Heaven Hill, and Four Roses bourbon barrels with multiple additions of Madagascar vanilla beans.
2016 - 14.1%. Imperial Stout aged with Madagascar Vanilla Beans in Buffalo Trace, Four Roses, and Heaven Hill Bourbon barrels.
2015 - 14.3%, 60 IBU. Imperial vanilla stout aged in four different whiskey brand barrels: Heaven Hill, Bernheim, Four Roses, and Buffalo Trace. 13.4%
2018 - 13.2% / 40 IBU & 2017 - 13.6%. Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Vanilla Stout: Our chart-topping ''liquid brownie batter'' was aged in a medley of Buffalo Trace, WL Weller, Heaven Hill, and Four Roses bourbon barrels with multiple additions of Madagascar vanilla beans.
2016 - 14.1%. Imperial Stout aged with Madagascar Vanilla Beans in Buffalo Trace, Four Roses, and Heaven Hill Bourbon barrels.
2015 - 14.3%, 60 IBU. Imperial vanilla stout aged in four different whiskey brand barrels: Heaven Hill, Bernheim, Four Roses, and Buffalo Trace. 13.4%
4.2
248 reviews
Anaheim, United States
Community reviews
50cl bottle pours an inky brown/black with some brick red head. Nose is superb with vanilla, booze, bourbon, caramel. Flavor has graham crackers, vanilla, caramel, toasted marshmellow. Finishes just a touch hot, but pretty good.
From a bottle at the Dec 7 RB gathering courtesy of solidfunk. Pours black with a tan head. Aromas of dark fudge brownies and whiskey barrel. Flavors are sweet fudge. Somewhat boozy finish.
Draft pour at Bottle Logic, Anaheim. Cocoa brown pour, almost no head. Nice breakfast like stout here. Quite sweet, full of strong vanilla, cereal, maple. Aroma matches. Intense flavor. Interesting, but a little too much of some strange things for my taste. UPDATE: 3rd trip back to Anaheim. Picked up a bottle of batch 6 at Provisions. Extremely impressed with my experience this time around. Really nice bourbon nose from a distance. Exceptionally smooth for the now elevated ABV. Listed at 14.17%. Tons of vanilla, balanced nice with bourbon, maple, cocoa. Really enjoyed this one.
Vanilla and roast. Barrel present but decently integrated. Black pour with good head and lacing. Caramel. Coffee. Bottle from San Francisco.
Taster On tap at the Brewpub, Anaheim, Ca. Black with little head. Roasted malts, bourbon, coffee, Chocolate, sweetness, booze, barrel. Super Nice!
bottle - pours dark black. Lots of vanilla plus oak and bourbon in the nose. Taste is vanilla, chocolate, slight oak. Thick body. Fudgy.
Draft at the brewery. Pours dark brown with a creamy light brown head. Tastes like marshmallow, chocolate malt, booze, and vanilla. Medium body and low/medium carbonation. Smells like vanilla, marshmallow, chocolate malt, and booze.
Tap fro brewery. Tastes of hot vanilla beans and malts. Fantastic brew.....
Pours dark black almost no head. Big bourbon aroma, sweet maple syrup too. Boozy, caramel, vanilla, roasty stout flavor. Thick big brew. Tasty heavy and great.
25/06/2022
2016 version. Opaque black beer with no head. Heavy aroma; taste starts heavy sweet and ends slightly bitter and dry. Wood, bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, mocha and roasted malts. 9/5/10/5
19/10/2019
Opaque black beer with a slight brown head. Heavy aroma; taste starts medium/heavy sweet and ends slightly bitter and dry. Wood, bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, mocha, roasted malts and coffee. 9/5/10/5
2018 bottle.
Aroma : Vanilla, vanilla, bourbon notes, boozy, chocolate, wood.
Taste : Dark chocolate, insane ammount of vanilla depth, layers upon layers of vanilla notes, nougat, burnt caramel and a boozy woody finish, bit spicy at the end.
It's great, but a bit too alcoholic even over a year after it released, I would also like a bit more sweetness to go with that vanilla.
Tasted in mbcc.Huge chocolate and coffee aroma and taste with thick oil like body
Deep rich black with a rusty head and a luxurious aroma. The taste was sweet maple, damn I gotta eat my snack now. So good.
Pours opaque chocolate with a minimal buff head. Aroma presents roast malt, vanilla and bourbon plus a fruity hint. Flavor yields bourbon, caramel, roast malt and vanilla. Texture offers good body and fizz. Fundamentally tasty.
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500 ml bottle. Pours a pitch black in color and topped by a small tan layer of foam that fades quickly to a thin film. The aroma shows notes of dark chocolate, toasted vanilla, fudge, and chocolate cake over a dark roasted malt base with notes of bourbon soaked oak and booze. The flavor follows suit with notes of dark chocolate, fudge, and toasted vanilla blended together with chocolate cake, dark roast, and bourbon oak with some alcohol warmth and bitterness on the back end. Full bodied and smooth with soft carbonation that leads to a dark chocolate, toasted vanilla, and bourbon soaked oak on the finish. Really damn good barrel aged stout with vanilla. The vanilla is present throughout and damn good with a nice boozy barrel presence.
Black pour with a large darker tan head that recedes. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla from both the barrels as well as added flavors, wood, barrel, caramel. Medium to full bodied, warming, big chocolate and vanilla (mostly added) flavors dominate with a moderate to high barrel presence. Alcohol lightly present, but this is a pleasant sipper. At this stage of the game where we have BA stouts with stuff added, this is a better example.
Bottle, courtesy of MrBubbler, many thanks, Pours opaque dark black liquid, small soapy to creamy brown head, Aroma: slightly suntan lotion at the beginning :D , peanut butter, chocolate, candied apricot, other candied fruits, slightly vanilla, Taste: heavy sweet, heavy bitter, medium sour, chocolate, wooden barrels, peanut butter, coffee, candied fruits, cherry, vanilla, Palate: full body, flat carbonation, thick oily mouthfeel, long coffee chocolate wooden aftertaste, Overall: very good, enjoyed very well.
0.5
C: dark brown
N: vanilla, oak, bourbon, mild custard, marzipan, alcohol well hidden, s'mores. Very yummy.
Shared bottle.Datk brown color with small beige head. Aroma of vanilla, nougat, vanilla. Taste, vanila, nougat, oak, coconut, coffee, chocolate, vanilla. Amazing.
Sample@Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2019 - black with a tan head. Dark sweet malty with rich chocolate, caramel, toffee, coffee, full bodied, bourbon infused dark malty finish.
Bottle shared at tasting. Black colour, beige head. Aroma of milk chocolate, dark chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, pralines, marzipan. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light+ bitter, milk chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, pralines, marzipan, a hint of coffee. Chocolate and bourbon in the finish. Medium to full body, soft carbonation, oily, creamy texture. Outstanding barrel aged imperial stout.
Bottle shared. The beer is a thick black with a beige head of foam. Strong vanilla bean and boozy dark chocolate cake. Creamy and caky. Bigger body and medium carbonation.
Draft. 2018 Vintage. Blackish beer with a tan head. Bourbon and caramel aroma with toffee. Bourbon and vanilla flavor with toffee and caramel. Medium-plus bodied. Bourbon and vanilla linger with toffee, caramel, and dried fruit. A little too sticky sweet.
Zapach intensywny, czekolada, praliny, wanilia, kokos, migdały, burbon. Kolor czarny, nieprzejrzyste. Piana brązowa, niska, drobna, trwała, zdobi szkło. W smaku umiarkowana słodycz, pełne, wanilia, kokos, czekolada, praliny, kawa, paloność, burbon, drewno. Goryczka średnia, wysycenie niskie.
[2019-05-18] Fat på MBCC 2019, blå session. Osäker på batch. Svart med krämig mörkbrun krona. Massiv, tjock och tuggig med toner av choklad, likörpralin, bourbon, kokos, vanilj och marsipan. Förvånansvärt lite vanilj dock! [Betyg: 9/5/9/4/17=4,4]
[2019-10-20] Flaska från Mikkeller webshop, årgång 2018. Drucken innan flyget till Bryssel. Kommentar ungefär som ovan. Oerhört tjock och krämig kropp med massor och massor av bourbon, choklad, kaffe, vanilj och allt därtill. Bra värme och fatkaraktär som håller sötman stången. Fantastiskt gott! Nästan att jag vill peta upp betyget något.
Draught at Omnipollos Flora. Opaque black liquid with small to medium tan head. Aroma of bourbon, coffee, raw sugar, wood, chocolate and light toast. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with notes of bourbon, coffee and caramel. Full bodied with low carbonation. Great stuff, super tasty!
Sample at MBCC. Pitch black pour, no head. Aroma of coffee, cocoa, vanilla and whiskey. Flavour is like the aroma but with even more whiskey and booze.
Sample @ MBCC, blue session. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are bourbon, roast malt, chocolate, caramel, hops and little coconut. Nice long warming finish.
Nearly black with a brown head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, cinnamon, and whiskey. Taste is medium/heavy sweet and medium bitter.