Betsubara
Tuletorn Brewing in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 🇪🇪
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.68
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10.5% imperial pastry stout with coconut and vanilla
What’s a “Betsubara”, you ask?
Well, we’ve all got one! It’s a cute Japanese term that loosely translates as “a second stomach for dessert”.
And that’s just what you’ll need for our latest dessert stout.
To start with, we’ve taken a rich imperial pastry stout base, and double mashed it to achieve huge complexity and full on malt flavour - aided with a blend of dark sugars to build that sweet profile.
Next, we’ve loaded our tank to the brim with flaked and desiccated coconut (over 35kg of it, in fact), and aged this chocolatey imperial pastry stout on it until the beer is absolutely *dripping* in sweet coconut flavour 💅
And finally? We’ve only gone and infused it with a whole heap (that’s a technical term) of Madagascar vanilla to add smooth creaminess to all this.
Betsubara isn’t just a name, it’s a promise - you’re always going to have room left for this.
What’s a “Betsubara”, you ask?
Well, we’ve all got one! It’s a cute Japanese term that loosely translates as “a second stomach for dessert”.
And that’s just what you’ll need for our latest dessert stout.
To start with, we’ve taken a rich imperial pastry stout base, and double mashed it to achieve huge complexity and full on malt flavour - aided with a blend of dark sugars to build that sweet profile.
Next, we’ve loaded our tank to the brim with flaked and desiccated coconut (over 35kg of it, in fact), and aged this chocolatey imperial pastry stout on it until the beer is absolutely *dripping* in sweet coconut flavour 💅
And finally? We’ve only gone and infused it with a whole heap (that’s a technical term) of Madagascar vanilla to add smooth creaminess to all this.
Betsubara isn’t just a name, it’s a promise - you’re always going to have room left for this.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Opaque colour not much head. Spicey toasted aroma. Full-bodied. Cocoa, tonka beans, toasted malts. Smooth. TCBW 2025.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2025
at 19:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
TCBW2025. Deep brown colour, minor head. Aroma is plum, coconut, chocolate, raisins, toffee, wood and mild alcohol to it. Flavour is wooden, some chocolaty, mild vanilla, spices, alcohol and some coconuts with a bit syrupy tones.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2025
at 19:33
6/10
Magus, šokolaad, röst, linnaseline, alks, siirup. Ok
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jun 2025
at 20:45