Dark Apparition - Bourbon Barrel: Vanilla Coffee (2025)
(Batch of Dark Apparition - Bourbon Barrel: Vanilla Coffee)
Jackie O's Pub & Brewery in Athens, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.51
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Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels and conditioned on vanilla and coffee beans
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8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can (2/27/25) from One Stop Market. Inky, dark brown, light viscosity, nice sparkle, no head or lacing. Aroma is strong vanilla, fudge, coffee, bourbon. Taste is amped up version of aroma! Smooth, thick texture, full bodied, significant pleasant alcohol warmth, finish as taste. Vanilla/fudge aspect might be too sweet for some but there's enough bourbon to keep it in check. Don't mind the noticeable alcohol warmth.
Tried
from Can
from
One Stop Market
on 08 Feb 2026
at 02:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
12oz can from High Side to go. Thick, cola black no head, legs. Nose has coffee and schnapps, black licorice, vanilla is tame, malt, caramel. Barrel fades a bit in the character and hits with booze and coffee and vanilla and big black molasses. Licorice too. Full, little hot on the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2025
at 02:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
12oz @ Brian's shared with Ryan and Phill.
Aroma: vanilla and coffee, some American oak, a bit of sweetness.
Taste: along the same lines, more on the coffee side, kinda thin, some sweetness, boozy. A bit creamy.
Overall: good.
Aroma: vanilla and coffee, some American oak, a bit of sweetness.
Taste: along the same lines, more on the coffee side, kinda thin, some sweetness, boozy. A bit creamy.
Overall: good.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2025
at 07:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from 355mL can (pkg 02-27-2025; thanks Sammy). Near black with quickly dissipating light tan head. Nutty coffee, vanilla, roast malt, medium body. Seems a bit thin for a 14.6% abv imperial stout.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2025
at 07:00
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
can at home ...dark black ...thin tan lacing ..soft sweet bourbon dark doft chocolate roast malts nose ..big coconut ..dark chocolate roast malts ...boozy coconut chocolate
Tried
on 21 Nov 2025
at 13:14
8/10
Can at home. Pours black, nose is huge bourbon, coconut, vanilla, honey, coffee, chocolate, taste is sweet toffee, roasted coffee, coconut, vanilla, bitter dark chocolate. 8/9/9/9/8
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jun 2025
at 16:34