Very Big Moose 2025 - Millionaire's Shortbread
Fierce Beer Co in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland 🏴
Collab with: Emperor's BreweryStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
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Score
7.62
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For the first time since the original VBM, we invited a collaborator. Emperors Brewery imparted their wisdom on this millionaire's shortbread inspired VBM. Layered with flavours of rich chocolate, caramel and biscuit, and infused with the warmth and distinctive oaky character of bourbon barrel.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml can. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of cocoa, caramel, roast malts. Taste is very rich and quite sweet, chocolate, caramel, biscuit, roast malts still there in the background, finishing with boozy chocolate liqueur warmth and bourbon/oak notes. Full bodied, smooth. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 24 Dec 2025
at 00:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Westhill Service Station. It pours jet black with a dark tan head. The aroma is dark roasted malt, burnt toffee, bitter - sweet, actually some umami, burnt toast, coffee, rich chocolate, tia maria, chocolate shortbread, fudge and salted caramel. The taste is smooth, fairly sweet and full in the mouth, rich chocolate action, gateaux, salted caramel, biscuit, shortbread , definite millionaire's shortbread , chewy, burnt toast, dark roasted malt, slick, oily, slightly charred and quite well hidden alcohol with a drying, toasty finish. Fulsome body and average carbonation. Not nearly as sweet as I had feared. Works well as a dessert beer.
Tried
from Can
from
Westhill Service Station (Hop Shop Aberdeen)
on 20 Dec 2025
at 13:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Fierce, Edinburgh. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of chocolate, vanilla, light roast. Taste is sweet biscuit, coconut, chocolate. Sweet finish.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2025
at 08:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Лучший в серии. Приятная ореховая паста, печенье, шоколад, ваниль. Хороший баланс в целом, но немного слабеет на финише.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2025
at 16:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
keg at Fierce ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ... soft sweet chocolate Roast malts heavy sweet vanilla chocolate ..dark chocolate roast malts ..boozy chocolate roast malts ..Light coconut
Tried
on 04 Nov 2025
at 13:45
9.5/10
Can at the Strait and narrow, Lincoln. Jet black with a tan head. Aroma and taste are caramel and biscuit. Some bourbon. And a bitter cocoa chocolate finish. Rich and full body.
Tried
from Can
at
Strait And Narrow
on 01 Nov 2025
at 14:29