Billie's Evil Master Vanilla
De Meester in Lendelede, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.96
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Strong Imperial Stout with vanilla, specially made for BCBF 2025.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
20/II/26 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ home, BB: X///2030, P800 (2026-256)
Clear dark brown to black beer, practically no head, just a small rim of beige to brown tiny bubbles clinging to the side of the glass. Aroma: nice, gentle roast, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, some caramel, malty, no vanilla though? MF: soft to no carbon, full body, thick syrupy texture, thick and cloying. Taste: oh my, that’s no vanilla, but that’s a lot of dark sweet caramel combined with luscious chocolate notes, very sweet and sugary, gentle roast, some alcohol, but all in all still very balanced! Aftertaste: sugary and sweet, lots of dark caramel, alcohol burn (or maybe it’s the sugar?), chocolate notes, gentle roast, sweet ending, nice!
Clear dark brown to black beer, practically no head, just a small rim of beige to brown tiny bubbles clinging to the side of the glass. Aroma: nice, gentle roast, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, some caramel, malty, no vanilla though? MF: soft to no carbon, full body, thick syrupy texture, thick and cloying. Taste: oh my, that’s no vanilla, but that’s a lot of dark sweet caramel combined with luscious chocolate notes, very sweet and sugary, gentle roast, some alcohol, but all in all still very balanced! Aftertaste: sugary and sweet, lots of dark caramel, alcohol burn (or maybe it’s the sugar?), chocolate notes, gentle roast, sweet ending, nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2026
at 22:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Quite good russet-cream head over black beer. Vanilla, dark roast, and cloyingly sweet smelling. Nothing else. Sickly sweet; vanilla and chocolate concoction; idea of maraschino cherries with vanilla. Indeed cloying. Very thick, full body, chewy and lots of alcoholburn. Punch-in-the-face. The nose is not what it ought to be.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2025
at 21:52