Billie's Reserve Stout
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.11
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Apple Brandy Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Vanilla Beans.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
BCBF 2025 Backlog.
Pours black, scent is chocolaty. Taste is liquid chocolate (kinder-brand) , full on chocolate sauce. Quite good, but not at all complex. Vanilla shines trough, brandy is hidden.
Pours black, scent is chocolaty. Taste is liquid chocolate (kinder-brand) , full on chocolate sauce. Quite good, but not at all complex. Vanilla shines trough, brandy is hidden.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2026
at 08:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Sampled at Billies, day 2. Opaque pitch black, no head. Very sweet, cloying sweet maple. Over the top boozy and sugary too imo. Not nearly as good as I had hoped.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2025
at 21:04
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Taster during Billies Craft Beer Fest. Tastes vanilla, cookie dough, spices, fudgy, light wood, light heat, on the sweet side, interesting flavors, bit on the pastry side, but nice notes of spices. Rather smooth 8.4
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2025
at 18:27