Super Nebula - Valhalla
Block 15 Brewing Company in Corvallis, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.55
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Valhalla features Fair Trade chocolate, cardamom, star anise, and Juniper berries. Aged in Willet Bourbon barrels, it is our most complex variant to date
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is dominated by cardamom and anise upfront, swamping everything else other than maybe a bit of juniper; not really getting the bourbon at this point. Flavour is fairly rich—the base is strong and supports the cardamom and anise, with subdued bourbon and cocoa. Actually tasteful use of the adjuncts, even if they’re rather bizarre in this context. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2026
at 03:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 500mL bottle. Very dark brown with beige head. Lots of cardamom and chocolate, feint juniper and star anise fennel notes. Mild background barrel, nicely balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2026
at 03:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
500mL bottle. Pours black with a beige head. A huge punch of cardamom and juniper on the nose along with roast, chocolate, and bourbon. Flavour has dark chocolate, cardamom, anise, and juniper. The base is solid and roasty. Bourbon barrels are well-integrated. This is fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2026
at 23:24
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 9
Overall 6.5
Shared with Josh at Festival of Dark Arts 2026 in Astoria, OR.
Smells like a toothpaste to me, lol, because of cardamom. Taste is along the same lines, quite bitter, roasty. Ok.
Smells like a toothpaste to me, lol, because of cardamom. Taste is along the same lines, quite bitter, roasty. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2026
at 20:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Dark brown, thin head. Lots of cardamom on the nose along chocolate and barrel. Thick, chocolate, lively with that coriander. Well balanced like Indian chocolate.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2026
at 20:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pour at the 2026 Dark Arts Festival. Near black pour, ring of silky beige head. Savory aroma, vanilla, cardamom. Taste is chocolate and licorice. savory spices. Really balanced us of the adjuncts.
Tried
from Draft
at
Fort George Brewery (Lovell Taproom)
on 14 Feb 2026
at 19:31