Meditations 4.17
Caius Farm Brewery in Branford, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Series|
Score
7.02
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Meditations is our series of beers which evoke significant spiritual reflection and emotional response. For this inaugural batch, we blended two stout recipes aged in barrels: (1) a stout recipe known as BS1 aged in a 15-year 1792 barrel for 22 months and then aged in a Willett Bourbon barrel for another 10 months and (2) a stout recipe known as BS2 aged in a Buffalo Trace Mash #1 barrel for 12 months and then aged in a Willett Bourbon barrel for another 10 months. After blending, we conditioned this stout on a blend of four vanillas: Hawaiian, Sumatran, Indian, and Comorian. This stout is named after a specific passage from Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. In this case, passage 4.17: "Do not live as though destined to live countless years; while you live, while it is possible, become good." -Marcus Aurelius translated by Caius Mergy
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8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Steve! Opaque black, light viscosity, ring of head, no lacing. Aroma is strong vanilla, sweet malts, light spice, bourbon, all well balanced. Taste is strong vanilla, sweet malt, bourbon, mild alcohol. Smooth, silky texture, soft carbonation, medium bodied, light alcohol astringency and heat, finish as taste. Very nice but not without flaws--alcohol touches flavor and mouthfeel so perhaps this can sit for 4-6 months (8-10 total?) to mellow out a bit. Still enjoyed quite a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2026
at 05:30