Alpha State Vanilla Mocha Shake

Vanilla Mocha Shake

 

Alpha State in Horsmonden, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production
Score
7.61
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 29
Imperial Stout with vanilla pods, aged on mocha soaked oak chips.
 

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7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
From tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2015, Yellow session. Black color with beige head. Roasted malty aroma, cookie, chocolate, mild coffee, spicy, vanilla. Sweet and bitter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation
Tried from Draft on 07 May 2015 at 15:29

8.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draught @ CBC 2015. Pours black with a creamy brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, rather sweet, caramel, chocolate, coffee, mocha. Flavor is light sweet, rich malty, caramel, cocoa, chocolate, vanilla, coffee, mocha, oak, light alcohol. Medium body, average carboantion, light sweet finish with warming alcohol. 010515
Tried on 05 May 2015 at 11:28

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sample at CBC 2015. Black with a tan head. Aroma and taste of roasted malt, vanilla, chocolate, some oak and toffee. Full body and with a long aftertaste. A tasty dessert beer.
Tried on 03 May 2015 at 14:36

8.3/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at CBC 2015. Pours near black with a big beige head. Aroma of fudge, milk chocolate light roast, cake, coffee and vanilla. Flavour is heavy sweet and bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 03 May 2015 at 02:53

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at CBC2015. Dark opaque black color, steady brownish head. Vanilla, alcohol and toasted malts in the nose. Medium-bodied to full-bodied. Alcohol, vanilla, liquerish roasted malts. Quite a punch.
Tried from Draft on 01 May 2015 at 06:58

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draught @ CBC 2015

Pours pitch black with a smooth head. Aroma of vanilla, toffee, syrup, oak and coffee. Taste is smooth, slick and slightly roasty with loads of vanilla, hints of coffee. Finish is slick, smooth and slightly roasty with some vanilla and coffee. Nice.
Tried on 01 May 2015 at 05:13

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draught @ CBC’15
Aroma is neat with vanilla, licorice and coffee. Also some marshmallows. Flavour has vanilla, slightly bitter coffee, marshmallows and ash. Also peanut butter. Nice, I like the vanilla here.
Tried on 01 May 2015 at 05:10

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at the hanging bat... Deep black.. Thin tan lacing... Soft chocolate massive vanilla malts nose... Dark chocolate... Sweet hint of peanut butter... Soft vanilla malts 4.0 Keg at the hanging bat... Deep black.. Thin tan head... Massive vanilla... Big penut butter... Soft coffee nose.. Soft sweet chocolate... Soft toffee vanilla malts... Again penut butter hints... 3.9
Tried on 17 Nov 2014 at 22:56

8.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 10 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at the Hanging Bat. Pours black, nose is creamy chocolate, coffee, vanilla, taste is dry, bitter, sticky toffee, chocolate, coffee, vanilla.
Tried on 17 Nov 2014 at 13:29