Brewer's Reserve: Vanilla Bean Stout
Central Waters Brewing Co. in Amherst, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Series|
Score
7.71
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We take a big American stout and stuff it into a bourbon barrel where is lays dormant until it is ready to meld itself with vanilla and blossom into it’s own creation. Enjoy!
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Beige lacing on a overly carbonated mahogany coloured body.
Big boozy aroma with vanilla & bourbon.
Medium bodied, lightly carbonated & thinning out to limp back.
Bourbon, vanilla & berry tastes with a huge boozy.
A big let down. Far to boozy for the thin body & wishy washy back.
You can't win 'em all.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From tap at Van Moll Fest 2019. Aroma is dark malt with bourbon, vanilla, caramel, alcohol, and toffee. Sweet, some booziness, smooth body. Very nice, lots of caramel malt and bourbon.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Aus der Flasche im 2024-11 getrunken. Dieses Ale erinnert nicht an Stout sondern an ein malziges, dunkles Belgisches Starkbier. Das Vanilie Aroma ist fast schon zu deutlich und von der Fassreifung sind dadurchkeine deutliche Aromen mehr wahrnehmbar. Ein gutes Bier, aber irgendwie unstimmig.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
(Draught at Beer Temple, Amsterdam, 20 July 2024) Black colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of coffee, dark chocolate and vanilla. Malty, roasted taste with black coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, caramel and a balanced coffee bitterness in a warming finish. Full body, quite sweet. On the sweet side, but really rich, tasty and quite well balanced. Great beer!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
31st July 2024
CBJ Bottleshare. Thanks to Wingman for the bottle. Near clear deep amber brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Airy dark malts, modest and slightly tangy dark chocolate. Mild vanilla. Light finish. Tidy if unremarkable stout from this once 'must try' brewery.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Wingman dave for this one. A clear nut brown coloured pour with a a halo of khaki head. Aroma is semi sweet. Nutty hazelnut, some fruits,, smoked nuts. Treacle. Palate is semi sweet, oily, oily, maple.
Dole 2024 verosn of 11.8%!. A fantadtic beer, too notch and clean boozy but sippable. Beertemple ams
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bourbon barrel aged and vanilla, there’s a lotto anticipate with this beer. Another selection from my most recent purchase with Half Time, I have the cap removed and the contents of the 12 oz bottle going inside of a snifter. An appropriate but swell representation of the style inside the glass, dark brown-almost black liquid with a here and gone ring of light tan foam. The scent is attractive but I say that about all the pastry stouts. Sweet chocolate, raisins, booze and vanilla as advertised. I lift the glass for a drink. Shouldn’t have been concerned with a letdown, this is a solid imperial stout. It’s not overwhelming with sweetness like many in the style but does have it nonetheless. Dark chocolate, scorched grain, raspberries, chocolate malt, a touch of caramel, bourbon, vanilla and pecans. Moderately sweet with a lesser bitterness concluding. Just right with the sensation, well done Mister (or Ms) Unknown Brewer. I can tick off on one hand the imperial stouts I have really, truly enjoyed this year and I consider the style to be one of my top three. This joins the four other brews.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear black, small beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is cocoa, vanilla, bourbon. Flavor is medium sweet, light bitter. Medium body.