West Sixth Brewing Snake Cake

Snake Cake

 

West Sixth Brewing in Lexington, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Rotating
Score
7.43
ABV: 13.0% IBU: - Ticks: 6
Taking decadence to the next level, Snake Cake is one of our most popular barrel aged recipes. Layers of silky vanilla, deep chocolate and charred caramel notes all stack upon our sturdy Snake Eyes Imperial Stout. Aged in Bourbon Barrels, this 13% melt-in-your-mouth brew is the icing on the cake for any celebration.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Sampled from the tap at the Lexington location. Pours a black with a light brown head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has combination of sweet dark grains and vanilla with a bit of chocolate underlying. Flavor has chocolate and vanilla with a sweet dark grain backbone.

Tried from Draft at West Sixth Brewing Co. on 30 Mar 2025 at 00:00


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sample at the taproom.

Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2022 at 18:25


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Prune, raisin, chocolate malt, and hay aroma. Dark brown with minimal head. Very sweet raisin, chocolate syrup, malt, and moderately bitter fresh hay flavor. Nice body and balance.

Tried from Draft on 07 Nov 2021 at 02:28


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured at Savor: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience 2018. Poured a black oil color with a small light tan head. Aroma was roasted malts, dark chocolate, with some earthy notes. Flavor was like a fresh cut piece of chocolate cake. Light vanilla notes. Dark fruits. Pretty tasty.

Tried from Can on 06 Jun 2018 at 06:45


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Sample at beer meets wood last weekend. Opaque black with a decent sized tan head that persists. Chocolate and vanilla with bits of caramel earth and coconut at the fringes. Reminds me at times of cake frosting, oddly satisfying beer.

Tried on 29 Sep 2017 at 21:54


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Gambrinus. Pours a deep brown to black with a small, almost non-existent head. Huge vanilla icing nose with some toasted maple sweetness. Very faint chocolate. Thin bodied on the palate with the vanilla icing and maple dominating, some faint chocolate and light cinnamon maybe. A tad hot on the finish with lingering chocolate cake with vanilla icing. --- Beer merged from original tick of Snake Cake on 16 May 2017 at 01:33 - Score: 8. Original review text: Huge, endless marshmallow nose. Light and good flavor. Cacao nib, vanilla and marshmallow cream. Tsaty!

Tried from Draft on 22 May 2017 at 20:19