Vanilla Black Velvet
Cervesa Guineu in Valls de Torroella, Catalonia, Spain 🇪🇸
Collab with: La Quince BreweryStout - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.46
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Strong body and powerful flavour ale but that offers a ‘velvet sip’. The vanilla flavour, from Madagascar beans, stands out above roasted, cocoa and coffee notes. Plato 22.4°.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33 cl bottle. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is chocolate and overripe fruity. Bitter, roasted, light fruity. Toffee and chocolate malty. Bitter, dry and toasted dark malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2016
at 11:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
RBESG 2016. Bottle, vintage 2015, at Bodega Fermin, Barcelona. ABV 9.5%. Black colour, no head. Aroma of coffee and vanilla. Slightly sweet flavour with strong notes of vanilla, also coffee and chocolate. Excellent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2016
at 13:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
8th July 2016: RBESG. Once we had tried the on tap selection at Bodega Fermin five of us chose a bottle each for the gathering to share. This was the best of those five in my opinion. Black hue to the dark brown body, small off-white head. Liquorice and vanilla in a malty nose. Vanilla rules the smooth tasting flavours with some dark fruit and coffee action coming into play. The alcohol is well hidden by the flavours and although not suited to the heat of a Barcelona mid-day session it went down very well with me..
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jul 2016
at 03:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draught @ CBH 2016. Aroma has tobacco, some minerals and licorice. Flavour has minerals, licorice and vanilla. Lovely. Even more lovely when warms up.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2016
at 04:53
8/10
Tried
on 15 Jun 2016
at 09:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Black with barely any head just some dark beige bubbles. Strong roasted notes, English hops, licorice, aniseed, lots of vanilla, burnt coffee, molasses, burnt caramel. Mostly all kinds of strong roasted notes which makes for an over medium bitterness. Medium sweet. Medium bodied with a bit watery feel and no carbonation. A bit unbalanced and it would probably benefit from some carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2016
at 14:47
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey for the Ultimate Spain Craft Beer & Cider Tap Takeover event. Black with light tan head. Aromas of fudge, caramel, dark chocolate. Tastes of fudge, caramel, dark chocolate, toffee, light booze, cookies. Full body with a dry finish. Wonderful stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2016
at 16:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, white label, 2015. Tasted 17.5.2016. Very dark colour, small brownish head. Moderate peat in both aroma and flavour. Also rich and complex caramel, chocolate. Quite good. 3,8 Rerate sometime in 2023, tap at Beer Geek. Full body, medium carbonation. Only light warmth, relatively easy drinking. Subtle background vanilla. Lots of chocolatey malty character. Not the most complex one, feels rather simple, but it is tasty, nice. I like it. 3,8
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2016
at 14:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle kindly sent by Taboada, many thanks. Very dark brown color with huge beige head. Roasted malt, caramel, dark chocolate, raisins in aroma. Taste, dark malt, coffee, chocolate, whiskey, licorice, tobacco, wood. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2016
at 14:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Malmö Öl & Whisky Festival 2016. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty vanilla and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty vanilla chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty vanilla and chocolate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2016
at 08:13