Vanilla Emissary Imperial Stout - Barrel Aged
Wander Brewing in Bellingham, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.37
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz can, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma reveals big vanilla beans upfront, with soft bourbon, and a touch of roasted malt underneath. Flavour reveals a rich vanilla bean depth, accentuated beautifully by the bourbon barrels, with a moderate roasted malt base. Man, the vanilla beans are quite something in here, and the bourbon rounds everything out. One of Wander's best.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2025
at 04:56
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Draft 13 oz pour enjoyed at Hop and Hound. Dense cola brown pour, active tan fizz head. Life lately calls for a big stout like this one. Hoping for a ton of the advertised vanilla, and it delivers. Lots of oak, vanilla, and smooth bourbon. Classic combo and done very well. Easy drinking double digit stout here. Lingering vanilla and dark chocolate notes pair wonderfully with the bourbon. Excellent brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jun 2020
at 00:08
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Taster shared with Alex and Ash on Oct-04, FedEx epic fail day. Appearance: very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: nice bourbon aroma, chocolate, some dark fruits, moderately sweet. Taste: along the same lines, creamy notes from the oak. Overall: nice one.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2019
at 08:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Elizabeth Station, Bellingham, WA
Dark brown colour, near black. Strong bourbon aroma. Medium body, not much sweetness, and most of all not much depth, it has a touch of earthy coffee and quite some strong bourbon character.
Not balanced or rich, but still ok.
Dark brown colour, near black. Strong bourbon aroma. Medium body, not much sweetness, and most of all not much depth, it has a touch of earthy coffee and quite some strong bourbon character.
Not balanced or rich, but still ok.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2019
at 18:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice big chocolate vanilla sweetness bourbon barrel booze kick. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate vanilla coffee booze bourbon barrel kick.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2019
at 03:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft - Dark chocolate, bourbon barrels and dark roast. Jet black with a small light brown head. Honey like sweetness, molasses and chocolate. Bourbon peeks through, but I don’t think I get the vanilla.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2018
at 04:49