Big Bad Baptist - Vanilla Brandy
Epic Brewing Company in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special|
Score
7.73
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Imperial Stout Aged in Brandy Barrels with Roasted Cacao Nibs, Coffee, and Vanilla.
This is a whole new Baptist, of course still Big and Bad, but the big guy is moving on up to also be refined and sophisticated. We took our award-winning Imperial Stout and aged it 100% in Brandy barrels with just a touch of coffee and vanilla. Smoking jacket optional; snifter highly recommended.
This is a whole new Baptist, of course still Big and Bad, but the big guy is moving on up to also be refined and sophisticated. We took our award-winning Imperial Stout and aged it 100% in Brandy barrels with just a touch of coffee and vanilla. Smoking jacket optional; snifter highly recommended.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2019 22oz bottle drunk 6/28/24. Clear dark. large, well-retained light tan head. Nose has lovely brandy-vanilla with not do lovely green bell pepper from the coffee. Malty, with chewy cacao and low alcohol. Beany coffee and chewy cacao. Unfortunately a spiciness that doesn't belong in the flavor, with overattenuation, thinning and light alcohol. Vanilla is gone, coffee has gone bad, and there's not much brandy, though there is a nice barreled mellowness to the malt. Not really boozey, but a bit bready, lightly oxidized, still quite chocolatey. Tempered rating as this obviously wasn't intended to age this long.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2024
at 22:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated brown bomber poured into a snifter. Black with small light brown head. Aroma is brandy, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is chocolate, wood, brandy, and vanilla.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2023
at 00:43
8/10
Tried
on 12 Feb 2022
at 03:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Black, with plenty of tan head. Smell is slightly damp papery, but mostly roast and light coffee. Pretty light body, more than average carbonation. Taste is roasty most of all, with some light coffee. Subtle brandy in the background. Light but tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
from
De Caigny Dranken
on 04 Feb 2022
at 23:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to AJ. Pours a dark brown with small beige head. The aroma is spice, brandy, wood. Slick body, cocoa, roast, dry finish, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2021
at 04:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at the Beau in London tasting, last group tasting for 7 months - who knew, thanks to Dave 11/03/20. Pitch black with a solid tan cap. Nose is chocolate, coffee, roast malts, charr, spice, mellow brandy barrel. Taste comprises chocolate, good coffee vibes, vanilla, light black peppery spice, brandy barrel, roasted bite. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2021
at 09:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared by explosivedog: black with beige head. Aroma is vanilla, cocoa, coffee. Taste is bitter, not too sweet, hints of brandy. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2021
at 16:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, shared by me. Pours black with a tan head. Coffee, pepper, vanilla, blackcurrant, toast, charcoal, tobacco. Medium body. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2021
at 16:01
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black with a small beige head. Bitter and exceptionally boozy with Brandy and vanilla notes. Long finish. Moderately full bodied
Tried
on 06 Jun 2021
at 15:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. (thanks Eddan) Black with a medium tan head. A nice one with a lot of coffee, dark malt, oak and chocolate. The finish was quite long.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2021
at 18:25