Vlad Vs. Zombie Vs. Shark
Hailstorm Brewing Co. in Tinley Park, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
7.35
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Vlad vs Zombie vs Shark is a special version of Vlad that is Bourbon Barrel Aged and clocks in at 18%. Limited release in 2016 and again in 2019.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
All right, just one more, because I have not had any of the Hailstorm Vlads before. A bit of brown in the tiny glass with a somewhat larger ring of foam than the toppling Goliath. My first impression of the nose is actually of some grain being mashed. Surprised that I can't pick up much more in the nose. Comparing to the Mornin' Delight I just had, the mouthful is noticably thinner. I pick up plenty of barrel oak, and now the bourbon is sneaking up to my palate. Taste does improves with each so, even getting stronger as I go.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Open Door Taproom & Bottle Shop
on 04 Oct 2025
at 18:24
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2019 Bottle shared at Blind Stout Share. Pours a pitch black with a small bit of brown head that dissipates. Lots of baker's chocolate on the nose with some prune and raisin with bourbon as it warms. Oak and big deep, rich chocolate notes on the palate, coupled with milk chocolate underneath. Quite thick and viscous visually and on the palate. Lingering bourbon, oak and chocolate. A beast of a beer.
Blind ranking personal results:
#1 Toppling Goliath - Barrel Slayer
#1 Ellison / Barclay / Watkins - Four Horsemen
#3 Hailstorm - Vlad vs. Zombie vs. Shark (2019)
#4 Cerebral - Here be Monsters (Batch 2 11/2017)
#5 Goose Island - BCBS (2019)
#6 Jackie O's / Side Project - Appervation
Blind ranking personal results:
#1 Toppling Goliath - Barrel Slayer
#1 Ellison / Barclay / Watkins - Four Horsemen
#3 Hailstorm - Vlad vs. Zombie vs. Shark (2019)
#4 Cerebral - Here be Monsters (Batch 2 11/2017)
#5 Goose Island - BCBS (2019)
#6 Jackie O's / Side Project - Appervation
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2020
at 16:01
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2019. Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has intense bourbon and booze coming through with dark grains, earthy chocolate and roasted malts. Flavor is malt forward with sweet grains, lots of bourbon and some toffee with a hint of roast underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Aug 2019
at 00:51
9/10
Thanks Ghazi B.!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2019
at 21:06