Toppling Goliath Brewing Company Assassin - Vanilla Bean

Assassin - Vanilla Bean

 

Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production
Score
8.49
ABV: 12.12% IBU: - Ticks: 24
Imperial stout conditioned on vanilla beans and aged in whiskey barrels
 

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8/10
Bottle. Pours black with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong vanilla bean, roast, oak, bourbon, cocoa. Thick body, roast, vanilla, dark chocolate, bourbon, nice sweetness, really enjoyed this.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2020 at 21:53

9.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 10 Texture 10 Overall 9
12 oz bottle at share. Slick, oily pour. Super smooth. Boozy, chocolate, vanilla, roast, all blended to perfecton. Sweet, slick with a slight burn. Top notch.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2020 at 01:20

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12oz bottle pours out thick black topped with a tan head. Nose is amazing bourbon barrel vanilla rich chocolate sweet. Taste is more of the nice thick rich chocolate heavy roast bourbon barrel heavy vanilla.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2020 at 01:19

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
The waxed bottle pours with a thick dark mahogany colored body that manages to stain the glass with a dark curtain of liquid goodness. Above the liquid is a minimal head. The aroma offers up chocolate, sweet coconut, smooth sweet bourbon mixed with a firm coconut vanilla sensation and then some dark roasted to thinly burnt malts. The taste is rich smooth deep goodness that gets quickly to business with vanilla, chocolate, smooth sweetened dark roasted malts and increasing sweet vanilla notes. It picks up additional notes of smooth subtle soft bourbon, more vanilla and coconut to go along with just enough boozy warming to let you know this is sipper of a beer. Wow!
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2014 at 19:55