Assassin - Vanilla Bean
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.49
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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
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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
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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
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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