Abraxas - Vanilla
(has 4 batches)
Perennial Artisan Ales in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.13
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Additional Vanilla Beans added to our Imperial Stout brewed with ancho chili peppers, cacao nibs, vanilla beans, and cinnamon sticks. Pouring deep brown with a thick head, this beer has a complex body with a delicious lingering roastiness.
Note: The base recipe of Abraxas also includes vanilla. The Vanilla variant is marked with "Vanilla" on the label.
Note: The base recipe of Abraxas also includes vanilla. The Vanilla variant is marked with "Vanilla" on the label.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
29/8/2026. Bottle shared by Colin, cheers! Good colour, small bubbly head. Aroma is vanilla beans, cinnamon, chocolate, touch coconut, moderately roasted. Some nice sweetness with some developing spice and bitterness. Smooth. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2026
at 13:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6
11th July 2026
Panda thanks to Cloin. Near opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, a little soft. Very mild carbonation. Soft dark malts, mellow dark chocolate. Soft but dominant cinnamon. Some milk chocolate on the back end where the vanilla intersects the dark malts. Too much cinnamon for my liking, makes it one note.
Panda thanks to Cloin. Near opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, a little soft. Very mild carbonation. Soft dark malts, mellow dark chocolate. Soft but dominant cinnamon. Some milk chocolate on the back end where the vanilla intersects the dark malts. Too much cinnamon for my liking, makes it one note.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2026
at 19:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle.
A- Deep dark brown color, opaque liquid, brown head.
A- Chocolate, vanilla.
F- Chocolate, vanilla, faint spice, mild sweetness.
T- Full body, slightly thin texture, slightly fizzy carbonation, slightly unbalanced finish.
O- Honestly I expected more. The base beer is better than this one. Not nearly as complex as I thought, maybe the vanilla hides too much? Solid beer but the abraxas bottles I've had this year just haven't been as good as what I've had in the past. Could be better for the price and name.
A- Deep dark brown color, opaque liquid, brown head.
A- Chocolate, vanilla.
F- Chocolate, vanilla, faint spice, mild sweetness.
T- Full body, slightly thin texture, slightly fizzy carbonation, slightly unbalanced finish.
O- Honestly I expected more. The base beer is better than this one. Not nearly as complex as I thought, maybe the vanilla hides too much? Solid beer but the abraxas bottles I've had this year just haven't been as good as what I've had in the past. Could be better for the price and name.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2026
at 02:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at CBJ Tasting. Dark glossy cola brown. No head. Aroma has mocha and coconut with a hint of booze and malts. Flavourwise it has sweet vanilla chocolate cake over booze. .Medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2026
at 22:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sweet and simple. Some
Cinnamon. Boozy kick. Bit of roast. Ash. Cocoa. Drinks fine but it is a bit simple.
Cinnamon. Boozy kick. Bit of roast. Ash. Cocoa. Drinks fine but it is a bit simple.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Craft Beer Junction
on 04 Mar 2026
at 21:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Colin for this one. A opaque black brown coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is toasted cinnamon, brown sugars, brandy snap sugars, apple,, light tang. Flavour is composed of semi sweet z rounded z brown sugars z singed brandy snap sugars. Toasted apple cinnamon mellow vanilla sweetness.. Alcohol.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2026
at 20:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle split at the CBJ tasting, picked up from craftcentral ie, 04/03/2026.
Black topped with a khaki head that thins to a swirl.
Nose is chocolate, light roast, vanilla, toffee fudge.
Taste comprises chocolate shavings, vanilla, marshmallow, roasted tones, booze tunes.
Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Tidy sipper but expected a little more wow.
Black topped with a khaki head that thins to a swirl.
Nose is chocolate, light roast, vanilla, toffee fudge.
Taste comprises chocolate shavings, vanilla, marshmallow, roasted tones, booze tunes.
Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Tidy sipper but expected a little more wow.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2026
at 11:00
8.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Filled right up to the edge, I tell ya. Deep black, still supports a thin, performance, tan head. Smell is mostly coffee, actually, just a bit of bourbon, and them some vanilla. Not very big on nose. Very sippable taste. Not too thick. Just a large hit of alcohol. Vanilla comes in as I sip it, while any chile just tends to fortify the sharp taste. A great, powerful stout.
Tried
from Draft
from
Whole Foods Market - Butterfield Taproom
on 24 Feb 2026
at 01:28