Big Sxxxy Vanilla
3 Sons Brewing Company in Dania Beach, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.96
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Vanilla Big Sxxxy was aged for 22 months in single-use 10yr old California Brandy barrels before being treated with Mexican, Madagascar, and Papua New Guinea vanilla beans. This full-bodied English Barleywine exudes loads of vanilla, layers of crème brûlée, oak, sweet dates, and figs soaked in caramel, balanced with some brandy heat.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle @MBCC 2025, Green Session. Oily black no head. Rich dark malty aroma, vanilla. Heavy sweet flavour, rich dark malty, some vanilla, warming boozy buzz.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2025
at 17:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Folkingebrew, Groningen. Black beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, vanilla, raisins, fruit, barley, bourbon, chocolate. Taste is the same, very sweet, malt, chocolate, vanilla, molasses, some sticky (sickly) sweet aftertaste. If only aftertaste wasnt so sticky sweet.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2025
at 13:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle pour at MBCC 2025 (Green session), pours black with a tiny head. Aroma has tons of vanilla beans, medium roast, and bourbon barrels. Flavour is over the top with vanilla, with huge vanilla beans, bourbon, snd dark sugars. Rather brutal vanillin on the finish. Good but lacking cohesion.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2025
at 20:59
8/10
Draught @ MBCC '25 [ Green 🟩 Session 🧙♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. . [20250524]
Tried
on 25 May 2025
at 09:26
8/10
Draught @ MBCC '25 [ Green 🟩 Session 🧙♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. . [20250524]
Tried
on 25 May 2025
at 09:26
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2025
at 16:36
8/10
Tried
on 24 May 2025
at 15:58
8/10
MBCC 2025, Green Session. A very dark brown beer, no head. Aroma of strong dark roasted malt, coffee, bourbon, raisins. Taste of raisins, vanilla, bourbon, sticky sweet finish.
Tried
on 24 May 2025
at 15:56
8.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
24/5/2025. Draft at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen. Green session.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2025
at 14:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
MBCC 2025.
Tried
on 24 May 2025
at 14:13