Phases of Darkness with Vanilla
Ruse Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.74
|
|
Sign up to add a tick or review
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Black with a brown head - Sweet vanilla and malt aroma - Dark malt body with some sweet vanilla and wood bourbon flavours - Malt and wood barrel flavours goes into the finish - This was real good
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
375mL bottle, pours jet black with almost no head. Aroma is decadent and complex, with intense vanilla beans, a very elegant bourbon character, and some wonderful dark sugars. Flavour is just as elegant and complex, with an absolutely magnificent bourbon barrel character, complemented by succulent vanilla character, and moderately attenuated dark sugars on the finish. Top-notch bourbon, top-notch vanilla, a stellar base beer -- yeah, this is sublime.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Poured from bottle (2023 vintage; 15% abv). Very dark brown with minimal beige head. Bourbon and vanilla forward, nice blend, mild cookie character, very nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught, taster @MBCC 2023, Copenhagen (Denmark). 06/05/2023. [#6.451 Global - #1.138 United States of America - #23 Ruse Brewing] Pours black with a beige cap. Mostly lacing and good retention. Aroma: dark malts, brown sugar, burnt caramel and wood barrels. Taste: maple syrup, wood barrels and burnt brown sugar leading to a sweet vanilla finish. Next one please!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
During MBCC 2023 Saturday afternoon session with Matt, Brian, Ryan, Phill, Erik, along with superhelpful, bossy, funny, and sarcastic Rachel, hehe. Aroma: nice barrel, vanilla, chocolate. Taste: same, thick, sweet, boozy. Overall: ok.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2022.
Appearance: Black colour with a small beige head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, maple syrup.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, maple syrup.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tap @MBCC 2022, Red Session. Black, beige head. heavy dark malty aroma, light vanilla, some choc. Thick, slivk mouthfeel. Rich malty flavour, syrupy with choc and vanilla.
Reubs (35338) reviewed Phases of Darkness with Vanilla from Ruse Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap@MBCC 2022, Copenhagen (14/05/2022) - Dark sweet malty lots of chocolate and nice vanilla throughout , full body, dark malty finish. Great
Hermod (17867) reviewed Phases of Darkness with Vanilla from Ruse Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tap @ MBCC 2022. Poured black in color. Tan head. Strong vanilla scent and flavor. Roastedness, chocolate and cocoa. Really smooth. Oily mouthfeel. Felt heavy at first, but not that heavy to drink at all.
tiong (21241) reviewed Phases of Darkness with Vanilla from Ruse Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught @ MBCC 2022, Copenhagen. Syrupy, sweet and intense with vanilla beans, cocoa nibs, bourbon and some roastiness. Quite heavy slow sipper. Regular version was better.