Expanding Worlds
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Faction BrewingStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.71
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Expanding Worlds is inspired by curiosity, and the excitement implicit in spreading your wings and setting off on an adventure. This blend combines vanilla beans from Uganda, Ecuador, and Tahiti and coffee beans from Vietnam. These ingredients from distant corners converge into an expresso-soaked marshmallow floating upon a deep and layered pool of bourbon barrel aged stout. The result is a decadent experience that reflects the ever- expanding world that we all encounter and explore every day.
Blend:
Axelrod (1/2 barrel #016) aged 12 months in Willet Rye barrels
Adderley (barrel #056) aged 10 months in Woodford Reserve Double Oaked barrels
Duke (1/2 barrel #059) aged 10 months in Heaven Hill barrels
Adderley (1/2 barrel #061) aged 10 months in Woodford Reserve Double Oaked barrels
2021 Release
Blend:
Axelrod (1/2 barrel #016) aged 12 months in Willet Rye barrels
Adderley (barrel #056) aged 10 months in Woodford Reserve Double Oaked barrels
Duke (1/2 barrel #059) aged 10 months in Heaven Hill barrels
Adderley (1/2 barrel #061) aged 10 months in Woodford Reserve Double Oaked barrels
2021 Release
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8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml @ Ryan's. Appearance: very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma: coffee and green peppers, some American oak, charred barrel. and chocolate. Taste: along the same lines, nice body, a lot of chocolate and coffee, American oak. Overall: nice one, despite the green pepper notes.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2024
at 03:21
9/10
Woo, this is one tasty beverage! Great thickness, smooth and rich. Roasty coffee, countered by sweet vanilla, lots of chocolate from the base beer, all balanced damn well. Barrel adds more layers, smoothness and yummyness. Maybe a tad too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2022
at 22:00
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Nice vanilla and coffee notes, hints of oak and barrel notes. Pretty good, thick and balanced
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2022
at 21:56
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2024-06-18, bottle, courtesy of Sergey, 7-4-8-3-16=38
Black colour, thin collar. The aroma is a bit earthy, coffee, green peppers. Medium body, moderately sweet; mostly cacao, a bit dusty, it shows therefore some green pepper. Not impressive.
2022-03-19, bottle at Black Christmas March 2022, 8-4-8-4-17=41
Black colour. Dark chocolate flavour, full bodied, with notes of cacao, vanilla, and ice cream. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2022
at 01:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Re-rate: Poured from 500mL bottle. Near black with minimal beige head. Aroma has lots of coffee and green pepper. Taste of mild vanilla, some coffee, feint tobacco, unfortunately didn't age too well. Mar 20, 2022 (9/4/9/4/18=4.4): Poured from 1 pint .9 fl oz bottle at Black Xmas. Black with no head. Nice barrel notes, oak, chocolate, vanilla. Really nice, well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2022
at 08:58
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle - thanks Matt! Pours opaque black, minimal head or lacing. Aroma is rich mocha, vanilla, chocolate liquor, marshmallow. Flavor is medium plus sweet light plus bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2021
at 05:26