The Barn Owl
Eredità Beer in North Haven, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Twelve Percent Beer ProjectStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating
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Score
7.56
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This beer was inspired by our love of the iced vanilla latte; one of our favorite caffeinated beverages. This beer features a complex grist of dark and roasted malts, milk sugar, espresso sourced from Brazil, Costa Rica, and Guatemala, and vanilla beans sourced from Papua New Guinea. Our ambition was to walk the line, balancing sweetness, and mouthfeel, while allowing the adjuncts to add to the experience rather than overpower it.
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8/10
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2026
at 18:31
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: pours like motor oil and leaves a pure black color in the glass with a finger's worth of tan foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some lace
Aroma: sweet and roasty espresso, milk chocolate, dark chocolate and some vanilla
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a great sweet and roasty quality; finishes chocolatey sweet and roasty coffee toned
Texture: medium bodied, good sipper; pretty smooth along the tongue, nothing distracting just a great flow over the tongue
Overall: what a great impy stout well worth acquiring again.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: pours like motor oil and leaves a pure black color in the glass with a finger's worth of tan foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some lace
Aroma: sweet and roasty espresso, milk chocolate, dark chocolate and some vanilla
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a great sweet and roasty quality; finishes chocolatey sweet and roasty coffee toned
Texture: medium bodied, good sipper; pretty smooth along the tongue, nothing distracting just a great flow over the tongue
Overall: what a great impy stout well worth acquiring again.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Mar 2026
at 11:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can: Poured a sludge black with a brown ring head. Aroma is espresso coffee, rich malts, chocolate. Taste is dark chocolate, espresso coffee, rich roasted malts.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2025
at 00:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Shared by Sam at Sam's place, during the tasting he organized. Thanks... George!
Dark brown. Oily head.
Earthy coffee, minerally, touch of soot.
Super dense, choco, rich soot, really rich delivery. Medium low carb but with enough acid & consistency.
Slow build but it really delivers.
Dark brown. Oily head.
Earthy coffee, minerally, touch of soot.
Super dense, choco, rich soot, really rich delivery. Medium low carb but with enough acid & consistency.
Slow build but it really delivers.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2025
at 19:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
355ml can. Jet black colour with average to huge, frothy to creamy, slowly diminishing, minimally lacing, dark brown head. Sweet-ish, roasty and chocolately, dark malty and slightly spicy aroma, notes of dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla, hints of chocolate cookies, lactose. Taste is sweet-ish and roasty, chocolately, dark malty and slightly spicy, notes of coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, hints of chocolate cookies, lactose, a touch of maple syrup, well integrated, camouflaged, bitter alcoholic counterpart, minimally alcoholic interludes.
Dissolved sugar enriched, watery texture, smooth and soft, slightly cloying, simultaneously minimally repellent palate, medium to fine, scattered, prickly carbonation.
Sweet, harmonious (i.e. matching flavours) composition, but partially a tad excessive, not really balanced - nice pastry beer.
Dissolved sugar enriched, watery texture, smooth and soft, slightly cloying, simultaneously minimally repellent palate, medium to fine, scattered, prickly carbonation.
Sweet, harmonious (i.e. matching flavours) composition, but partially a tad excessive, not really balanced - nice pastry beer.
Tried
from Can
from Beer Republic
on 26 Jun 2025
at 00:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Canned 355ml. -from Goblet Zagreb. Pitch black coloured, medium sized brown head, coffee and vanilla in the nose. Coffee, vanilla, lactose, notes of dark chocolate and some alcohol with sweet finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Goblet Beer Store ZG (Stupnička)
on 09 Mar 2025
at 20:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
3rd in the new site, a bit tipsy, last one.
Smell- malty, caramel, brownie, chocolate.
Foam-medium thick, malt, caramel, faint roasy, faint caramel, faint alcohol. Head is medium-sized, medium dark brown in color.
Appearance- somewhat simple can with an owl, guess I like. Black in color, with no visible carbonation.
From - snifter
Taste - malty, caramel, weak chocolate, alcohol. Strong, sweet and boozy. Overall I like, but feels a bit too alcoholic.
Smell- malty, caramel, brownie, chocolate.
Foam-medium thick, malt, caramel, faint roasy, faint caramel, faint alcohol. Head is medium-sized, medium dark brown in color.
Appearance- somewhat simple can with an owl, guess I like. Black in color, with no visible carbonation.
From - snifter
Taste - malty, caramel, weak chocolate, alcohol. Strong, sweet and boozy. Overall I like, but feels a bit too alcoholic.
Tried
from Can
from
Alus Celle
on 05 Feb 2025
at 19:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2025
at 00:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can 12fl.oz. @ home - fonefan & House. 🏡🇩🇰 ❄☃️ [ As Eredità The Barn Owl ]. ABV: 10.5%. ✅ [20250203]. 8/4/8/4/16
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2025
at 00:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. can, from the Lincoln Fill Station. Pours black, with a thin, tan ring. The aroma is mild coffee, vanilla, walnut, light soy, and dark chocolate. Sweet and sugary, with a light, musty bitterness. Pretty acrid finish. Medium to heavy body, with a smooth, slick feel. Good aromas, but a little rough.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2024
at 22:27