Madagascar
(has 1 batch)
4 Hands Brewing Co. in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.76
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This imperial milk stout was aged in bourbon barrels with whole vanilla beans. Madagascar pours a dark black with notes of bourbon, chocolate and vanilla.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours opaque black, medium creamy tan head, dissipates slowly, good lacing. Strong vanilla aroma, notes of bourbon, cocoa, molasses as well. Flavor is medium sweet, light bitter, loads of vanilla, light chocolate, bourbon and wood. Full body, creamy mouthfeel. Pretty overtly vanilla, but lacking the pastry stout sweetness that would seem appropriate. Good beer for sure, but not upper echelon. 5,7,7,5,14
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2018
at 21:59
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks Jay for sharing the bottle! Poured into a snifter showing coffee brown rims with a dark center and latte foam coloured lacing. The nose shows moderately intense notes of molasses, vanilla, and bourbon. The palate is light bodied and moderately carbonated with a light alcoholic spiciness. Lightly sweet with a light alcoholic spiciness, equally vanilla and bourbon forward.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2017
at 16:49
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @ tasting shared by Joes. Opaque black color, average sized brown colored head that lasts for a short while. Aroma is malts, heavy vanilla and milk chocolate. Taste malts, bourbon, milk chocolate, vanilla, soft underlying roast, sweetish and bitter simultaneously. Quite awesome!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2017
at 10:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[2/3/17] Draught/Bottle at Extreme Beer Fest in Boston. Black. Chocolate, coffee, vanilla, bourbon, sweet, full-bodied, a bit boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2017
at 07:55
8.5/10
EBF'15
Tried
on 21 Oct 2016
at 10:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to John. Pours a very dark brown with small tan head that lasts. The aroma is strong coconut, chocolate, bourbon, wood, vanilla. Thick mouth, chewy, bourbon, vanilla, cocoa, nice roast finish, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2016
at 23:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from a bottle. Aroma is very vanilla forward with nice chocolate notes. Some light roast and hints of dark fruit, but this is full of vanilla. Hints of alcohol spice. Pours black with a medium large, thick, light mocha head that recedes fairly quickly then lingers. Moderate lacing with medium small legs. Flavor has moderate sweetness with nice chocolate notes, both chocolate and dark chocolate notes. Some light roast with moderately strong vanilla notes. Medium light bitterness. Light oak and bourbon notes. Lingering chocolate and vanilla with quite a bit of sweetness. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied and silky with medium carbonation. Low astringency with medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a decent beer but it’s too one dimensional for me with so much vanilla. Not much bourbon or oak. Decent chocolate notes, but not much roast at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2016
at 00:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle pours out black topped with a tan head. nose is vanilla roast malts bourbon barrel plenty of sweetness. Taste is more of the heavy vanilla bourbon barrel notes roast coffee milk chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2016
at 16:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Churchkey for their SAVOR event. Poured a near pitch-black color with a tan head. Aroma is caramel malts, coffee roast, smooth vanilla notes. Pretty tasty, nice light vanilla bourbon barrel notes. Too easy to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jun 2015
at 12:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Opaque dark brown color, tan head. Huge milk chocolate and vanilla aroma. Taste has smooth cocoa and vanilla.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jun 2015
at 06:32