Wavy Dave's
Barreled Souls Brewing Company in Saco, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Goodfire Brewing CompanyStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special Out of Production
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Score
6.59
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An Imperial stout made with Double Hazelnut & Vanilla. Brewed in collaboration with Goodfire
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6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
500 ml. Bottle. 2023 vintage. 954/1200. Aroma is almost pure sugar. Flavor is mild vanilla, soft hazelnut nut followed by light coffee. It shows a bit to much sugar in the finish to be real enjoyable.
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from Bottle
at
Barreled Souls Brewing Company
on 25 Jul 2025
at 21:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle (8/1/23) with membership group. Opaque black with ring of head, nice viscosity, no lacing. Aroma is subtle hazelnut, stronger vanilla, roasted malt. Taste is strong hazelnut, vanilla, sugar, bit of alcohol harshness. Frothy texture, soft carbonation, some alcohol harshness, sugary sweet. Desirable elements are here but other, less desirable elements as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2025
at 21:28
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500mL bottled 8/1/23, #954/1200, drunk 7/25/25.
Clear, dark. Not pitch black. Tan head is medium-to-small, sits at cover.
Smells beany, with typical moderate sugar of their non-BA beers. Touch of glue? Not super hazelnutty, but there's a spice to it, I guess. Not getting much vanilla. Oh boy...
Not awful up front, as the rich hazelnut pleasantly displays itself prominently. Unfortunately it gets really sweet from there, exacerbated by the soft vanilla. Cocoa, coffee, bitter alcohol and dark roast with maybe a touch of glue. Not their worst non-BA by a large margin. But still so god damned underattenuated.
Clear, dark. Not pitch black. Tan head is medium-to-small, sits at cover.
Smells beany, with typical moderate sugar of their non-BA beers. Touch of glue? Not super hazelnutty, but there's a spice to it, I guess. Not getting much vanilla. Oh boy...
Not awful up front, as the rich hazelnut pleasantly displays itself prominently. Unfortunately it gets really sweet from there, exacerbated by the soft vanilla. Cocoa, coffee, bitter alcohol and dark roast with maybe a touch of glue. Not their worst non-BA by a large margin. But still so god damned underattenuated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2025
at 21:24
6.6/10
8/1/23 954/1200 aroma is sugar, nut, vanilla. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2025
at 17:24
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Barreled Souls collab with Goodfire - Wavy Dave's 12.6%
Bottle at annual Fryslân tasting. Opaque black color, average sized white to off-white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, iron, metallic, dusty, earth, very grainy. Overwhelming grainy notes which, tbh, annoys me. Not very good imo. 8-4-6-6-5
Bottle at annual Fryslân tasting. Opaque black color, average sized white to off-white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, iron, metallic, dusty, earth, very grainy. Overwhelming grainy notes which, tbh, annoys me. Not very good imo. 8-4-6-6-5
Tried
on 22 Dec 2024
at 09:29
7/10
Beetje aan de oude kant, thanks Patrick T.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2024
at 00:14