Willy Vanilly
Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, California, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular|
Score
6.26
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Since “Willy” is so versatile and can be flavored with fruits and essences, we add a touch of vanilla extract to compliment the sweet nuttiness. Also good mixed with Captain Stout, a blend we call “The Captain and Vanil.”
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
RBWG 2018 at the source. Clearish yellow. Vanilla aroma. Taste is vanilla wafers --- Beer merged from original tick of Willy on 27 Jan 2018 at 21:38 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6. Original review text: RBWG 2018 at the source. Clear golden yellow. Straw aroma. Light wheat taste
Tried
on 27 Jan 2018
at 21:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the brewery pours golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice sweet vanilla some citrus hops. Tatse is more of the nice sweet vanilla some citrus.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jan 2018
at 21:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Harris Teeter, Alexandria VA. Golden in colour, with a white head. Easy drinking beer, with some soft grains, touch of floral hop and hint of citrus fruit. Fine.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Dec 2017
at 12:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 ounce can. Clear medium gold color. Frothy white head. Faint biscuit malt nose. Flavor follows nose. Light white bread maltiness. Crisp and lightly sweet. Little hop character. Easy drinking, but unmemorable.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Nov 2017
at 22:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Refrigerated 12 oz. aluminum can poured into a glass. Clear golden with medium white head. Aroma is malty wheat, medium/light body, lower carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is malty wheat and hints of herbal hops.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Oct 2017
at 18:35
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
Nothing good here. “Wheat ale” seems to be cover for a light, flavorless American-style blonde beer with nothing to offer but a moderate swath of vanilla on the back end. Tastes like a severely watered-down cream soda. Slight pilsnerish malts and a tiny bit of bread on the fade, but otherwise a vanilla spritzer. Hard pass.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2017
at 20:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2017 - Blue Session
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, vanilla and caramel. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long vanilla and caramel finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, vanilla and caramel. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long vanilla and caramel finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2017
at 13:05
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ MBCC '17 [ Blue Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2017, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. [ As Alpine Beer Company Willy Vanilly ].Clear medium yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a long duration, vanilla, pale malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170512] 6-2-7-3-13
Tried
on 07 Oct 2017
at 03:00
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Pale yellow, slight haze. Smells a little metallic. Odd nutty feel, perhaps some vanilla. Not impressed, but hey, I don't like filberts. Like many beers that attempt the nut thang. At only 5.5%, its still a little boozy.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2017
at 15:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft taproom. Pours gold with a giant soft white head. Aroma is faint wheat, but very faint. Flavor is light citrus, wheat, a little bready. Plain but drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2017
at 14:47