BART (2015 Vanilla)
FiftyFifty Brewing Company in Truckee, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Special Out of Production|
Score
7.57
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle 22 fl.oz. @ [ Malmö Öl & Whisky Festival 2016 ] @ Malmömässan, Mässgatan 6, Malmö, Sweden 21532. [ As FiftyFifty BART (2015 Vanilla) ].Clear dark black brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, toasted, dark malt, chocolate, vanilla, wood, cake. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, chocolate, dark malt, toasted - roasted - dark choolate, alcohol - bourbon, heavy vanilla. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20160402] 8-4-9-4-17
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle thanks to Minh. Pours a dark brown with beige head leaving sticky lacing. Aroma is strong vanilla, roast, bourbon, wood. Smooth vanilla and light roast, nice barrel character, really enjoyed this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The beer is brown in color, deep and dark. Small beige head, dissipates fairly quickly. The beer has some heft to it and coats the walls of the glass nicely. The aroma is dominated by a huge smooth vanilla flavor. Big caramel and milk chocolate sweetness. Mild earthy hops. Lighter than expected barrel character. There’s still some spirit and oak to it, but it’s well integrated and stays in a supporting role. A little more bourbon in the taste. Lots of caramel sweetness. It’s a big, sweet dessert beer, but the vanilla isn’t artificial or cloying, so the experience is pleasant overall. It could easily be overbearing, like ST Creme Brulee, but the barrel dries out the finish just enough and the vanilla stays well away from artificial flavoring territory. Mouthfeel is creamy and full. A little sticky in the close but that’s to be expected. Moderate booze. Quite good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bomber from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours really dark brown with a slight, transient dark tan head. Aroma is lots of somewhat milky chocolate with some vanilla notes. Med + body. Flavor is chocolaty treacle with some actual marshmallow flavor. I get some oak, even astringent oak, but not getting bourbon. Or maybe a hint. Heat isn’t much of an issue. Tasty ale. "Really tasty" as it says on the bottle.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22oz bottle thabks to steve. Pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is vanilla marshmallow fluff and some roast malts. Taste is more of the vanilla marshmallow barrel and some sweetness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from a bottle. Aroma is sweet with some caramel, toffee and chocolate. Some light roast and moderate bourbon notes. Moderately strong vanilla. Some light oak notes. Some light alcohol spice. Reminds me of a vanilla creme cookie. Pours dark brown, but not quite black with a medium sized, fairly thick, light mocha head that slowly recedes to a thin film that lingers. Medium lacing with medium long legs. Flavor is fairly sweet with some toffee, chocolate and dark caramel. Some moderately strong vanilla notes with lighter bourbon and roast. Some light oak and alcohol spice. Medium bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, tasty but very candy sweet. Definitely reminds me of a liquid candy bar with a bit of bourbon and alcohol heat. I hate to bash FiftyFifty for mouthfeel, but this would be better if a bit thicker.