Vanilla Imperial Stout - Barrel Aged
Hubbard's Cave in Niles, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Une Année BreweryStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.77
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30 month bourbon barrell aged stout finished on Tahitian, Tahiti and Papa New Guinea vanilla beans
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is full of deep vanilla beans, gentle barrels, and deep malts. Flavour is full of vanilla ice cream, vanilla beans, some cake frosting, and hot bourbon barrels. Though it does have that vanilla ice cream, the vanilla depth is pretty impressive, and the barrels round this out nicely. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2025
at 04:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750mL bottle. Pours nearly black with a minimal head. Loads of vanilla up front with notes of chocolate, roast, and barrels on the nose. Flavour has a ton of vanilla beans, good roast, nice boozy barrel character. Maybe a touch too much on the pastry side. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2025
at 00:42
8/10
From backlog. Taster, from Bottle( as 2023 vintage) at a big share in Oslo. Almost Black with little head. Roasted Malts, vanilla, coffee, Chocolate, sweetness. Smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2024
at 19:55
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from cgarvieuk dregs run. Appearance - mat black and opaque. Nose - fudge, raisins and sweet chocolate. A hint of vanilla. Taste - sweet chocolate, raisin, figs and residual fudge. Not getting any vanilla this time - that's a good thing, methinks! Palate - medium to full bodied, creamy texture and a rich, sweet finish. Overall - very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2022
at 19:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @Craig's. Oily black, tiny beige head. Heavy dark malty aroma, vanilla, molasses. Sweet flavour, dark malty, choc and vanilla. Warming finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2022
at 20:44
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at Craig's. Pours black, nose is chocolate, caramel, vanilla fudge, coconut, taste is similar, sweet, chewy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2022
at 20:44
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home ... dark black ... thin tan lacing ... soft chocolate roast malt nose .. tiny close .. ligth bourbon nose ... dartk chcolate roast malt ..big sweet vanilla
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2022
at 20:40
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours opaque black, minimal lacing. Aroma is chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, mocha. Flavor is quite sweet, light bitter, a bit hot. Full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2020
at 04:32