10,000 Steps (Batch #2)
(Batch of 10,000 Steps)
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Regular|
Score
7.92
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Blend of barrel-aged imperial stout and barleywine brewed with maple syrup and conditioned on cacao nibs and vanilla beans.
10,000 Steps profiles a complex convergence of multiple stouts aged in bourbon barrels, blended with a bourbon barrel-aged barleywine brewed with maple syrup. The accompanying vanilla varietals (Ugandan, Tahitian, & Ecuadorian) demonstrate a prudent approach to character amplification. Unique Markers Mark finishing staves spent a month in this blend, adding complex notes of mocha-caramel and baking spice. This blend exhibits rich notes of chocolate cake topped with bourbon vanilla maple cream.
Blend:
Axelrod (barrel #121) aged 14 months in Willett Rye barrels and 14 months in Eagle Rare barrels
Pools of Reflection (barrel #161) aged 8 months in Old Fitzgerald barrels
Adderley (barrel #178) aged 18 months in Blanton's barrels
Adderley (barrel #181) aged 18 months in Weller barrels
Duke (barrel #196) aged 10 months in Bliss barrels
2022 Release.
10,000 Steps profiles a complex convergence of multiple stouts aged in bourbon barrels, blended with a bourbon barrel-aged barleywine brewed with maple syrup. The accompanying vanilla varietals (Ugandan, Tahitian, & Ecuadorian) demonstrate a prudent approach to character amplification. Unique Markers Mark finishing staves spent a month in this blend, adding complex notes of mocha-caramel and baking spice. This blend exhibits rich notes of chocolate cake topped with bourbon vanilla maple cream.
Blend:
Axelrod (barrel #121) aged 14 months in Willett Rye barrels and 14 months in Eagle Rare barrels
Pools of Reflection (barrel #161) aged 8 months in Old Fitzgerald barrels
Adderley (barrel #178) aged 18 months in Blanton's barrels
Adderley (barrel #181) aged 18 months in Weller barrels
Duke (barrel #196) aged 10 months in Bliss barrels
2022 Release.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Smooth and slightly roasty with some sweetness, vanilla, maple syrup, toffee and licorice. Soft but pretty intense --- Beer merged from original tick of 10,000 Steps (Batch 2) on 23 Feb 2024 at 23:27 - Score: 8. Original review text: Smooth and slightly roasty with some sweetness, vanilla, maple syrup, toffee and licorice. Soft but pretty intense
Tried
on 24 Feb 2024
at 10:20
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
On tap @Luppolo Station (Rome). Nera, densa, impenetrabile, schiuma ecrù media, mediamente persistente. Al naso è molto intensa, note di malti tostati, cioccolato, vaniglia, alcol, legno. In bocca è dolce all'attacco, molto cioccolato, alcool, vaniglia, chiusura amara a bilanciare, rotonda, corposa, calda, avvolgente. Corpo pieno, carbonazione medio-leggera. Un capolavoro.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2023
at 19:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @Luppolo Station in Rome-ITA. Dark caramel pour with a medium brownish foam. Nose is vanilla, caramel, cocoa, mild grass. Mouth is vanilla/cocoa over a silky grassy end.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Oct 2023
at 22:21
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
On tap at Vilaggio della Birra 2022. Black with tan head. Loads of coffee, dark chocolate, maple, cocoa, bourbon, nice roastiness. Medium+ sweetness. Blended together superbly. Drinks nicely for abv. Dull bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Mar 2023
at 18:20
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0,5l bottle at charity tasting at home shared by Nische, big thanks. black color, no head. Smells wood, bourbon, vanilla, nutty. lovely smell. full body, light carbonation. Tastes of wood, bourbon, vanilla, nutty, maple, lactose, . Finishes lightly sweet with notes of bourbon, nutty and vanilla notes. very nice one, great balance.
8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5
8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2022
at 08:43
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours opaque black, small tan head, some lacing. Aroma is cocoa, vanilla, maple. Flavor is medium plus sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2022
at 05:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from a 500 ml bottle. Aroma is malt forward with a solid amount of toffee, layers of caramel, chocolate, maple and lighter notes of toasted bread, treacle and roast notes. Medium light alcohol notes with lighter oak and bourbon notes. Pours black with dark brown hues and and a small, dark mocha head that recedes quickly to a small film that lingers on the edges. Light lacing and long legs. Flavor is fairly sweet with lots of toffee, layers of caramel, milk chocolate and lighter notes of maple, toasted bread, treacle, roast and burnt sugar. Moderate bitterness and medium alcohol notes. Light notes of bourbon with hints of oak. Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and medium alcohol warmth. Overall, a really solid beer. Nice maple notes that are a bit lighter in the flavor with great malt profiles. Barrel notes are nice and alcohol is well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2022
at 05:15