Coco Van - Barrel Aged
Hubbard's Cave in Niles, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.31
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Coconut and vanilla bean imperial stout aged for 12 months in South American Rum Barrels.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
750ml bottle. Jet black colour with small, frothy, fading, tan head. Sweet-ish, chocolately, dark malty, caramel malty and mildly spicy, minimally BA supported aroma, notes of dark chocolate, chocolate sauce, some caramel, vanilla, a touch of molasses and rum. Taste is sweet and roasty, dark and caramel malty, spicy and BA supported, minimally woody, notes of dark chocolate dark caramel, chocolate sauce, lots of vanilla, hints of toasted coconut, a touch of rum, oak, molasses; minimally warming, alcoholic finish.
Minimally viscous, but substantially dissolved sugar enriched, watery texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, medium to fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation.
Quite sweet and sugary, vanilla overload, homogeneous, relatively simple and monotonous - okay-ish sipper, but too boring to spend a lot of time with.
Minimally viscous, but substantially dissolved sugar enriched, watery texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, medium to fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation.
Quite sweet and sugary, vanilla overload, homogeneous, relatively simple and monotonous - okay-ish sipper, but too boring to spend a lot of time with.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2026
at 00:53
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 750 ml, shared with MiroB, Luka, Zec, kajser27. Black with beige head. Coconut and chocolate, vanilla, some rum, quite sweet with some sugary notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2025
at 22:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
5.25.24. Black, thin brown head, average retention. Aroma of vanilla, roast, cocoa, caramel, oak, rum. Taste is roast, chocolate, vanilla, rum, oak, banana, caramel. Boozy. Solid.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 03:00
8/10
From backlog. Taster, from bottle( as 2022 Vintage) at a big share in Oslo. Black with little head. Roasted malt, coffee, Chocolate, coconut, barrel, sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2024
at 20:01