Single Shot - Vanilla Bean
Tree House Brewing Company

Single Shot - Vanilla BeanSingle Shot - Vanilla Bean
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From:
Tree House Brewing Company
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #17
ABV:
6.4%
Score:
98
Ranked #372
Avg:
4.44 | pDev: 6.08%
Reviews:
75
Ratings:
341
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 30, 2023
Added:
Apr 22, 2016
Wants:
  42
Gots:
  67
We are excited to present the first variant of our coffee milk stout: SINGLE SHOT w/ Vanilla Bean! This modification builds upon the original by conditioning the finished beer on Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans. We also varied the typical coffee blend by infusing a single beautiful coffee, Guatemala Candelaria! What resulted is a beer that exhibits a subtle and well integrated vanilla note with rich coffee character while retaining a wonderful airiness and drinkability. The crew here tastes bourbon chocolate, brown sugar, and vanilla with a soft coffee acidity on the finish. The vanilla reveals nuanced character as it warms, though never overwhelming the senses, with the coffee notes slowly mellowing. This is a real treat to us, and one that marks the start of an invigorating path for Single Shot!
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Ratings by JoeMans:
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Rated by JoeMans from New York

4.3/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Apr 28, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.5 by petrusek23 from Ohio

Sep 30, 2023
 
Rated: 4.27 by Mikexw from New York

Aug 25, 2023
 
Rated: 4.21 by mando31 from Illinois

Aug 24, 2023
 
Rated: 4.5 by Patches826 from Massachusetts

Aug 23, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by DaveCash from New York

Aug 01, 2023
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Reviewed by Whyteboar from Michigan

4.32/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Poured very dark brown with a massive brown head that took a while to settle down.
Smelled coffee and sweet, probably the vanilla but I couldn’t define it as such.
The taste, oh my, this is a sub 7% abv stout and it’s so full of flavor; coffee and cocoa and vanilla, no doubting that now, and eventually the base stout makes its appearance. This is nearly, but not quite, pastry level.
The feel was excellent, viscous to go with its mouth filling flavors, just a joy to sip.
Definitely sad I no longer have one of these, it is really good.
Jul 03, 2022
 
Rated: 4.46 by TangoJuliet from New York

Nov 28, 2021
 
Rated: 4.25 by smb71481 from Vermont

Nov 21, 2021
 
Rated: 4.25 by aasher from Indiana

Aug 24, 2021
 
Rated: 4.25 by sunnytropic from New York

Feb 10, 2021
 
Rated: 4.78 by Jcoleman4 from Ohio

Feb 02, 2021
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Reviewed by CraftFan5 from New Jersey

4.24/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
9 September 2020 - Beer #179

Price: $5.30 at the brewery

Appearance: 4 - book but it looks a bit thin. The dark brown head fizzled away quickly.

Nose: 5 - yessir. Coffee with vanilla. Spot on.

Taste: 4 - interesting. Almost all coffee. Somehow the vanilla shines through in my nose while I'm drinking, but I don't really taste it.

Mouth: 4 - pretty chewy and thick for a low ABV stout.

Overall: 4 - this is the kind of stout you can really drink all day. Very pleasant.

Cheers!
Sep 21, 2020
 
Rated: 4.54 by ConnorSimpson41 from Pennsylvania

Jul 31, 2020
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.78/5  rDev -14.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Picked this up at the brewery from the New England trip in October 2019.

Pours a dark brown color, brown head, 1/3". The aroma was less coffee than expected, which is par for this and double shot. Got a mild impression of creamer/vanilla in the nose. Nothing bad, just compared to their massive hop noses, the coffee is understated in comparison.

Taste was easy going enough, that vanilla creamer feel impacts both the taste and mouth feel, nothing to heavily roasted in terms of malt quotient and quantity. At this point I'm like, hey this is nice, but is it like, the top 1% of all beers nice? Prolly not. I do agree with the "airiness" descriptor, this is definitely light feeling enough that pushing through a pint of it is basically effortless. Plenty smooth. Everything comes together in a mild way, the coffee, roasted malt, vanilla. They made a pretty good stout that didn't strive for imperialized sludge Chicago pour territory.
Jul 22, 2020
 
Rated: 4.75 by Piddle from Connecticut

May 21, 2020
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Reviewed by VoodooBear from Puerto Rico

4.15/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Presentation: 16 oz. can with the canning date printed on the bottom. Served in a glass coffee mug.

Appearance: The one finger, very dark tan head goes away fairly quickly and  leaves behind a thin foam ring and some patchy lacing. It's a deep, dark, pure black color with a hint of a reddish, very dark amber hue on the edges when held up to light.

Smell: It's very aromatic with notes of fresh roasted coffee beans, raw vanilla, milk chocolate and brown sugar.

Taste: There's a coffee and dark chocolate bite right away but it never gets too bitter. That's balanced out by the vanilla and brown sugar flavors.

Mouthfeel: It's silky smooth, velvety and very creamy. Full bodied without being being cloying or too much to handle with low carbonation.

Overall: An excellent coffee-forward beer that's also relatively easy to drink.
May 15, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by Rizzy17 from Pennsylvania

May 14, 2020
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Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut

4.22/5  rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Very good head retention. Body is dark brown, with an equally dark head, and apparently clear. It really looks as though a cup of coffee was carbonated.

Initially, while cold, the nose was all coffee, but the more it settles, the more vanilla starts to dominate, bringing along with it tones similar to maple, toffee, and brown sugar. Perhaps even a mild note of bourbon; it's rare to have vanilla bean additions so expressive on the nose.

Very similar on the palate, as well - even a touch of heat from the bourbon vanilla beans. It's sweet without rising to dessert stout levels. The coffee and vanilla dance back and forth; ultimately, the vanilla wins out, especially by mid sip. Drinks a touch "bigger" than the singe digit ABV, but not unpleasantly so. The sweetness is actually a little tough to nail down, drawing influence from all of the ingredients. Definitely thicker, as well, than most beers in this range; it's a fantastic overall mouthfeel, filling and creamy.
Apr 26, 2020
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Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut

4.41/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Sampling a cold 16 oz can poured into a snifter. The beer was picked up at the brewery in early February.
The beer pours a dark black coffee color with minimal creamy tan head foams up about 1 cm and fades to a sturdy edge layer and some surface islands. These islands remain on the surface throughout my sampling.
The aroma is dark chocolate malt and some light and sweet coffee. I also get a bit of roasted malt and hints of vanilla mixing together.
No real hop presence on the nose and wouldnt expect to have boozy nose with only 6.4%.
The first sip reveals a silky smooth texture with a medium body and very fine and tingly carbonation.
Very drinkable and smooth beer.
Flavor is what you would expect for style, brewery and from the nose.
Some roasted malt and sweet chocolate malt with a bit of brown sugar mix together up front, this moves to some sweeter vanilla notes and a bit of coffee too. The sweetness lingers a bit after each sip and does make my lips a little sticky.
I dont get any hops on this malty brew and the ABV is as expected, hidden.
A very nice sweet stout, glad I got a chance to try a can.
Apr 16, 2020
Single Shot - Vanilla Bean from Tree House Brewing Company
Beer rating: 98 out of 100 with 341 ratings