Coffee Vanilla Black
Dugges Ale- & Porterbryggeri AB
- From:
- Dugges Ale- & Porterbryggeri AB
- Sweden
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.12 | pDev: 8.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 16
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jan 28, 2021
- Added:
- Mar 30, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
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Reviewed by beerloserLI from New York
4.26/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
An oily black color, on the pour, with a fast and almost non-existent head of off-white bubbles. The nose is decently floral with coffee, and malts. The drinking starts with lots of thick and heavy chocolate malt upfront. Nicely coffee forward with a decadent sweet feel that flows through out each sip. Remarkably smooth drinking with very little bitter. Additional notes of vanilla, caramel, syrup, brown sugar, molasses, and roasted nuts. Full bodied with a thick but silky feel with just enough stick for the flavors to linger nicely on the palate after each sip.
Overall, pretty nice stuff. There is a lot going on here and each sip is just a wealth of flavor.
Aug 23, 2019Overall, pretty nice stuff. There is a lot going on here and each sip is just a wealth of flavor.
Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
4.4/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
**
10/05/18
Bottle to sniffer. Flavored Stout Tasting.
Look: dark black_95%, small beige head. Creamy oil slick pattern
Aroma: COFFEE!!! Plus some Charred malt.
Taste: now I get the vanilla. Nice sweetness that cuts into the bitter coffee flavor. Very tasty.
Feel: flat, and a bit thin. Easy drinking.
Very nice.
**
Oct 05, 201810/05/18
Bottle to sniffer. Flavored Stout Tasting.
Look: dark black_95%, small beige head. Creamy oil slick pattern
Aroma: COFFEE!!! Plus some Charred malt.
Taste: now I get the vanilla. Nice sweetness that cuts into the bitter coffee flavor. Very tasty.
Feel: flat, and a bit thin. Easy drinking.
Very nice.
**
Reviewed by beersampler6 from Michigan
3.93/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Nice dark brown, almost black color with a little tan head and spotty lingering lacing. Nice rich color. Smells of dark roast coffee and chocolate. Tastes similarly, along with vanilla, caramel and malt. Smooth slightly creamy mouthfeel with good carbonation. Wow does that high ABV hit hard though, especially as the beer warms. Very flavorful and rich, definitely a sipping beer.
Sep 11, 2018
Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri
3.77/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Black in color with minimal light penetration. There's a fingernail of brown round the rim and in a spotty formation covering about a quarter of the top. The aroma is of intensely bitter dark black coffee with just a hint of vanilla. I'm tasting some seriously dark chocolate, coffee, and a hint of vanilla. The mouth is lightly oily, thick, and chewy.
Aug 12, 2018
Rated by Furlinator from California
4.43/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On tap at Atomic Liquors on 17/13/18.
Jul 16, 2018
Reviewed by ScruffySouthpaw from New York
4.32/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.32/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Served in an oversized wine glass from the bottle.
Appearance: Thin body as far as the pour with a tan head which rose to barely a centimeter off the body. No lacing on the body with no stickiness to the glass.
Smell: Heavy alscojol but light all at one. Feels like vanilla extract scent with hint of whiskey.
Taste: Complex molasses and vanilla with hard hit of espresso. Semi sweet and lightly bitter.
Mouth: Super sticky body with medium carbonation. How full bodied the beer is a just literally almost perfect.
Overall: Awesome brew. I'm in lust. Going crazy over how good and complex the beer is and wish I had more bottles of it. Granted I did buy another for the wife. In a glass as always. Salud!
Jun 27, 2018Appearance: Thin body as far as the pour with a tan head which rose to barely a centimeter off the body. No lacing on the body with no stickiness to the glass.
Smell: Heavy alscojol but light all at one. Feels like vanilla extract scent with hint of whiskey.
Taste: Complex molasses and vanilla with hard hit of espresso. Semi sweet and lightly bitter.
Mouth: Super sticky body with medium carbonation. How full bodied the beer is a just literally almost perfect.
Overall: Awesome brew. I'm in lust. Going crazy over how good and complex the beer is and wish I had more bottles of it. Granted I did buy another for the wife. In a glass as always. Salud!
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.46/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
This one pours a fairly dark black color, with a very small head, and lots of lacing.
This smells like rich roasty and smoky coffee, with vanilla, caramel, dank vanilla bean, and roasty chocolate.
This is surprisingly wonderful. There's lots of roasty but sweet coffee flavor- a bit caramelly, slightly fruity, and surprisingly smokey. There's also lots of earthy and bittersweet vanilla, with a heavy roasted malt finish, and some fudgy chocolate as well.
This is creamy, and rich, with a feel that requires it to be sipped fairly slowly.
I liked this one a lot- this brewery is pretty sneaky in its quality.
Jun 19, 2018This smells like rich roasty and smoky coffee, with vanilla, caramel, dank vanilla bean, and roasty chocolate.
This is surprisingly wonderful. There's lots of roasty but sweet coffee flavor- a bit caramelly, slightly fruity, and surprisingly smokey. There's also lots of earthy and bittersweet vanilla, with a heavy roasted malt finish, and some fudgy chocolate as well.
This is creamy, and rich, with a feel that requires it to be sipped fairly slowly.
I liked this one a lot- this brewery is pretty sneaky in its quality.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
4.07/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Had this at the Reno Invitational beer fest this past Saturday. Having never had anything from this brewery from all the way around the world, I was excited to try it.
Pours black. Shocker. Thin tan head on it 1/5" that left a few spots of lace on the side but not too much. Aroma popped hard for the coffee, the volunteer pourer commercial tugjob said big time coffee, and it was pretty much as advertised. Didn't really notice the vanilla underneath the massive roasted barley and coffee addition. I came for the smell of coffee, not vanilla.
The taste is more of the same, gobs of coffee, loads of roasted malt. The vanilla does come in to smooth it all out and cover up a significant amount of alcohol that you can't taste to the degree that it exists. Everything works together, there is no reinventing of the wheel, its just a classic formula of a shit ton of roasted malt, coffee and vanilla. Its amazing that it has all those transport/import fees added into the cost and is generally cheaper than the same style of beer made here in the states. Definitely recommend.
Jun 12, 2018Pours black. Shocker. Thin tan head on it 1/5" that left a few spots of lace on the side but not too much. Aroma popped hard for the coffee, the volunteer pourer commercial tugjob said big time coffee, and it was pretty much as advertised. Didn't really notice the vanilla underneath the massive roasted barley and coffee addition. I came for the smell of coffee, not vanilla.
The taste is more of the same, gobs of coffee, loads of roasted malt. The vanilla does come in to smooth it all out and cover up a significant amount of alcohol that you can't taste to the degree that it exists. Everything works together, there is no reinventing of the wheel, its just a classic formula of a shit ton of roasted malt, coffee and vanilla. Its amazing that it has all those transport/import fees added into the cost and is generally cheaper than the same style of beer made here in the states. Definitely recommend.
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