Vanilla Villain Reserve
The Bruery
- From:
- The Bruery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
Ranked #294 - ABV:
- 17.1%
- Score:
- 93
Ranked #3,375 - Avg:
- 4.44 | pDev: 5.41%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 28, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 01, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
Double bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout with vanilla beans
Twice the vanilla, twice the barrel-aging, unstoppable amounts of villainy. After aging for 12 months in bourbon barrels then an additional 12 months in rum barrels, we treated this imperial stout with 3 types of vanilla beans from 17 sources: Vanilla Planifolia from Congo, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Tonga, Uganda, and Vanuatu; Vanilla Tahitiansis from Cook Islands, Ecuador, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Tahiti; and Vanilla Pompona from Peru
Twice the vanilla, twice the barrel-aging, unstoppable amounts of villainy. After aging for 12 months in bourbon barrels then an additional 12 months in rum barrels, we treated this imperial stout with 3 types of vanilla beans from 17 sources: Vanilla Planifolia from Congo, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Tonga, Uganda, and Vanuatu; Vanilla Tahitiansis from Cook Islands, Ecuador, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Tahiti; and Vanilla Pompona from Peru
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Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.52/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.52/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Look - Black and thick with a nice head rimming and lacing
Smell and taste - thick chocolate vanilla and lots of barrel
Feel - Full body with a slight carb
overall - boozy but really good
Oct 28, 2024Smell and taste - thick chocolate vanilla and lots of barrel
Feel - Full body with a slight carb
overall - boozy but really good
Rated by stortore from Illinois
4.6/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
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Mar 10, 2023
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.23/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pitch shimmering black with a brown cap that settles into a thick collar. The vanilla bomb of vanilla bombs. Smell and taste are laced with it but in a swirling complex way, bourbon and rum take it on with dark oak and chocolate supporting. For all of this decadence, it is surprisingly not very deep. Otherwise feel is heavy and thick with booze warmth cut into right away by the vanilla, malt reign after.
Dec 23, 2022
Reviewed by StraightNoChaser from Georgia
4.8/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.8/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Double barreled Vanilla Villain, 12 months in rum barrels, after 12 in bourbon.
Look: Bruery imp stout, Stygian dark, faint ruby highlights when held to light. Modest mocha head on the pour that mostly recedes.
Smell: super rich vanilla that presents as chocolate marshmallow vanilla. Huge foundation of roasty stout. Bourbon, oak, rum, perfect cradle for all that vanilla.
Taste: like the nose. Hard to overstate how amazing this is.
Aug 01, 2022Look: Bruery imp stout, Stygian dark, faint ruby highlights when held to light. Modest mocha head on the pour that mostly recedes.
Smell: super rich vanilla that presents as chocolate marshmallow vanilla. Huge foundation of roasty stout. Bourbon, oak, rum, perfect cradle for all that vanilla.
Taste: like the nose. Hard to overstate how amazing this is.
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