Abraxas - Vanilla
Perennial Artisan Ales

 

 

Look - Black and thick with a really thick tan head and rimming along with sticky lacing
Smell - vanilla forward with chocolate and cinnamon
Taste - Vanilla forward like the smell with the classic abraxas cinnamon, chocolate and pepper. The cinnamon starts getting more dominant the warmer it gets but the vanilla is still fantastic
Feel - full body creamy light carb
Overall - really like the vanilla adder

Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a medium dark brown foamy head with OK retention and light lacing. Aroma of strong vanilla notes with some chocolate notes and light cinnamon notes. Taste is a mix of vanilla with some chocolate notes with light cinnamon and chiles notes. Body is full with good carbonation with some light warming alcohol notes. Solid imperial stout with some nice spice notes.

Sweeter and less complex than the original version, and ultimately not as successful. The appearance is an attractive black with light brown foam. Taste is vanilla, cocoa nib, spicy ancho chili, cinnamon and malt. The vanilla tones down the cinnamon and chili a bit and dominates the palate. The feel is outstanding—thick and smooth. Overall a really good beer.

 

2021 version; vanilla smoothed the cinnamon and pepper without becoming distracting.

750 ml bottle, 2021 vintage. Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown/black with about an inch or so tan head that stuck around while. There's also a decent amount of lacing. Aroma is nice, the brew smells like vanilla, ancho chiles, cinnamon, burnt/charred malt, cacao nibs and earthiness. I think the taste is pretty much just like the aroma, but there's also some dark bread and coffee flavors too. Vanilla stands out somewhat compared to the other flavors, but doesn't dominate them either. Mouthfeel/body is full, it's slick and creamy with a low/moderate amount of carbonation. Easy enough to drink. I liked this brew a lot, definitely worth trying if you like imperial stouts or stouts with vanilla!

 

heavy sweet stout great flavor in every sip

 

Pours oily black with a nearly non-existent head of foam and nearly no carbonation. Aroma is vanilla, chocolate with just the faintest of chili peppers. Taste is chocolate front, with vanilla and only the slightest slip of peppers. A complex, deeply satisfying beer that is highly recommended.

Appearance - The beer poured black with a brownish hue.

Smell - The spice evolved with the stout notes with a modest amount of sweetness.

Taste - This Abraxas variant brought to mind the regular with vanilla marshmallows. The spice of the original took a backseat to the sweetness. The cinnamon was present more so than the ancho chilies. The finish was like cinnamon marshmallows.

Mouthfeel - The feel was slick and smooth with the little carbonation.

Overall - The beer did not reach Handjee levels of vanilla sweetness, but it was a fine beer.

 

Year old. Pours dark, brown edging, healthy head and lacing that disappears quickly. Scents of vanilla and cinnamon over dark roasted malt. Taste presents sweetly with vanilla, then a mildly spiciness from peppers and cinnamon. Full, big body with a slight syrupyness and a boozy presence. Yet another excellent version of this, but I need to have this year’s vintage fresher.

 

 

Pours a thick black color with a nice brown cocoa head Smell is cinnamon, roasted malts peppers and faint vanilla. Taste is smooth roasted malts chocolate ,nice amount of pepper heat. Vanilla is very subtle. Mouth feel is creamy and smooth is full bodied with a good dose of peppers,would have like more vanilla

On tap. Tan head. Black color. Some lace.

Chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla. The peppers are a bit more muted, which is a bummer. Cocoa powder. Sweet, desserty.

Full bodied, pretty smooth, and easy drinking. Solid, but could use more heat.

 

 

 

 

 

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04/29/21

Aroma is an improvement from regular Abraxas.

A little too sweet with the vanilla.


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A: Pours a dark brown, almost black color with 2 fingers of head that quickly fades down to a thin cap

S: Roasted malt, cinnamon, vanilla, cacao, and a touch of chili pepper

T: Follows the nose. Starts off with the roasted malt, cinnamon, and lots of vanilla. Picks up the cacao and a touch of chili pepper. Finishes with lingering roast and vanilla

M: Full bodied with low-moderate carbonation. Smooth and creamy from the lactose

O: Another very good version of Abraxas. Makes for a great sipper and is a bit sweeter than original and coffee, which tones down the cinnamon a bit. Definitely worth checking out

 

750 ml bottle, 2020, poured into a tulip

A- Black with a two finger mocha head.

S- Chocolate, cinnamon, peppers, vanilla, some roasted malts. This isn’t a vanilla bomb, but definitely more vanilla an regular Abraxas.

T- Chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla, chili peppers, some roasted malts, caramel malts.

M- Smooth, full body.

O- Not very different from Abraxas but the vanilla is very noticeable in this without being a vanilla bomb. Peppers still have a great kick and the vanilla is turned up on this.

 

 

Split this 750ML bottle with my lovely Abraxas-loving wife.

The pour is dark black with a compact, slow-rising, mocha head. The nose is swallowed by vanilla with a bit of cinnamon. This is Abraxas?

Vanilla Bean Abraxas is a weird corruption of an iconic brew. Tons of vanilla buries the chocolate (gone) & downgrades the cinnamon (faint) & chilies (more felt in the throat & stomach than tasted). The whole shebang just doesn’t work well together. Throw in a mouthfeel that’s thinner than the original & very thin for 10% & this just crashes & burns my expectations to a charred corpse.

It’s the rare beer that’s downgraded with the addition of delicious vanilla beans, but here stands one. The addition muddled a great beer into a mediocre, confused beer. Eh.

 

Opaque ebony body; thick and creamy light tan head. Sublime smell comprised of light cocoa and charred grain, coffee, cinnamon and a touch of vanilla. Huge taste profile; sweet cocoa and milk chocolate offset with a light, spicy cinnamon; molasses and brown sugar; subdued bitterness and alcohol presence; very minor note of chili pepper. Immensely thick and creamy body; soft and velvety; luscious residual sugars coat the palate.

This is a powerhouse beer with some intense flavors and even more incredible mouthfeel. The beer delivers richness, lushness, and a most pleasurable soft chocolate and roasted grain flavor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A: The beer is jet black in color. It poured with a finger high dark tan head that died down and brightened up to a lighter shade of tan, leaving a large patch of bubbles on the surface and a narrow collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of chocolate, cinnamon and vanilla beans are present in the nose.
T: The taste has lots of flavors of cocoa nibs and dark malts along with notes of vanilla and hints of cinnamon and chili peppers towards the finish.
M: It feels medium-to full-bodied and quite smooth on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I really enjoyed how all of the different ingredients where showcased in the taste of this stout. It had a very nice smooth mouthfeel and was quite easy to drink considering its strength.

Serving type: can