Double Shot - Intense Vanilla
Tree House Brewing Company
- From:
- Tree House Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
Ranked #132 - ABV:
- 9.4%
- Score:
- 96
Ranked #1,245 - Avg:
- 4.53 | pDev: 4.19%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 28, 2024
- Added:
- Jun 01, 2019
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
96
World-Class
96
World-Class
For this rendition of Double Shot, we steeped our favorite coffee beer on an intense amount of vanilla beans sourced from several different locales. Utilizing beans from Madagascar, Mexico, Tonga, and Papua New Guinea, we are able to extract an intense and complex blend of vanilla into our beloved coffee stout. We taste earthy vanilla, vanilla bean skin, chocolate chocolate chip cookies, and brownie batter. Vanilla Bean Double Shot is more integrated, while Intense Vanilla will satisfy the vanilla lovers among us.
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Reviewed by 57md from Pennsylvania
4.31/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.31/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I sampled this variant as a side-by-side with the base beer.
There are definite notes of vanilla but they are certainly not terribly "intense." However, the vanilla does detract from the coffee notes which are the best part of the base beer.
Kudos for the ability to increase the abv by over a percentage point from the base beer without letting the alcohol get too intrusive.
Apr 28, 2024There are definite notes of vanilla but they are certainly not terribly "intense." However, the vanilla does detract from the coffee notes which are the best part of the base beer.
Kudos for the ability to increase the abv by over a percentage point from the base beer without letting the alcohol get too intrusive.
Reviewed by agreenman19 from Connecticut
4.66/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.66/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
L - dark, roasty brown. Sludgy and thick. Burnt crimson brown head and long mahogany legs.
S - now THOSE are aromatics. I feel like old timey cartoons inhaling that apple pie aroma as it sits cooling on the windowsill. Fruity blueberry coffee, wintery vanilla, and a gentle nuttiness. Smells like dreaming.
T - holiday cheer. Vibrant spices, pie crust, and creme brulee. Potent vanilla gives way to a milk chocolate sweetness. Light booze heat pairs well with the shot of vanilla extract to send goosebumps down your spine. A splash of maraschino cherry.
F - dense, hardly-carbed, and oily. Waters up a bit toward the finish which robs me that cloying diabetes stickiness, but also serves to make it more palatable. Whoa, just realized this is 9.4%!
O - festive. Wraps up the remaining days of winter with longing and remembrance.
Apr 14, 2024S - now THOSE are aromatics. I feel like old timey cartoons inhaling that apple pie aroma as it sits cooling on the windowsill. Fruity blueberry coffee, wintery vanilla, and a gentle nuttiness. Smells like dreaming.
T - holiday cheer. Vibrant spices, pie crust, and creme brulee. Potent vanilla gives way to a milk chocolate sweetness. Light booze heat pairs well with the shot of vanilla extract to send goosebumps down your spine. A splash of maraschino cherry.
F - dense, hardly-carbed, and oily. Waters up a bit toward the finish which robs me that cloying diabetes stickiness, but also serves to make it more palatable. Whoa, just realized this is 9.4%!
O - festive. Wraps up the remaining days of winter with longing and remembrance.
Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland
4.54/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.54/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
16 oz can poured into a snifter. Pours pitch black with nitro-like foaming action. Chestnut tan head with nice retention and lacing. Aroma and flavor feature dark roasted malts, sweet (not sour - whew!) vanilla, coffee, semisweet chocolate, caramel, and a hint of earthy hops. Full, viscous, smooth, creamy mouthfeel. Overall, this is complex and highlights vanilla flavor very well. Great stuff.
Oct 30, 2022
Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut
4.44/5 rDev -2%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.44/5 rDev -2%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Fizzy head, quickly (and predictably) gone, with little trace that it ever existed. Body is wondrously black and inviting.
Huge aroma, with notes of vanilla, coffee, caramel, chocolate, molasses, toffee, and red grape. Definitely delivers on the premise!
Thick and creamy on the palate; this definitely feels like a stout pushing near double digit ABV. Slightly hot, with a warming and pleasant alcohol presence. Long sticky finish despite the alcohol effervescence.
Vanilla is prominent on the palate, as it should be. It's not a beer for people who aren't fans of vanilla, but then, it's literally warning you with the name, so if you find that the vanilla is too much, that's kind of on you. Coffee brings earthy and berry-like notes, most noticeable on the back half once you've worked through some of the sugar. Darker notes of chocolate and caramel, along with red grape and brown sugar, complement the vanilla up front. The vanilla peaks mid-sip. Lightly charred toast on the back third.
This is an excellent beer that really lives up to the name. One of Tree House's better flavored coffee stouts, which is a pretty darn high bar.
Mar 27, 2022Huge aroma, with notes of vanilla, coffee, caramel, chocolate, molasses, toffee, and red grape. Definitely delivers on the premise!
Thick and creamy on the palate; this definitely feels like a stout pushing near double digit ABV. Slightly hot, with a warming and pleasant alcohol presence. Long sticky finish despite the alcohol effervescence.
Vanilla is prominent on the palate, as it should be. It's not a beer for people who aren't fans of vanilla, but then, it's literally warning you with the name, so if you find that the vanilla is too much, that's kind of on you. Coffee brings earthy and berry-like notes, most noticeable on the back half once you've worked through some of the sugar. Darker notes of chocolate and caramel, along with red grape and brown sugar, complement the vanilla up front. The vanilla peaks mid-sip. Lightly charred toast on the back third.
This is an excellent beer that really lives up to the name. One of Tree House's better flavored coffee stouts, which is a pretty darn high bar.
Rated by brutalfarce from Connecticut
4.71/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.71/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Damn fine stout great vanilla taste not overpowering but very present
Jun 10, 2019
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