Double Shot - Intense Vanilla
Tree House Brewing Company

Double Shot - Intense VanillaDouble Shot - Intense Vanilla
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From:
Tree House Brewing Company
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
Ranked #181
ABV:
9.4%
Score:
95
Ranked #1,314
Avg:
4.53 | pDev: 4.19%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
17
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 19, 2024
Added:
Jun 01, 2019
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  1
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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Ratings by grahuba:
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Rated by grahuba from Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Jun 02, 2019
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Rated: 4.44 by crobinso from Colorado

Feb 19, 2024
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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
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
 
Rated: 4.36 by DVMin98 from North Carolina

Jul 14, 2022
 
Rated: 4.38 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Jun 05, 2022
 
Rated: 4.54 by MDDMD from Pennsylvania

May 28, 2022
 
Rated: 4.97 by gbiello from Massachusetts

May 21, 2022
 
Rated: 4.7 by Jsalz21 from New Jersey

May 06, 2022
 
Rated: 4.73 by lost_sailor from Massachusetts

May 04, 2022
 
Rated: 4.59 by Gkruszewski from New York

Apr 14, 2022
 
Rated: 4.54 by smb71481 from Vermont

Apr 10, 2022
 
Rated: 4.35 by PhineasMcClintock from Massachusetts

Mar 28, 2022
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Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut

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, 2022
 
Rated: 4.25 by fossage78 from Massachusetts

Feb 14, 2020
 
Rated: 4.7 by GregSemenza from Connecticut

Dec 06, 2019
 
Rated: 4.56 by edthehead from Maryland

Oct 08, 2019
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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
Damn fine stout great vanilla taste not overpowering but very present
Jun 10, 2019
Double Shot - Intense Vanilla from Tree House Brewing Company
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 17 ratings