Ceylon Swirl
Tree House Brewing Company
- From:
- Tree House Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #707 - ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #6,763 - Avg:
- 4.25 | pDev: 7.53%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 23, 2024
- Added:
- Apr 15, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
Ceylon Swirl is a barrel-blended Imperial Stout featuring various threads from our barrel program carefully blended with a portion of fresh stout. It has been conditioned upon both cinnamon and vanilla before finally resting on a thoughtful dose of Tree House coffee beans.
The finished beer has incredible complexity with notes of smooth vanilla crème, rich chocolate cookie dough, and pleasant cinnamon spice, all supported by delicate oak and bourbon undertones throughout. Decadent, well-rounded, and artfully crafted, Ceylon Swirl is a beer that invites you to sit back, relax, and enjoy!
The finished beer has incredible complexity with notes of smooth vanilla crème, rich chocolate cookie dough, and pleasant cinnamon spice, all supported by delicate oak and bourbon undertones throughout. Decadent, well-rounded, and artfully crafted, Ceylon Swirl is a beer that invites you to sit back, relax, and enjoy!
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Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.35/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Look - black and fairly thick with nice rimming
Smell and taste - nice balance between chocolate cinnamon and barrel, not overelly sweet
Feel - nice and thick with a slight creamy and light carb
Ovearll - pretty great well balanced
Sep 18, 2023Smell and taste - nice balance between chocolate cinnamon and barrel, not overelly sweet
Feel - nice and thick with a slight creamy and light carb
Ovearll - pretty great well balanced
Reviewed by DokiDokiLitFam from New Jersey
4.41/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Notes of slight barrel aging on the nose. Cinnamon, molasses, vanilla, chocolate, mild coffee. This has notes of a molasses snap with some vanilla frosting. Maybe perhaps like a chocolate bundt cake with a cup of coffee. Very nice. Rich, decadent. Full bodied mouthfeel. Silky smooth and a touch cloying. Even with 12 oz this is a slow sipper. But very enjoyable. Tree House is really stepping it up with these barrel aged experession. More in line with their legendary Big Nugget.
Jun 06, 2023
Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut
4.27/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Very little head to speak of; otherwise, an attractive beer.
Very potent nose. The bourbon influence is prominent, including a strong oaky note. I don't get much else from the nose, save perhaps some vanilla and the molasses-toffee-brown sugar from the malt base. It smells quite nice, but the complexity I expected is a bit buried beneath the waves of bourbon.
Very thick and creamy mouthfeel. Fair amount of bite, but it's not harshness from the booze. It drinks very smoothly.
Flavor delivers in waves that the nose can't quite muster - although I'm still not getting much of a specific pastry impression. Notes of bourbon (leaning sweet), chocolate, vanilla (especially on the finish), coffee, molasses, toffee, red grape. This is really damn good, and with subsequent sips, I do get more of a pastry-like impression. It's not overly sweet, somewhere between breakfast and dessert stout, leaning more toward the latter perhaps, but never cloying. Cinnamon is noticeable, but never dominates, thankfully.
Apr 22, 2023Very potent nose. The bourbon influence is prominent, including a strong oaky note. I don't get much else from the nose, save perhaps some vanilla and the molasses-toffee-brown sugar from the malt base. It smells quite nice, but the complexity I expected is a bit buried beneath the waves of bourbon.
Very thick and creamy mouthfeel. Fair amount of bite, but it's not harshness from the booze. It drinks very smoothly.
Flavor delivers in waves that the nose can't quite muster - although I'm still not getting much of a specific pastry impression. Notes of bourbon (leaning sweet), chocolate, vanilla (especially on the finish), coffee, molasses, toffee, red grape. This is really damn good, and with subsequent sips, I do get more of a pastry-like impression. It's not overly sweet, somewhere between breakfast and dessert stout, leaning more toward the latter perhaps, but never cloying. Cinnamon is noticeable, but never dominates, thankfully.
Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
3.45/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.45/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours opaque, dark brown in color with minimal head. Taste is big cinnamon that is sometimes hot, barrel and vanilla with a touch of Toblerone. Heavy body, super low carbonation, slightly sweet...slightly barrel aged cinnamon stout in standard Tree House form....fine paying $5 for this but not the current price...Other breweries do this better.
Apr 15, 2023
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