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¡Viva La Beaver!
Belching Beaver Pub 980
- From:
- Belching Beaver Pub 980
- California, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #199 - ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #6,924 - Avg:
- 4.09 | pDev: 8.07%
- Reviews:
- 61
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 23, 2023
- Added:
- Mar 26, 2016
- Wants:
- 13
- Gots:
- 32
Formerly ¡Viva La Beaver!
Peanut Butter flavored Mexican Chocolate Milk Stout.
Viva La Beaver is loaded with notes of creamy peanut butter, cinnamon and coffee. This decadent milk stout is the perfect dessert beer to finish off your meal, and is our highest rated beer, receiving numerous Gold and Silver medals. Sink your teeth into this liquid chocolate treat.
28 IBU
Peanut Butter flavored Mexican Chocolate Milk Stout.
Viva La Beaver is loaded with notes of creamy peanut butter, cinnamon and coffee. This decadent milk stout is the perfect dessert beer to finish off your meal, and is our highest rated beer, receiving numerous Gold and Silver medals. Sink your teeth into this liquid chocolate treat.
28 IBU
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Ratings by Beaver13:
Reviewed by Beaver13 from Colorado
4.14/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
4.14/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
16 oz can, dated 5/22/21. Pours dark brown black with a medium creamy brown head that retains fairly well and laces the glass some.
The aroma is sweet roasted chocolate malt with peanut butter and a little cinnamon.
The flavor is very sweet chocolate malts with nutty peanut butter and a little cinnamon and roast in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and a little watery with low carbonation.
Overall, a nice dessert beer.
Oct 10, 2021The aroma is sweet roasted chocolate malt with peanut butter and a little cinnamon.
The flavor is very sweet chocolate malts with nutty peanut butter and a little cinnamon and roast in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and a little watery with low carbonation.
Overall, a nice dessert beer.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand
4.38/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.38/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Dark chocolate brown with four fingers of foamy, beige, thick head. The smell is of chocolate and peanut butter and toasted malt. The taste is of peanut butter, chocolate, toasted malts with a light sweetness. Medium body with little carbonation. Excellent brew I got this one in Phuket Thailand and I’m drinking it here September 23, 2023.
Sep 23, 2023Reviewed by Papercut4 from Wisconsin
4.25/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours out of the can a nearly pitch black with a nice two finger head that retains well. Smells of cocoa, peanut butter, and cinnamon. Tastes lean to the cocoa and cinnamon, but almost tastes like chocolate horchata. Really nice mouthfeel. Great beer all around!
Aug 04, 2023Reviewed by stcules from Italy
2.96/5 rDev -27.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.96/5 rDev -27.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Dark brown, almost black. Light brown foam.
Smelll: peanut butter. A lot. A lot. A lot.
Less sweet than expected in the taste. But, again, peanut butter,
Ok, milk stout. Exasperated. Like alpenliebe candies. Sweet. Caramel.
Well, not really easy to drink, but, in its own, ok. Sweet.
Mar 21, 2023Smelll: peanut butter. A lot. A lot. A lot.
Less sweet than expected in the taste. But, again, peanut butter,
Ok, milk stout. Exasperated. Like alpenliebe candies. Sweet. Caramel.
Well, not really easy to drink, but, in its own, ok. Sweet.
Reviewed by ScaryEd from New Hampshire
3.7/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.7/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
16 oz can.
Pours a dark cola brown color with a large effervescent tan head. The head is gone in a hurry, leaving behind a few random spots of lacing.
Aromas of peanut butter cups, roasted coffee, dark malts, and light cinnamon.
Taste follows the nose, with a sharp bite of cinnamon up front.
The feel is medium-light bodied with moderate carbonation. A bit watery for the style.
Overall, this is a very good milk stout that definitely brings a strong peanut butter flavor without overpowering the rest of the beer. A little too light, but otherwise a nice beer.
Aug 30, 2022Pours a dark cola brown color with a large effervescent tan head. The head is gone in a hurry, leaving behind a few random spots of lacing.
Aromas of peanut butter cups, roasted coffee, dark malts, and light cinnamon.
Taste follows the nose, with a sharp bite of cinnamon up front.
The feel is medium-light bodied with moderate carbonation. A bit watery for the style.
Overall, this is a very good milk stout that definitely brings a strong peanut butter flavor without overpowering the rest of the beer. A little too light, but otherwise a nice beer.
Reviewed by AdmiralOzone from Minnesota
4.08/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a clear dark brown with an adequate mocha brown colored head. Spotty lacing. Aroma is full of peanut, with some roasted malt and chocolate thrown in. Flavor follows the nose, sweet but not cloying. Feel is medium bodied and decently carbonated. Overall a nice milk stout.
Apr 05, 2022Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
4.35/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From Beer Drop. Canned December 16th 2021.
Pours a pitch black with a large head of tan foam.
Smells of peanuts, chocolate and some roasted malt. Nice.
The taste is lovely flavours of peanuts and delicious chocolate. Some roasted malt adds to the enjoyment of this excellent brew.
Creamy smooth mouthfeel. BB does it again.
Mar 07, 2022Pours a pitch black with a large head of tan foam.
Smells of peanuts, chocolate and some roasted malt. Nice.
The taste is lovely flavours of peanuts and delicious chocolate. Some roasted malt adds to the enjoyment of this excellent brew.
Creamy smooth mouthfeel. BB does it again.
Reviewed by GStone899 from Minnesota
4.24/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Wow, this is really well balanced. Decent amount of head and not much lacing. The peanut butter and chocolate are perfectly in balance. Might have wanted a little more coffee notes but overall it's fantastic. I can see why this is Belching Beaver's best ranked beer. Hides the abv really well too.
Jan 09, 2022Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
4/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16oz can. Poured out an opaque, jet-black color with a good-sized, light brown head of foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled of dark chocolate, peanut butter, cinnamon and light coffee notes. Tasted of sweet peanut butter, chocolate with some coffee and cinnamon.
Jan 02, 2022Reviewed by blazerkor from Nevada
4.09/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Peanut butter dominates the aroma of this brew. There is some malt and a small amount of dark chocolaty char but it's peanut butter almost entirely.
It's sweet first and then it's peanut butter with just a hint of chocolate.
It's so velvety smooth with just a little carbonation. The finish starts off all peanut butter but then there's dark chocolate and even a little cinnamon.
It's a really good beer. The peanut butter is great and the darker chocolate balances out everything. I give it a 4.9 out of 6.
Sep 05, 2021It's sweet first and then it's peanut butter with just a hint of chocolate.
It's so velvety smooth with just a little carbonation. The finish starts off all peanut butter but then there's dark chocolate and even a little cinnamon.
It's a really good beer. The peanut butter is great and the darker chocolate balances out everything. I give it a 4.9 out of 6.
¡Viva La Beaver! from Belching Beaver Pub 980
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
182 ratings
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