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Fundamental Forces
Bottle Logic Brewing
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- From:
- Bottle Logic Brewing
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #34 - ABV:
- 16.2%
- Score:
- 100
Ranked #126 - Avg:
- 4.55 | pDev: 6.15%
- Reviews:
- 44
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 22, 2023
- Added:
- May 23, 2016
- Wants:
- 100
- Gots:
- 39
SCORE
100
World-Class
100
World-Class
Notes:
Science never rests, and so the noble work on our Imperial Vanilla Stout continues. We’ve aged this second release of Fundamental Forces for a full twenty months in a blend of exemplary bourbon barrels with Tahitian vanilla beans for an unparalleled floral, fruit-rich vanilla sweetness.
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Reviewed by lucius10 from California
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
For the 2021 version! Sweet and rich chocolate malty, hint of vanilla, and hint of bourbon barrel nose on this one! Taste follows with a dark chocolate bitter, floral vanilla, and balanced boozy bourbon finish. A slight hint of age/oxidation can be detected on the backend, but this has aged/settled in extremely well for being about a year old. The bigboi booziness that you would expect at 17+% is there, but it is smooth and enjoyable...it starts to peek out a bit more as it warms. And, the mouthfeel is darn near perfect. Outstanding!
Jun 09, 2022
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.51/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.51/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Look - black thick syrup with slight rimming and lacing barely a head
Smell - a lot of vanilla bourbon barrel chocolate and booze
Taste - lots of vanilla chocolate great barrel
Feel - full body creamy light carb
Overall - really great beer
May 15, 2022Smell - a lot of vanilla bourbon barrel chocolate and booze
Taste - lots of vanilla chocolate great barrel
Feel - full body creamy light carb
Overall - really great beer
Reviewed by Thomas_Wikman from Texas
4.79/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.79/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Fundamental Forces is an Imperial Vanilla Stout from Bottle Logic. The one I drank had an ABV 17.17%, so a little stronger. I guess the Fundamental Force I got was the Strong Nuclear Force, the one with Gluons and Mesons. It's recommended with brownies. I didn't have brownies but my wife suggested oreo cookies but I thought that I didn't need to double it up. This beer is like 8 oreo cookies and that's enough. Maybe a little sweet, but it's good, very good, slightly boozy (well ABV 17.17%) but with all the other flavors that is not an issue.
Look: black with a half inch fluffy mocca colored head
Aroma: chocolate, vanilla, bourbon
Flavor: What stands out is the vanilla, the bourbon, the roasted malts, the coffee and chocolate.
Body/Overall: Full bodied, dessert in a bottle.
Feb 07, 2022Look: black with a half inch fluffy mocca colored head
Aroma: chocolate, vanilla, bourbon
Flavor: What stands out is the vanilla, the bourbon, the roasted malts, the coffee and chocolate.
Body/Overall: Full bodied, dessert in a bottle.
Rated by jb_4226 from Texas
4.9/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
4.9/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
#102, yummy and boozy!
Jan 15, 2022
Reviewed by JLK7299 from North Carolina
4.5/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This is a very very good stout beer. It is very boozy. It is very thick and rich so take it slow but you can sip and and enjoy as it is very strong but it is worth it.
Nov 26, 2021
Reviewed by erosier from Connecticut
4.56/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a deep black color with a nonexistent head leaving a thick lacing down the glass. It smells of huge coffee, sweet vanilla and bourbon aromas. Tastes of sweet vanilla a bourbon, hints of coffee at the end. Very sweet but excellent flavors. Thick, heavy, warms on the way down. Overall it's an excellent beer, very high abv so beware!
Aug 08, 2021
Fundamental Forces from Bottle Logic Brewing
Beer rating:
100 out of
100 with
290 ratings
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