Blackfriars Bridge Vanilla Stout
Toboggan Brewing Co.
- From:
- Toboggan Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 0.84%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 01, 2021
- Added:
- Sep 11, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.59/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.59/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
473 mL can from the LCBO; no canning date that I can spot. Served slightly chilled.
Pours an inky, opaque brownish-black colour, generating one finger of smooth, foamy, tan-coloured head that melts off in three or four minutes' time. It leaves behind a full curtain of sticky lace as it's reduced to a tight, creamy collar and film - looks pretty good so far. Mostly malts on the nose - there's cocoa, coffee, treacle and some mild roastiness, with very subtle hints of vanilla.
Not bad - sweet at first, countered by a nice roastiness later on. Caramelized sugars, vanilla and milk chocolate at the forefront, with notes of cacao nibs not far behind. More of a dark chocolate, sweetened coffee and molasses feel towards the finish, with roasted malts and a touch of ashiness into the finish. Medium in body, with moderately low carbonation that gently agitates the palate; feels smooth and fairly satisfying in the mouth. Average drinkability; one can is plenty for me.
Final Grade: 3.59, a middling B grade. My Blackfriars Bridge Vanilla Stout experience morphed as I made my way through the glass - the first gulp was the 'roastiest' (and most palatable) of them all, but after that the sweetness gained a lot of ground, and the vanilla also kind of built upon itself with each sip. By the end of the glass, I was absolutely ready to move on to something else. In all fairness, vanilla stouts/porters have never been a big draw for me, so if you feel otherwise, this might very well be a solid pick for you. As for myself, I might return to it once in a while when I'm craving a sweet stout, but it's low priority.
Nov 01, 2021Pours an inky, opaque brownish-black colour, generating one finger of smooth, foamy, tan-coloured head that melts off in three or four minutes' time. It leaves behind a full curtain of sticky lace as it's reduced to a tight, creamy collar and film - looks pretty good so far. Mostly malts on the nose - there's cocoa, coffee, treacle and some mild roastiness, with very subtle hints of vanilla.
Not bad - sweet at first, countered by a nice roastiness later on. Caramelized sugars, vanilla and milk chocolate at the forefront, with notes of cacao nibs not far behind. More of a dark chocolate, sweetened coffee and molasses feel towards the finish, with roasted malts and a touch of ashiness into the finish. Medium in body, with moderately low carbonation that gently agitates the palate; feels smooth and fairly satisfying in the mouth. Average drinkability; one can is plenty for me.
Final Grade: 3.59, a middling B grade. My Blackfriars Bridge Vanilla Stout experience morphed as I made my way through the glass - the first gulp was the 'roastiest' (and most palatable) of them all, but after that the sweetness gained a lot of ground, and the vanilla also kind of built upon itself with each sip. By the end of the glass, I was absolutely ready to move on to something else. In all fairness, vanilla stouts/porters have never been a big draw for me, so if you feel otherwise, this might very well be a solid pick for you. As for myself, I might return to it once in a while when I'm craving a sweet stout, but it's low priority.
Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.53/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours as black as night with a 1cm beige head. Nice lacing sliding down my glass. Smell is toasty and malty. The taste has faint hints of vanilla which I may not have even noticed if I hadn’t known. A bit of smoke and some malts caps off the taste. More carbonated than some stouts.
Oct 6 2021
Oct 06, 2021Oct 6 2021
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