Trojan Horse Series: Vanilla
Stable 12 Brewing Company
- From:
- Stable 12 Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 12%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 27, 2024
- Added:
- Jan 27, 2024
- Wants:
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- Gots:
- 0
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Russian imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels on vanilla.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.56/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
2024-01-26
375ml white-waxed bottle served in a tulip. Don't see a date. Got it from @Braunmeister_1943 in a trade. Notably, I have never seen a bottle filled closer to the very top than this on, fluid level was maybe like 3mm from the crown.
Pours dark, dark brown, almost no head despite vigorous pour. A few coarse, almost motor-oily looking bobbles form about three quarters of a ring after several minutes in the glass. Smell is a blast of vanilla with a chocolate and dark roast coffee background. Based on the aroma, I'm afraid the vanilla has been overdone.
Taste...vanilla is a strong presence, but of the kind that floats up the nose, not the kind that sits on the tongue. I think the vanilla is fighting with the dark roast coffee and char bitterness.
Mouthfeel is light for the style, a little grittiness. Overall...it's not bad, but it needs more body and less vanilla.
Jan 27, 2024375ml white-waxed bottle served in a tulip. Don't see a date. Got it from @Braunmeister_1943 in a trade. Notably, I have never seen a bottle filled closer to the very top than this on, fluid level was maybe like 3mm from the crown.
Pours dark, dark brown, almost no head despite vigorous pour. A few coarse, almost motor-oily looking bobbles form about three quarters of a ring after several minutes in the glass. Smell is a blast of vanilla with a chocolate and dark roast coffee background. Based on the aroma, I'm afraid the vanilla has been overdone.
Taste...vanilla is a strong presence, but of the kind that floats up the nose, not the kind that sits on the tongue. I think the vanilla is fighting with the dark roast coffee and char bitterness.
Mouthfeel is light for the style, a little grittiness. Overall...it's not bad, but it needs more body and less vanilla.
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