Whangdoodle: Enhanced - Double Vanilla Holiday Treat
The Veil Brewing Co. - Production Brewery

Poured from a 500 ml bottle into a snifter glass.
L - Pours a black color with minimal tan head.
S - Smells of coffee and spices.
T - tastes of coffee, chocolate and cinnamon.
F - Full bodied with minimal carbonation.
O ~ Delicious stout

 

The beer pours no head at all. The beer itself is a dark chocolate brown with anice melted chocolate texture that resembles syrup.

The smell is good. It has a bitter coffee note upfront and is immediately followed by a balanced mix of vanilla, cinnamon, and chocolate. The coffee adds a nice light bitter note at the end of it.

The taste is also delicious. It has a bitter chocolate coffee note through the whole thing and acts as the central note that the others play off of. The cinnamon is lost for the most part until it comes back in the finish while the vanilla comes in towards the end. It finishes with a roasted coffee note.

The feel is good. It has a heavy body but with a creamy texture to it. It has a dry finish.

Overall, it is a pretty good beer worth having and fairly indulgent as well.

From December 2020, 500 mL bottle poured into Lawson's tulip glass and allowed to warm.

L: 1F or so brown head. Disappears pretty quickly leaving nothing but very dark brown beer.

S: Lots of vanilla and cinnamon. Chocolate milk.

T: Vanilla and cinnamon really predominate, almost overwhelm the body of the stout. Chocolate milk eventually comes through. Very little indication of alcohol even being present.

F: Full-bodied, very lightly carbonated, but it's there. It tastes good, but the balance is not quite there as there is too much front-end flavor masking the base stout. The lack of alcohol heat is impressive. Drinks well.

O: Drop the vanilla/cinnamon by 25% and you've got a real winner. Still enjoyable.

Poured draft in a 16 oz pint glass. Deep black color, some brown head that soon faded. Smell is almost chocolate milk with cinnamon. Taste is an excellent mix of cinnamon, vanilla, bit of coffee in the background. Medium bodied with light carbonation. Excellent flavor and not too sweet, great dessert stout.