Permutation Series #69: Imperial Stout With Vanilla, Coffee, Peanut Butter
Trillium Brewing Company
- From:
- Trillium Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 14.4%
- Score:
- 95
- Avg:
- 4.37 | pDev: 6.86%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 28, 2023
- Added:
- Dec 14, 2018
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
95
World-Class
95
World-Class
Permutation is our experimental series of small batch offerings, showcasing the unique visions and innovative concepts developed by our brewing and cellar crew
For Permutation 69, we blended an imperial stout that had spent a year in bourbon oak barrels with an imperial stout newly brewed in stainless fermenters. The result was already delicious, but to add complexity and depth to the flavors of the blend, we added peanut butter, vanilla, and Barrington Coffee.
Out of the bottle, the beer pours a dark brown color with ruby highlights and a hazel-khaki head. Aromas of freshly baked fudge brownies swirl from the glass along with notes of ground espresso, brown sugar, and peanut butter cups. These flavors deepen on the palate revealing layers of chocolate pound cake, raisinettes, chewy peanut butter cookies, and vanilla-bourbon icing. Underpinned by a touch of oak, Permutation 69 has a luscious, creamy mouthfeel with a rich, full body and rounded smooth finish akin to a peanut butter frappe.
MALT: Pale Malt, Malted Oats, Flaked Oats, Munich, Smoked Malt, Crystal, Chocolate Malt, Black Malt
HOPS: Hop Extract
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS: Madagascar Vanilla, Barrington Coffee, Peanut Butter
For Permutation 69, we blended an imperial stout that had spent a year in bourbon oak barrels with an imperial stout newly brewed in stainless fermenters. The result was already delicious, but to add complexity and depth to the flavors of the blend, we added peanut butter, vanilla, and Barrington Coffee.
Out of the bottle, the beer pours a dark brown color with ruby highlights and a hazel-khaki head. Aromas of freshly baked fudge brownies swirl from the glass along with notes of ground espresso, brown sugar, and peanut butter cups. These flavors deepen on the palate revealing layers of chocolate pound cake, raisinettes, chewy peanut butter cookies, and vanilla-bourbon icing. Underpinned by a touch of oak, Permutation 69 has a luscious, creamy mouthfeel with a rich, full body and rounded smooth finish akin to a peanut butter frappe.
MALT: Pale Malt, Malted Oats, Flaked Oats, Munich, Smoked Malt, Crystal, Chocolate Malt, Black Malt
HOPS: Hop Extract
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS: Madagascar Vanilla, Barrington Coffee, Peanut Butter
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Reviewed by FriedSlug from North Carolina
4.42/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Inky black with a thin brown head that is hard to raise and disappears quickly. The aroma is coffee, chocolate, peanut butter, a bit of vanilla and noticeable booze. Tastes very sweet and has all the flavors of the nose. The coffee and peanut butter are most noticeable. Finishes with a char bitterness and some noticeable booziness. Beer is full bodied but is a bit flat. I would like a bit more carbonation but it's still a tasty beer.
Jun 10, 2019
Rated by Nichols33 from Massachusetts
3.68/5 rDev -15.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev -15.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Unimpressed. I get no peanut butter. It was rather flat, no head.
Feb 11, 2019
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.68/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.68/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Bottle purchased at Trillium Brewing Company in Boston, MA.
This one pours a very dark black color, with a small head, and a little bit of lacing. The bottom of the bottle, and the last pour out of the bottle were pure sludge.
The peanut butter and coffee intertwine perfectly in the aroma - with nutty and roasty peanut butter, chocolatey and decadent coffee, and some vanilla coffee creamer as well.
This is pastry stout at its most absurd and delicious. It's brownie batter dunked into freshly brewed coffee and then drizzled with peanut butter vanilla icing. There's a nice roastiness to keep it balanced against the sweetness overload that the added flavorings provided. There's not a ton of barrel here, as part of the blend is a new stout that didn't see any time in oak. There's a touch of oak, but no real bourbon character.
This is thick bodied, and fairly luscious, with a creamy and velvety mouthfeel all the way through. This is a delight to drink.
This is really quite good. Trillium stouts range from confusingly average to absolutely top tier - this beer is quite easily the latter.
Feb 04, 2019This one pours a very dark black color, with a small head, and a little bit of lacing. The bottom of the bottle, and the last pour out of the bottle were pure sludge.
The peanut butter and coffee intertwine perfectly in the aroma - with nutty and roasty peanut butter, chocolatey and decadent coffee, and some vanilla coffee creamer as well.
This is pastry stout at its most absurd and delicious. It's brownie batter dunked into freshly brewed coffee and then drizzled with peanut butter vanilla icing. There's a nice roastiness to keep it balanced against the sweetness overload that the added flavorings provided. There's not a ton of barrel here, as part of the blend is a new stout that didn't see any time in oak. There's a touch of oak, but no real bourbon character.
This is thick bodied, and fairly luscious, with a creamy and velvety mouthfeel all the way through. This is a delight to drink.
This is really quite good. Trillium stouts range from confusingly average to absolutely top tier - this beer is quite easily the latter.
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