Humble Observation
Humble Sea Brewing Co.

- From:
- Humble Sea Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 15.2%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.24 | pDev: 4.95%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 16, 2023
- Added:
- Mar 18, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
This stout takes its name from Bottle Logic’s legendary vanilla stout, Fundamental Observation. We brewed the majority of the base beer for this collab during the pandemic and tucked it away into vanilla bourbon barrels for 19 months. After tasting through them at 19 months, we decided to treat them to another stay in rye for an additional 13 to pick up some spicy notes. We also added a handful of Mexican vanilla for this second round of aging to even further the vanilla character. After 32 months, we racked both of the barrels, along with an additional double bourbon barrel-aged stout that did not contain vanilla beans to produce this luscious 15.2% vanilla stout. An ode to our good friends over at Bottle Logic, and we can't wait to share.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by lucius10 from California
4.4/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Sweet chocolate fudge brownie, creamy vanilla, and a prominent bourbon barrel boozy nose on this one! Taste follows with a dark chocolate and fudge malty, and a vanilla bourbon barrel, slightly boozy finish. While I could pick up the vanilla on the nose pretty well, I was looking for a little more vanilla pop and influence on the palate. The bourbon barrels are pretty assertive on the backend and lessens the vanilla impact here IMO. This is still good stuff, but needed more vanilla pop to hang with the Fundamental Observation series.
May 16, 2023
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