Ego Death - Bourbon Barrel-Aged - Vanilla (2022)
Resident Culture Brewing Company
- From:
- Resident Culture Brewing Company
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.32 | pDev: 2.08%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 12, 2023
- Added:
- May 19, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Imperial stout aged in a blend of Willet and Heaven Hill barrels for 18-26 months then conditioned on toasted hazelnuts and cacao nibs and 1 pound per barrel of Cooks Island vanilla beans.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.24/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Pours espresso colored with a hazy tan film that quickly fades; a few spots appear but quickly disappear
Smell: Rich dark chocolate and vanilla with a hint of hazelnut; gentle wafts of Bourbon
Taste: Rich chocolate and vanilla forward with the toasted hazelnut flavors developing, particularly as the beer warms; through the middle, the Bourbon flavors join and provide a complementary blend into the finish; a bit of a Bourbon burn in the aftertaste
Mouthfeel: Full bodied and creamy; almost no carbonation
Overall: Bottle #5 for me of the 2022 Ego Death series; I enjoyed three of them and the other two were too sweet; this was in third place among the top 3 for me
Jun 12, 2023Smell: Rich dark chocolate and vanilla with a hint of hazelnut; gentle wafts of Bourbon
Taste: Rich chocolate and vanilla forward with the toasted hazelnut flavors developing, particularly as the beer warms; through the middle, the Bourbon flavors join and provide a complementary blend into the finish; a bit of a Bourbon burn in the aftertaste
Mouthfeel: Full bodied and creamy; almost no carbonation
Overall: Bottle #5 for me of the 2022 Ego Death series; I enjoyed three of them and the other two were too sweet; this was in third place among the top 3 for me
Rated by stortore from Illinois
4.25/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
fobab 2022.
Mar 10, 2023
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.47/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Had on tap. Darkness of the void black with no head. Smells strongly of vanilla, bourbon, hazelnut, and chocolate, in that order of intensity. Taste is more of a melded together whole, but I will say the hazelnut and vanilla flavors are strong here, not overpowered by barrel like so many stouts are one to do nor overly sweet. Feel is lush, smooth, full, heavy, slightly warm, and viscous. They had me at hazelnut, but this is well crafted
Feb 28, 2023
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