Crown of Care: Coffee & Vanilla Bean
Kills Boro Brewing Company
- From:
- Kills Boro Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 13.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 10.08%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 21, 2026
- Added:
- Mar 13, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Our Crown of Care series returns for our 8th Anniversary with this Coffee & Vanilla Bean Barrel Aged Stout. Aged for 2 years in Willett Bourbon barrels with a delicious vanilla and coffee kick.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.38/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.38/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
This one pours a very dark black color, with a small head, and not much lacing.
This smells heavily of milk chocolate, with sweet coffee, vanilla frosting, and some caramelly bourbon.
I really like a lot of Kills Boro beers, but this feels a bit sloppy to me. It’s a little leaden, a little syrupy, just a little too heavy and sweet, with not enough barrel character to balance that out. The barrel character just seems to add more sweetness, unfortunately.
This is heavy, syrupy, and pretty thick, with a lower level of carbonation. It’s not really all that boozy.
I wanted to like this, but it didn’t quite work for me.
Mar 13, 2026This smells heavily of milk chocolate, with sweet coffee, vanilla frosting, and some caramelly bourbon.
I really like a lot of Kills Boro beers, but this feels a bit sloppy to me. It’s a little leaden, a little syrupy, just a little too heavy and sweet, with not enough barrel character to balance that out. The barrel character just seems to add more sweetness, unfortunately.
This is heavy, syrupy, and pretty thick, with a lower level of carbonation. It’s not really all that boozy.
I wanted to like this, but it didn’t quite work for me.
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