Tedious Fool
Severance Brewing

Tedious FoolTedious Fool
Beer Geek Stats
From:
Severance Brewing
 
South Dakota, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
8.7%
Score:
+5 ratings needed
Avg:
3.96 | pDev: 1.52%
Ratings:
5 | reviews: 3
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 05, 2025
Added:
Mar 21, 2021
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Our biggest (non-barrel aged) beer yet! Tedious Fool is an Imperial Stout with copious amounts of hand-scraped vanilla beans and lactose. We're tedious fools when it comes to flavor.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by bbtkd:
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Reviewed by bbtkd from South Dakota

3.87/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Severance Tedious Fool Imperial Stout, 8.7% ABV. Pours black with a two-finger medium-brown head that left little lacing. Nose is vanilla, coffee, and chocolate. Taste is roast malt and vanilla, slightly sweet, moderately bitter. Dry mouthfeel, overall very good.
Dec 29, 2022
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by Sinfull from New York

3.91/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Black color. Big, beige head. Roasted malt, chocolate, and vanilla in the aroma. Moderately sweet, malty taste with roasted bitterness at the end. Good.
Jun 05, 2025
 
Rated: 4 by smithj4 from New York

Mar 01, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by a77cj7 from South Dakota

Sep 07, 2021
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Reviewed by Mindcrime1000 from South Dakota

4.03/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours opaque and viscous with a nice bit of cola lacing, even if the head wasn't much.

Aromas of vanilla, coffee, chocolate, sugar cookie, and lactose. Not overly roasty.

Cake batter and semi-sweet chocolate meld with cookie dough on the tip of the tongue. A bit of char and toast in mid-stream, and then--let the vanilla begin. It is all over the back of the palate, along with some brown sugar. Hints of booze, but not much, at the finish.

Remarkably light for the style. I'm not saying it's light. It's an AIS. But it's not thick or heavy. Creamy but drying at the finish.

A unique imperial stout, and that is this brewer's calling card--defying style standards. Skews a bit sweet, and could use a little more roasted notes, but it is very smooth, restrained in its heft, and tasty.
Mar 21, 2021