Super Nebula: Valhalla
Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room
- From:
- Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 13.8%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.32 | pDev: 5.56%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 01, 2026
- Added:
- Feb 05, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Imperial Stout Matured in Bourbon Barrels with Cocoa Nibs, Cardamom, Star Anise, and Juniper
From our cellars, Valhalla features fair-trade chocolate, cardamom, star anise, and juniper. This bold stout, aged in Willett Bourbon barrels, delivers intense cocoa and spice. It's an opulent brew that effortlessly conquers the North wind.
From our cellars, Valhalla features fair-trade chocolate, cardamom, star anise, and juniper. This bold stout, aged in Willett Bourbon barrels, delivers intense cocoa and spice. It's an opulent brew that effortlessly conquers the North wind.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
4.06/5 rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pour at the 2026 Dark Arts Festival. Near black pour, ring of silky beige head. Savory aroma, vanilla, cardamom. Taste is chocolate and licorice. savory spices. Really balanced us of the adjuncts.
Feb 19, 2026
Reviewed by vurt from Oregon
4.27/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
500 mL bottle purchased at Noble Hop Bierhaus in Hillsboro, OR. No date stamp, but the label identifies this as a 2026 bottling. Enjoyed in a Fort George Festival of Dark Arts tasting glass (mini snifter).
Look:
Here's another stout that's too opaque to transmit the light from my phone flashlight. The edges are dark amber-brown with burnt orange highlights. The dark tan head subsides to a thick collar and a surface Benoit Mandelbrot would have appreciated.
Smell:
The nose is plenty spicy. The star anise and cardamom are pretty easy to pick out even when the beer is opened cold from the fridge. The juniper is lurking under a bourbon-enhanced layer of roasted malt, dark chocolate, oak, and vanilla.
Taste:
Bourbon and dark chocolate jump forward in the flavor. They trip over a low wall of spices and kick up a small cloud of licorice and cardamom. Just beyond the wall there's an unexpected cushion of marshmallow which breaks the fall. Bourbon and dark chocolate scramble to their feet and race into the finish. Caramel makes a brief appearance. Bitter juniper notes combine with licorice and bourbon at the end to create an odd gin-flavored cough syrup character. I blame the juniper.
Feel:
The body is heavy and smooth, with reasonable carbonation and just a bit too much alcohol heat.
Overall:
I like most of what's going on in this beer. The added flavors are easy to pick out, and for the most part they get along fine. The star anise and cardamom are particularly enjoyable. The juniper, however, is a little too bitter and a little too loud. Take it out of the mix and you'd have a combo that's unique, distinctive and delicious. As it stands, the "Valhalla" edition of this year's Super Nebula is still unique, still distinctive, and easily 90% delicious.
Feb 09, 2026Look:
Here's another stout that's too opaque to transmit the light from my phone flashlight. The edges are dark amber-brown with burnt orange highlights. The dark tan head subsides to a thick collar and a surface Benoit Mandelbrot would have appreciated.
Smell:
The nose is plenty spicy. The star anise and cardamom are pretty easy to pick out even when the beer is opened cold from the fridge. The juniper is lurking under a bourbon-enhanced layer of roasted malt, dark chocolate, oak, and vanilla.
Taste:
Bourbon and dark chocolate jump forward in the flavor. They trip over a low wall of spices and kick up a small cloud of licorice and cardamom. Just beyond the wall there's an unexpected cushion of marshmallow which breaks the fall. Bourbon and dark chocolate scramble to their feet and race into the finish. Caramel makes a brief appearance. Bitter juniper notes combine with licorice and bourbon at the end to create an odd gin-flavored cough syrup character. I blame the juniper.
Feel:
The body is heavy and smooth, with reasonable carbonation and just a bit too much alcohol heat.
Overall:
I like most of what's going on in this beer. The added flavors are easy to pick out, and for the most part they get along fine. The star anise and cardamom are particularly enjoyable. The juniper, however, is a little too bitter and a little too loud. Take it out of the mix and you'd have a combo that's unique, distinctive and delicious. As it stands, the "Valhalla" edition of this year's Super Nebula is still unique, still distinctive, and easily 90% delicious.
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