
Harp.
Got lucky and server had no clue drafted me a long instead of short pour of Vanilla Bean Truth Treehouse stout
Feels like Florida here.
Vanilla Bean Truth is an Imperial Stout aged for 22 months in select wheated bourbon barrels and then conditioned upon heaps of grade A, purposefully selected vanilla beans.
It pours a viscous black color in the glass with a mocha-colored head. When poured cold, the flavor profile leads with chocolate wafer cookies, bourbon-vanilla heat, and rich dark chocolate. As it warms, the true complexity emerges. We taste and smell bourbon chocolate chip cookie dough, bourbon vanilla ice cream, tootsie rolls, and smooth chocolate syrup.
The vanilla addition serves to soften the bourbon and chocolate character of the base beer making the whole presentation more confectionary and decadent like chocolate vanilla syrup.View attachment 828852
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Was there in early July visiting a good buddy from grad school days. I think we visited the brewery every day of my 3-day trip. He was very cool to indulge me as he’s not a big beer dude. I really enjoyed being there around this time of day, but would have liked the chance to order 1-2 more beers. I totally get their serving limit though for non-beer obsessives.
How are you getting yours that clear? Here is my German Pils that I brewed in March, lagered til the end of June and its been on tap at 35 degees F in my kegerator since June. Almost the exact same glass. I use whirlfloc at the end of the boil and I even have a corny keg with a floating dip tube.
Are you doing some kind of filtration? I’ve taken photos of my beers beside commercial beers and you can definitely see the difference filtration makes. (Low head because I spent way too much time trying to get a decent photo)
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It comes in cans now?!
I’ve been thinking that I need to make a Hefeweizen again