Vanilla Bean Truth

A bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout conditioned on vanilla beans - 13.2% ABV

Vanilla Bean Truth is and Imperial Stout aged for 22 months in 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 character does not overwhelm, rather it integrates with and softens the bourbon and chocolate character found within the base beer into something even more sweet and decadent. By boosting the chocolate syrup and chocolate cookie dough character, it softens the heat and rounds out an immensely enjoyable beverage.

This is an immensely enjoyable beer that rewards the senses as it warms in the glass, revealing layer upon layer of complexity that is only possible with patience, time, and focused brewing attention.

We believe bottle development is best achieved while cold, and away from light.

This beer will develop in the bottle for two years or more but is ready to enjoy now. For the 2020 edition, there are around 1,400 bottles.