Beer Geek Vanilla Shake Barrel Aged Bourbon

Stout - Imperial / Double Oatmeal

In the beer geek breakfast series – the beer that really put Mikkeller on the map, we decided to shake things up by adding a truck load of vanilla to the french press coffee trick, creating a whole new dimension to the beer that are loved by freaks and geeks worldwide. Not only that, we then placed it in bourbon barrels for 8 months for a truly unique beer experience. Aromas are sweet filled with vanilla. Palate starts with milky sweetness and offers roasted malts, chocolate and coffee.

ABV

13.0

Rating

4.50532

Rating count

5,390

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Daniel K.

Best beer i've ever had.

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Kris Kerrigan

Thanks Chris!!!

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Nicholas Elliott

Didn’t dig this quite as much as last time, but still tasty as hell. Was a bit more thin than I remembered...

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Christopher M.

2016 batch. Held up pretty well. Low carb, good vanilla, only slightly oxidized

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Brian Turner Jr

BBA for 8 months. Coffee,vanilla. Vanilla💣,roasted malts,coffee,chocolate,cocoa,oak,bourbon🎶 towards the finish. Smooth,rich oaty body and easy finish. Moderate sweetness,but balanced well with the other flavors.

4.5

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Dave C.

Oh..$hit! This is glorious!

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Aaron G

nilla barrel banger

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Tyson

2017 batch. I had this last year at their taproom when I was in SD and it was amazing. It was just as good tonight. Such an amazing balance of oak, vanilla and chocolate flavors. I will always seek this one out.

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Nick van Kempen

Beetje dun, maar goede smaken: genoeg vanille, subtiele koffie, fijne BA.

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Philippe Reynaerts

Four years and counting... Soooo good. Blij dat er nog heel wat in de kelder staan 🙏

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Mister Caribooo

A great iteration of the Beer Geek series, the best i haved tasted so far 😋

4.5

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Magne

Happy Stout Day !

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Matt Kolehmainen

Post Ratebeer backlog. From 2018 / 9 5 9 4 18 / 4.5 Overall. Tasting at Sam's in Detroit for group-purchased bottles to be shared

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Riku

Vintage 2016

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Brew P

soo good beers with mike covid style week 10

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Halina

No czas mu nie sluzy...

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Krzysztof Sokalla

Past its prime

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Joseph Sizeland

Slightly past it's best but only slightly.

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Dustin K

Yum

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Tom729

Fantastic. Appropriately named. Tastes like a boozy vanilla chocolate milkshake. Check in #6000. Woof.

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Alex

Backlog,2014

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Chris Demo

Always play to win But always seem to lose That's why I think I got A rich kid's blues

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Steve Csencsits

Nice thanks Christian J.

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John Zhang

4.4 so vanilla so barrel aged.

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Dave N.

Syrupy sweetness well balanced by malt bitterness. A bit too sweet for me but very well done. Had some nice barrel notes present but not overwhelming

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Gery Kalitri

I‘m very sure that it was fresh much better. Tons of Vanilla and Marshmallows. Thin but gets the body from the barrel. Not bad but it’s on the way to die. 4,36

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Jesper Davits

Bottled on my bday 05/09/2016. I cant believe how well this aged. Fresh was a bit boozy, that has now faded and became a perfect marriage with the vanilla. Outstanding ba vanilla fudge bomb. Only wish the body was a bit thicker. 4.5+

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Justin Stauffer

Beer tasting

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Markus T

Very late from 2014. Mikkeller Bar Stockholm Opening.

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matthew r.

super yum vanilla way too light not very boozy

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Jason W.

Lots of vanilla. Very sweet. Tastes like coffee and white chocolate.

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Matt B

Ohhh weee that’s fun!

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David Zordan

Getting around to old check-ins from the December club meeting...gotta get my year in review stats right!

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just Michael™️

2016..har vist peaked.. Stadig skøn vanilje 4,65

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Peter Hagelund

Over the top!

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Martin K.

Perfect

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Janne B

2016 pullotettu. Vielä on vaniljaa jäljellä. Kiitos Niko S. ! 👍

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Marek Słowiński

Z plusem, jak na taki wiek

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Jens Q

Smoooooth whiskey

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Joona

Such wholesome display of real vanilla. Also dark chocolate, dark malts, licorice, slight bourbon barrel, ice creamy finish. Thick, flat-ish and bit slick at finish. Great one, still. Bottled 05/09/16.

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Sunshine C.

2016. So delicious but was a very expensive purchase in CPH airport.

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Simon T

Batch 2 mycket mer vanilj noll bourbonfat, drickbar, låg kolsyra, oxiderad bad

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Steve Dickman

2016, showing the age

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Lau Starcke

Desværre falmet så meget, at den er svær at genkende. Fra 4.75 til 4.0

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Scott C.

Wow. Base beer is incredible and this is next level

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Karim Minkara

Decadent but not too sweet. Very good. Thank you Morgan S.

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