Existential Bliss

Name: Existential Bliss
Brand: Humble Forager Brewery
Rating: 4.23 (97 reviews)

Humble Forager Brewery

Waunakee, WI

Tavour Rating

4.23

Style

Barrel Aged Stout

ABV

12.5%

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About This Beer

The adventurous Humble Forager crew started with a rich Stout base built for extended barrel aging. They let it slumber for 19 months in an assortment of Buffalo Trace, Bairdstown, Heaven Hill, Willet Rye, and Templeton Rye barrels before blending them.

Then they conditioned the brew on vanilla beans from five different regions: Vanuatu, India, Uganda, Madagascar, and Ecuador. Cacao nibs from Bolivia, Peru, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, and Fiji provide a gorgeous complement.

Tasting Notes

That global complexity of multiple regions’ cacao nibs and vanilla beans comes through in decadent currents of dark chocolate, mocha, and creme anglaise coursing through every velvety quaff. Undercurrents of bourbon caramel, toffee, and woody spice swirl just underneath, never giving away the big 12.5% ABV.

Thick Creamy Rich Barrel Aged Decadent Chocolatey Oaky

Noteworthy Ingredients

Bourbon Barrels Cacao Nibs Vanilla Rye Barrels

Reviews

4.23

97 Ratings

JohnVRrdner

5.0

This is great. not much adjunct, just boozy and barrel character. Note to self: get more next time

Chadbo

4.5

Rich, thick & sweet. Vanilla, cocoa & a hint of bourbon.

larry970

4.75

superb!

kyle3905

4.5

4.4

diana517

0.0

personally not a fan. too dark and bitter

havingagoodone

4.25

surprisingly decent

christy278

3.75

definitely boozy, but also delicious and complex.

Shadarlo

4.5

Very sweet and creamy. Could use more barrel

jeffrey755

4.5

nice heat from the barrel to balance out the sweet. very good.

calbear

4.5

Great chocolate notes with subtle vanilla. Stout base blends well with these two to create a tasty brew.

Rustgood

5.0

Perfectly balanced - creamy, thick and the right amount of sweetness

sharr7

4.25

boozy, thick, chocolatey. borderline too sweet but not quite.