Alpine Beer Company Willy Vanilly
Alpine Beer Company Willy Vanilly
Rated 3.275 by BeerPals
Brewed by Alpine Beer Company
Alpine, CA, United States
Style: Spiced Beer
5.2% Alcohol by Volume
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Since “Willy” is so versatile and can be flavored with fruits and essences, we add a touch of vanilla extract to compliment the sweet nuttiness. Also good mixed with Captain Stout, a blend we call “The Captain and Vanil.”
ID: 9875 Last updated 2 weeks ago Added to database 20 years agoKey Stats
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| Overall Rank | 12343 |
| Overall Percentile | 77.8 |
| Style Rank | 243 of 1281 |
| Style Percentile | 81 |
| Lowest Score | 2.8 |
| Highest Score | 4.3 |
| Average Score | 3.440 |
| Weighted Score | 3.275 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.564 |
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5 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6
Pours clear solar yellow with a thick and rather persistent porcelain head. Aroma features wheaty, vanilla, and subtle yeasty notes. Flavor ups all of these, especially the vanilla, and adds a hint of woody hops for a tasty if a wee bit sweet beer. Body and fizz are so-so, but finish provides a last flash of vanilla. This one isn’t faking it.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9
This is a fairly rare offering from The Alpine Beer Company, that may be only available at their tasting room at the brewery itself (when/if they happen to have it all). Which is a shame, since this is a great beer. Talking with the owner's wife, this isn't much more than the Willy infused with vanilla beans in the Bright tank -- 5 whole beans in a 50 gallon vessel -- for typically a semi-random amount of time. :)
Regardless of the "mad science project gone wild!"-aspect of this beer, this is really nice and drinkable. The vanilla is there at all times, but not so in-your-face that it detracts from the Willy -- a fine Kristalweizen in it's own right.
Another winner from the brewery, that hopefully will get more exposure in times to come.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6
A nice, light vanilla flavored ale from a great brewery. Not too sweet and kind of refreshing.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6
freezer burnt non-french vanilla ice cream aroma with a musty/oxidized tone to it...a light clear yellow color and thin head...Mellow sweetness hinted at..well..vanilla sweet accented water. no real body at all. i mean, its all good and light and foophoo...with the vanilla being sort of a essence kinda thing...but novelty in my mind.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
cloudy golden, little head if all. Smells much and very much like french vanilla ice cream. Tastes just like a vanilla cookie. For what it is, its really good.
