Moonblind (Coffee//Vanilla)

Moonblind consists of various base stouts aged in Heaven Hill barrels that have slumbered for 14-22 months. In this variant, we built off the the marzipan and vanilla foundation that we get from the barrel character. It felt like a no-brainer to go with a heavy-handed addition of Madgascar vanilla from Sava Trading Company, and of course, coffee. For the coffee portion, we were particularly selective in looking for a standout lot of coffee that Messenger could custom roast for us. We settled on a Honduran coffee from Jesus Sabillon that we think nudged the beer over the edge with notes of praline and milk chocolate.