Small Craft Advisory is back with another bold pour, and this time we’re cracking open Nuke The Whales from Eureka Heights Brewery — an orange vanilla bourbon barrel-aged imperial milk stout that definitely makes a statement before the first sip. The artwork alone is phenomenal and sets the bar high from the outset.

Once we got into the beer, the crew agreed it was very good overall, with a solid stout base and smooth barrel character. That said, we all felt the orange and/or vanilla could have been a bit more pronounced to really push this beer into must-have territory. Nothing about it was off-putting — in fact, it’s absolutely worth trying — but we debated whether it’s a beer you’d reach for a second or third time.

As always, we break it all down, share our tasting notes, and decide where it lands among our favorite stouts.

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