Bakery: Sticky Bun

Name: Bakery: Sticky Bun
Brand: The Bruery
Rating: 3.97 (115 reviews)

The Bruery

Placentia, CA

Tavour Rating

3.97

Style

Stout - Imperial / Double Pastry

ABV

10.2%

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A Note on This Beer

Full disclosure: we’ve had The Bruery’s Sticky Bun before. However, there’s a good chance you didn’t see it last year – your fellow Tavour peeps gobbled it all up in less than 12 hours!

Before you get too annoyed with them, know that this is one special Imperial Pastry Stout. With roasty coffee and molasses aromas and silky sips that are like indulging in a fresh-baked, honey-drizzled cinnamon bun, you’d probably stock up on as much as possible, too.

And right now, you can!

We managed to secure a fresh-baked supply of this year’s Sticky Bun Stout, and man-oh-man is it as luscious as ever after Bourbon barrel aging with maple syrup, cinnamon, and pecans. And, at 10.2% ABV, it’s boozier than last year’s too!

Just do us a favor and don’t go bragging too much about your stash. We only have so much to go around!

*One heavenly mouthful of Sticky Bun, and it’s easy to see why the folks at The Bruery are 7X GABF medalists.

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Reviews

3.97

115 Ratings

shanna71

5.0

Bourbon bread coffee vanilla maple syrup

Batman556

4.25

Nice Cinnamon Roll after taste!

MattV

4.0

Surprised me with the pecan taste. Was enjoyable.

stefanie150

4.5

I felt like I was having my Sunday morning coffee and a cheat meal all in one with this one! It truly tasted like an amazing dark roasted coffee dipped sticky bun! I would buy up a hundred more if I could.

james4303

3.0

Was expecting more

john11997

4.5

More bitter at first but it tastes sweeter the more you drink

lilyann

5.0

The cinnamon helps ease in the Bourbon flavor, nice maple and pecan flavors. A bit of char. Tastes like a spicy dark hot chocolate.

larry881

4.5

Awesome liquid sticky bun. Fantastic maple syrup and pecan flavor. Wish I bought more than one.

john12112

2.0

I was pretty underwhelmed by this one. Had higher hopes. No barrel flavor, nothing sticky about it. Kind of a plain pecan stout.

nate1163

4.25

maple syrup and maple

riyad

3.0

I couldn’t get notes of anything except faint cinnamon. The beer was sticky and sweet, but I wasn’t particularly crazy about this one

stephanie1820

3.0

With a name like Sticky Bun I was definitely expecting sweeter. But a nice beer to have to change it up

dan14146

4.5

I now understand the hype around the bruery. This tastes like a Cinnabon mixed with booze. Amazing.

tamara80

5.0

It’s fucking delicious!!!

Vblacklabel

4.25

Bourbon forward, boozy and bold. Caramel forward and delicious

brian8310

5.0

So good!! Liquid sticky bun...

alec487

3.0

May be different than many Imperial Stouts you are used to. It certainly was for me. While most Imperials I have had have dark chocolate or coffee notes, giving it a robust flavor, this Pastry Stout is very true to its description and appearance. It is sweet and the head has a very syrupy effect that reminds me much of a sticky bun. I feel this beer should have a label that instructs people to have this with a sticky bun, cake, or something similar to compliment the beer with. With that being said, it is a very occasion oriented beer, as many Stouts are for me. This is perfect to pair with a desert. Otherwise, the first can I had was simply to heavy to finish. Not my kind of stout but one that does what it means to very well.

Kellerbeard

4.5

I’m always impressed when a beer gets everything on the can right. I got all of these flavors. The bourbon taste up front was helpful to offset the sheer sweetness of everything else.

rocktopus.biz

4.5

This tasted like a drunken holiday! I would definitely call this a fall or winter beer, and hope it comes out seasonally around that time again because I will get a case! Hint of cinnamon, very unique for a stout - and I've tried many of them thanks to Tavour, so I know this definitely stood out to me.

patrick37

4.5

Definitely can taste the Bourbon up front but the Pecans and Maple kick in to smooth it out. It tasted a little more boozy than it is but not enough to ruin the beer. I did buy 2 cans and waited until I drank it twice to rate. Loved it, glad it was in the crate

mathieux68

3.75

Maple in the beginning and cinnamon at the end. I’m experiencing an odd taste in the middle, which I assume is pecan. I also don’t care for the cinnamon finish. Maybe it is the type of cinnamon used.

jtwallen

3.75

It’s good. Don’t get me wrong. I did enjoy it, however all the flavors were very subtle. That beginning said, it hides the ABV well. It was enjoyable, but I would describe it as a BA stout for beginners. 😂

c4FatTony

1.0

If you like nutty beers, it's for you. It says pecans, but that's not what I get. The aftertaste is better than the initial taste, but still doesn't really taste like a sticky bun. Had higher expectations I guess.

lisa1360

5.0

Sweet, but a little underlying spice.

john3809

4.5

Life is sticky when you overflow your glass of this sticky treat.

christopher4839

3.5

Good flavor, but a bit too sweet

barry365

3.5

Not as good as I expected from The Bruery

BeardedDarin

3.75

I was surprised by it. Put my expectations as low as possible. It’s hard to fall from the floor.

david10607

3.25

Didn’t love this. Heavy bourbon flavor. Some light cinnamon notes. Beyond that, not much else.

curtis167

4.5

Love the pecan maple cinnamon just like the real thing with bourbon