Vanilla Cypress Shade is our decadent new imperial stout, Cypress Shade, but further aged atop a bed of Ecuadorian and Ugandan vanilla beans after spending two years in J.T. Meleck’s original rice whiskey barrels. VCS drinks sweeter than CS, with notes of apricots, plums, and cherries from the Ecuadorian beans, mocha undertones from the Ugandan beans, and clocks in at 13% ABV.