Vanilla Java Porter
Atwater Brewery in Detroit, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
6.01
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Coffee notes? Check. Porter notes? Check. A coffee beer that any brewer could make? Better check again. This is VJP – an easygoing dark beer with the makings of both a sweet-vanilla coffee house java and a smoky English style porter. Despite its looking every bit as black as a regular dark roast Joe, it goes down like it’s frothy with cream and sugar. Sip and ‘ahhh.’
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Draft from ginger man. Pours dark - obvious vanilla flavoring. not too bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2025
at 00:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Aroma was of coffee and slight vanilla. Color was dark brown with a weak head. The flavor was wonderful. The coffee vanilla works great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 04:43
5/10
Tried
on 02 Nov 2023
at 23:52
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried
on 28 Jan 2023
at 13:34
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 30/12/20. Light black with a moderate tan cap that dissipates edgeward. Nose is toffee apple, cocoa sprinkle, faint coffee, dark malts. Taste comprises dried fruits, dark malts, brown sugar dusting, toffee, tangy fruit esters. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. So so affair ... not much coffee on show here!
Tried
on 30 Dec 2020
at 18:56
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
24/12/2020. Can sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Pours almost black with a small off-white to beige head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, light roasted malt, vanilla. Medium plus sweetness, light roasted bitterness. Medium body, sticky texture, average carbonation. Bit on the sweet side but not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Dec 2020
at 18:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can: Poured a black with a two finger creamy light brown head. Aroma is vanilla, roasted malts. Taste is nice vanilla, chocolate, bon-bon like candy, malty.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2020
at 15:59
7/10
Mildly smoky vanilla coffee porter
Tried
on 19 Jan 2020
at 20:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours almost black with a small beige head. Aroma is largely vanilla, with coffee and chocolate notes. Taste follows nose. Finish is sweet vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2017
at 00:18
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
12 oz bottle from a grocery store in Upper Michigan. This bottle reads 5% ABV. Aroma is strong in vanilla, chocolate, coffee; roasty, hint of licorice. Pours dark dark brown to black with a one finger beige head that falls into a ring after a minute; leaves a bit of lace. Taste is sweet and roasty, finishing with a slightly dry bitterness; flavors are chocolate, vanilla, coffee, wet stone. This is really good. I don’t understand the low scores for this. I can’t find anything wrong with it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2017
at 21:31