Dark Side Vanilla Porter
Empyrean Brewing Company in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
6.58
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black Hills Beer Fest - Dark brown pour with a small tan head. Aroma is smooth with roast, espresso, and chocolate. Tastes heavier in the roast with light espresso and modest chocolate. Very light vanilla. Nice amount of bitters.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2011
at 16:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle. Opaque brown-black, with a solid off-white head. Vanilla, coffee, and some roastiness in the aroma. Medium bodied, with some vanilla coffee bitterness that fades into a sweet, malty aftertaste. OK, well executed I suppose, sort of a Creme Brulee light. Vanilla and coffee come a little too dessert-like for me. I’m not a big coffee fan though. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2010
at 22:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to drowland. Pours black with off white head. Nose of vanilla bean, spice, brownie and coffee. Very good nose. Taste of dry vanilla bean and spicy hops. Missing something. Not sure what on the palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2010
at 23:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle pours dark brown with a medium light tan head with spotty lacing. Aroma is thin vanilla and strong cocoa. Flavor is rich coffee and chocolate malt, brownies, vanilla bean, red bean, and toffee. Very rich porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2010
at 18:03
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Rating #1600. 12 oz bottle courtesy of hundred dolla Bill. Best enjoyed by 08 09 notched on the bottle. Pour is deepest brown with slight ruby highlights. One inch tan head falls with no lacing. Aroma of roasty coffee malt and some ashiness. Mild tobacco leaf. Not much beyond that. Taste is the roast, with some vanilla sweetness behind that. The finish is smoky, and a little charred. Palate is light bodied, medium to high carbonation. Nice enough, though a bit watery and one dimensional. Thanks for bringing these to the house Wild Bill.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2009
at 07:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Courtesy of our beer traveler Tpd975. Pours light hazy brown with beige head. Aroma and taste, of nice sweet vanilla, light roasted malts with the right touch of coffee. Was expecting a lot more sweetness of the vanilla beans. Woudln’t mind trying some more.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2008
at 17:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks to Sledge Jr for this one! Virtually no head formed when this dark brown brew was poured. The Vanilla was a no-show in the aroma dept, but there were some decent coffee and chocolate notes there. Lightly sweet and the aroma repeats in the flavor and the vanilla comes in at the finish. A bit thin, but the best of the Empyrean brews that I’ve sampled.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2006
at 18:56