Imperial Tanilla
Knee Deep Brewing Company in Auburn, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.42
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 oz bottle poured into a Spiegelau tulip. Bottled 11/4/2014. Black with two fingers of frothy tan head. Aromas of roasty notes, light vanilla, a bit of chocolate, caramel. Tastes of roast, sweet coffee, slight vanilla, bits of dark fruit, some chocolate, light booze. Medium-full body with a dry and warm finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2015
at 02:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Dark mahogony beer with a tan head. Caramel and malt aroma. Caramel and light toffee flavor with light vanilla. Medium bodied. Caramel and light toffee lingers with light coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2014
at 08:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bomber pours with a deep clear amber body supporting a tan head of foam. The aroma offers up toasty toffee and caramel as well as some dark roasted malts and more toffee into the end of the draw. The taste is similar with dark roasted maltiness, toasty almost burnt toffee and then a thick layer of yum. I get an additional note of caramel like sweetness joining in into the finish. Pretty nice.
Tried
on 07 May 2013
at 19:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber from BevMo Valencia. Nose is coffee, chocolate, and some vanilla with background hints of smoke and roast. Black with a medium, lightly lacing tan head. Flavor is coffee, milk chocolate, a slight bitterness, light sweetness, and a little vanilla. Body is barely medium thick and the finish is a bit of bitter chocolate.
Tried
on 20 Nov 2012
at 10:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Black with a deep, beige, rocky head. Aroma is sweet malts, light roast, chocolate, molasses, vanilla bean. Full, slightly silky body. Flavor has lightly roasted malt, vanilla, light chocolate, slight booze, lightly nutty. Real powerful flavor. Quite fricken tasty.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2012
at 15:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at GABF 10/11/2012, thanks to Bluemeow76 for assistance with note-taking. Brown-black pour with a medium tan head and strings of lacing. Aroma of malt and vanilla. Full-bodied with flavors of sweet malt, vanilla and milk chocolate. The finish is sweet with a vanilla/chocolate aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2012
at 12:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Opaque black liquid with medium to big, firm light tan head. Aroma of vanilla, chocolate, biscuit, light coffee, caramel, earth and bread. Nice. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with notes of coffee, vanilla and chocolate. Full bodied with medium carbonation and very velvety, smooth mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2012
at 12:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours dark ruddy brown with a small bubbly tan head. Aroma is chocolate with a hint of smoke, with some vanilla. Med + body. Flavor is chocolate (still with a hint of smoke), smooth burnt malt, vanilla, and maybe something a little herby like anise. Also suggestions of toffee/treacle. Not a hint of the heat. With time it turns a bit astringent. Quite a taste treat, and it seems rather complex to me.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2012
at 18:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours black with light tan head. Nose/taste of vanilla bean. coffee and roasted chocolate malt. Finishes dry vanilla bean and chocolate malt roast. Body a little thin for the ABV. Smooth. Alcohol well hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2012
at 16:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap. Pours with a near black hued body with a small tan head. Some minor lacing. Aromas are of vanilla, coffee, mild roast, chocolate, alcohol and a lot of dark fruit esters. Flavors are of coffee, roast, dark fruit, bready, chocolate, mild coffee, licorice, some toasted coconut, dark fruit. Acidic currants dominate a bit. Viscous. Warming. Alcohol really sneaks up. Thinner body for the abv, lower carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Feb 2012
at 22:30