Abstraction - Vanilla

Tree House Brewing Company in Charlton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

Porter - Imperial Regular

Score

7.17

ABV: 8.8%

IBU: -

Ticks: 4

We are so excited to introduce Abstraction Vanilla! This batch of our Imperial Porter was conditioned atop copious amounts of Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla beans. The result is a beer that is in perfect harmony, with rich cocoa flavors meshing seamlessly with decadent vanilla character. To us, it invokes the same character as fresh baked chocolate chocolate chip cookies. Through careful selection of ingredients and experienced brewing execution we are able to construct Abstraction - a beacon of balance, elegance, and authenticity of flavor. It should keep well in the fridge for 4 - 6 months and can be enjoyed all autumn and winter.

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7.4

djd07 (28882) reviewed Abstraction - Vanilla from Tree House Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can thanks to Dave. Pours a very dark brown with small beige head. The aroma is cocoa and roast. Slick body, milk chocolate, roast, dry finish, very good.

Tried from Can on 18 Aug 2019 at 03:24

7.6

Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Abstraction - Vanilla from Tree House Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Canned 10/11, drunk 11/9/18.
Ebony with dark mahogany-to-slight burgundy-tinted edges in the light. Undetermined clarity with a medium-sized, tan head that fades steadily to a ring.
Vanilla is prominent in the nose and as much as I appreciate real vanilla beans, it just can't follow-up the Coffee version. That coffee was just so damned spectacular. Still, it's lovely and complements the dark chocolate, prune, raisin and plum nicely. No alcohol or flaw and no excess sugars.
In the mouth it's again very soft. Somehow the coffee and vanilla versions seem far less roasty/bitter than the base version despite a month of extra age on the base version can. Maybe the adjuncts just cover it up? Regardless, this is soft, malty but well-attenuated with low, engaging carbonation and tons of dark fruit character to add to the complexity. Milk and dark chocolate notes linger with strong, but not overbearing vanilla. I think the coffee added so much complexity while the vanilla is very straightforward here and not necessarily dominant, but very up-front. Still can appreciate the base beer, but I don't think the vanilla adds very much. There's already good vanilla-like character from the malt/barley in the base beer.

Tried from Can on 10 Nov 2018 at 19:39

willisread (9761) reviewed Abstraction - Vanilla from Tree House Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can shared at Lucky Bamboo share. Pours a deep brown to black with a small bit of beige head that dissipates. Vanilla forward nose with light milk chocolate aromas. Smooth and sweet on the palate...vanilla seems a bit muted. Lingering coffee and cream with some light cacao nib. Not a lot going on. --- Beer merged from original tick of Abstraction Vanilla on 22 Oct 2018 at 13:38 - Score: 7. Original review text: Late

Tried from Can on 31 Oct 2018 at 17:00

8.1

bookman65 (6047) reviewed Abstraction - Vanilla from Tree House Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a thick, oily black, with smallish, fast dissipating, tan head. Aromas of chocolate, coffee, burnt toast. Flavor is coffee, chocolate, dark fruit, and a light vanilla (surprisingly, this isn't more pronounced in flavor or aroma). It's smooth and lightly sweet, with just a touch of bitterness to the finish. I think the coffee variety is the better version.

Tried on 21 Oct 2018 at 17:21