Tanilla

On tap at The Ginger Man, NYC. A dark brown beer with a dense, finger-thick off-white head. The aroma is roasted and lightly nutty in the back, with lots of vanilla. Some chocolate too. There’s a nice bitterness in the flavor, some coffee and chocolate, even some roasted malts, and lots of vanilla that lasts forever. It’s medium to full-bodied and nicely carbonated. Overall, sure it’s nice, but there’s way too much vanilla going on. 150624

Draught @ The Ginger Man, New York, NY
Pours dark reddish brown with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, cocoa and vanilla. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long roasted, chocolate, cocoa and vanilla finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

22 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 10/15/2014. Pours crystal clear very dark brown color with a 2 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big vanilla, caramel, toffee, milk chocolate, creamed coffee, toast, and light herbal. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt and vanilla notes; with good strength. Taste of vanilla, caramel, toffee, milk chocolate, creamed coffee, toast, and light herbal. Slight herbal/roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of vanilla, caramel, toffee, milk chocolate, creamed coffee, toast, and light herbal on the finish for a good bit. Good complexity and solid robustness of dark/roasted malt and vanilla flavors; with a great malt/vanilla balance and minimal cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and fairly creamy mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good vanilla porter. All around good complexity and solid robustness of dark/roasted malt and vanilla flavors; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

22 ounce bottle poured into a Belgian snifter. Pours dark brownish black with close to two fingers of tan head. Decent lacing. Aromas of vanilla, vanilla extract, milk and dark chocolate, roast. Tasting notes of vanilla, milk and dark chocolate, toffee, light roast. Medium body with a dry finish. Medium carbonation, slightly creamy mouthfeel. Pretty decent.

From bottle to glass. Moderate soft vanilla and high roast. Very dark brown and clear with a beige head. Moderate webbing. Flavor is overt roast and coffee with a slight artificial vanilla backing. Astringent.

Bottle - Roast malts, coffee and some vanilla. Jet black with a decent beige head. Chocolate and coffee, vanilla is a bit lost. Bitter and almost acrid finish.

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty vanilla and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty vanilla and coffee flavor with hints of chocolate. Has a roasted malty vanilla and chocolate finish.

Bottle. Pours black with an off white head. Nose and taste of vanilla, burnt chocolate malt and coffee. Taste is a bit burnt/burnt barley. Medium body.

Bomber from Total Wine West Richmond, VA. Pours a clear dark reddish brown color with a large frothy brown head. Decent head retention. Aroma of roasted malts, vanilla, chocolate and a faint hop finish. The taste is basically melted ice cream... chocolate and vanilla with a finish of roasted malts and faint hops. Medium bodied, slight bitterness, average carbonation. Not bad, but a bomber’s worth seems like it might be a bit much.

Bottle brought back from SoCal trip. Clear dark brown with a full lasting tan head. Slightly sweet woody roasted aroma with some vanilla. Pretty mild. Nice bold roasted flavor with some coffee and a bit of ash and fairly barrel aged tasting for a non BA beer. Decent bitterness at the end and a slight metallic note. Fairly thin dry pallate and appropriately soft carbonation. Don’t pick up much Vanilla. Decent all around porter.