Pappy's Secret Stash
The Alchemist in Stowe, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.40
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A vanilla milk porter. Additions of lactose and whole vanilla bean accentuate the balance of this dark ale.
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8/10
Tried
on 26 Mar 2025
at 12:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can at Alchemist 20th Anny. Pours a dark brown with medium beige head that lasts. The aroma is roasted malt and vanilla. Slick body, cocoa, roast, vanilla, east drinking, very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2024
at 22:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Canned Dec, 2023, drunk 1/18/24, at the brewery. Seems clear, dar. Dark beige head to spotty cover. More vanilla than either lactose or roast, thankfully. Rich, chocolatey milk-like with fruity vanilla and moderate coffee character. Clean. Chocolate-vanilla cereal milk. Low but ample toast bitterness. More vanilla, soft and fruity. Lightly sweet, medium bodied, moderate attenuation. Pretty good amount of flavor for its size and the vanilla beans are dynamite. Would like no lactose but it's pretty minimal, at least.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2024
at 22:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at the brewery. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla notes.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2023
at 01:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Pours black. Vanilla, milk chocolate, creamy vanilla, biscuit, red fruit. Lovely soft full body. Excellent:
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2022
at 03:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ MBCC 2019 - Red Session
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and lactose. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long milk, chocolate and coffee finsih. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and lactose. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long milk, chocolate and coffee finsih. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2020
at 18:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2019.
Appearance: Black colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, coffee, vanilla, lactose, chocolate.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Roasted malt, coffee,chocolate, vanilla, caramel, lactose.
Where: MBCC 2019.
Appearance: Black colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, coffee, vanilla, lactose, chocolate.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Roasted malt, coffee,chocolate, vanilla, caramel, lactose.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2019
at 11:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sample at MBCC2019, Copenhagen. Colour is dark brown with very small brownish head. Aromas and flavours: Vanilla, chocolate, milk chocolate and roasted malts.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2019
at 16:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
MBCC. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel and bread. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, sweet, bread, cocoa and a little bitter.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2019
at 09:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap @MBCC2019, Red Session. Black, light beige head. Roast, coffee and choc aroma. Coffee and chocolate flavour, malty, caremely.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2019
at 06:23