Vanilla porter by BrewDog, from a can bought at BrewDog Brussels, thanks Craftmember for sharing. Thick, papery-lacing, yellowish beige, mousy head on a blackish beer with still deep chestnut brown edges. Aroma of dry beef stock cubes, dry cocoa nibs and even ‘Nesquik’ chocolate powder, ground hazelnuts, old toast, fresh coffee beans somewhere and only subtle background vanilla. Restrainedly sweetish onset, quite outspoken ‘meaty’ umami, sourish undertone, medium fizz; slick nutty maltiness with a bitter-chocolatey edge as well as a vague blood-like metallic accent. Ground hazelnuts and old black coffee appear as well, the latter bringing roasted bitterness blending with a spicy hop touch. Sourish, bitter and umami flavours linger, while the vanilla remains understated – too much so for me, I don’t like it being this vague if it is promised to me, but then I guess the can wasn’t all that fresh anymore either… Fine porter, but I expected more from BrewDog.

Shared at Brewdog/Overworks tasting, Zil Verne. Almost black color with mediu my beige head. Aroma of caramel, chcocolate, latte, light roastiness. Taste, dark malt, chocolate, vanilla, pralines, toffee. Nice.

Can at a tasting. Rich and intense, fully malty. Full body, med-high carbonation. Lots of chocolate and toffeeish caramel, also assertive vanilla and a bit of milkiness. Easy drinking, balanced sweetness-bitterness at equal moderate level. Quite tasty and good.

A colablack beer, a head is medium and beige. Aroma has chocolate, roastiness, some vanilla. Taste has roastiness, chocolate, vanill, nice. Medium- bodied. Pretty simple. Good.

Smell of roasted malt. Black colour, brown head. Aroma of vanilla, roasted malt, lactose. Sweet. Soft carbon.

Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours practically black with creamy and fine whitish foam. Aroma is delicate/weak of chocolate and coffee. Body is average, somehow creamy, with moderate carbonation. Taste is fairly sweet, liquorish, with medium bitterness from roastiness. Final is fairly long with some bitterness.