Vanilla & Chocolate Porter
The Garden Brewery in Zagreb, City of Zagreb, Croatia 🇭🇷
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Winter Out of Production|
Score
7.45
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A vanilla and chocolate porter aged on French oak and rested on organic cocoa nibs and Madagascar vanilla pods.
Like velvet on the tongue - chocolate, coffee and dark caramel - it pours heavy with a very thick, dominating head. The aroma is strong dark chocolate with subtle notes of coffee and vanilla. The lactose and vanillin (from the oak) beautifully round the flavours together. A little thin and bitter, like a porter should be, this leaves a slightly roasted coffee bean sensation. After swallowing this soft bitterness gives way to a long lasting vanilla coating on the palate.
Original description:
Christmas Special. A vanilla and chocolate porter aged on French oak and rested on organic cocoa nibs and Madagascar vanilla pods.
Like velvet on the tongue - chocolate, coffee and dark caramel - it pours heavy with a very thick, dominating head. The aroma is strong dark chocolate with subtle notes of coffee and vanilla. The lactose and vanillin (from the oak) beautifully round the flavours together. A little thin and bitter, like a porter should be, this leaves a slightly roasted coffee bean sensation. After swallowing this soft bitterness gives way to a long lasting vanilla coating on the palate. 15.4°
Small caveat - each bottle (4100) has been hand tied and waxed by our brewery staff. You have to unwrap every bottle (like an xmas present) to get inside. ;)
Malts:
Pale Ale Malt
Chocolate malt
Beech Smoked Malt
Lactose
Caramalt
Hops:
Magnum
Northern Brewer
Perle 2013
Additions:
2.5 kg french oak
12kg Cocoa nibs
200 vanilla beans
Like velvet on the tongue - chocolate, coffee and dark caramel - it pours heavy with a very thick, dominating head. The aroma is strong dark chocolate with subtle notes of coffee and vanilla. The lactose and vanillin (from the oak) beautifully round the flavours together. A little thin and bitter, like a porter should be, this leaves a slightly roasted coffee bean sensation. After swallowing this soft bitterness gives way to a long lasting vanilla coating on the palate.
Original description:
Christmas Special. A vanilla and chocolate porter aged on French oak and rested on organic cocoa nibs and Madagascar vanilla pods.
Like velvet on the tongue - chocolate, coffee and dark caramel - it pours heavy with a very thick, dominating head. The aroma is strong dark chocolate with subtle notes of coffee and vanilla. The lactose and vanillin (from the oak) beautifully round the flavours together. A little thin and bitter, like a porter should be, this leaves a slightly roasted coffee bean sensation. After swallowing this soft bitterness gives way to a long lasting vanilla coating on the palate. 15.4°
Small caveat - each bottle (4100) has been hand tied and waxed by our brewery staff. You have to unwrap every bottle (like an xmas present) to get inside. ;)
Malts:
Pale Ale Malt
Chocolate malt
Beech Smoked Malt
Lactose
Caramalt
Hops:
Magnum
Northern Brewer
Perle 2013
Additions:
2.5 kg french oak
12kg Cocoa nibs
200 vanilla beans
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Dark brown colour with a red tinge, afew beige bubbles on top and aroma of dark chocolate, roasty, vanilla. Taste is sweetish, rich chocolate, roasty malt, coffee, vanilla, christmas cake, nutty, some bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry roasty nutty finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2020
at 17:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Blackish coloured beer with a strong off white coloured head. The aroma is gently cocoa and roasted, and the flavour is roasted with a mellow chocolatey‘ness about it and a gentle and long bitter finish. Overall a nice porter style of beer.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jul 2020
at 22:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
14/7/2020. Can from Beers of Europe. Pours black with a small beige head. Aroma of cocoa, dark chocolate, roasted malt, vanilla, touch of nut, caramel and coffee. Moderate sweetness and light roasted bitterness. Medium body, smooth, with soft carbonation. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2020
at 21:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Crowler from Morebeer quarantine box. Box with tan head. Lots of sweet chocolate, earthy roast, light vanilla, sweet malts, light toffee, light earthy oak, dead leaves. Quite sweet, light bitter. Medium bodied with slick feel. Ok but a bit weird sickly sweet.
Tried
from Crowler
on 17 Apr 2020
at 21:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Crowler from the Morebeer lockdown box. Black with a short lived tan head. Aroma of chocolate, cocoa powder, vanilla, toffee and dark malt. Flavour is above moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Crowler
on 15 Apr 2020
at 19:42