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 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from the honest brew advent Calendar. Day 3. A clear dark cola brown coloured pour with a lasting thin light tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, nutty malts, custard pudding, earthy coco, hint of banana milk. Flavour is composed of milky chocolate, mellow earthy roast, vanilla custard, biter coco. Palate is medium sweet, creamy, smooth, milky,
Tried
from Can
on 04 Dec 2019
at 21:59
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
The Garden Vanilla & Chocolate Porter - Christmas Special Porter - Flavored 849417
Lukt: Kaffe, karamell, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum. Smak: Kaffe, karamell, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje. Hvor: Melkebaren, Sandnes. Medium: Tapp@100ml@lanke, ABV@6,7%, Når@05.08.2019.
Lukt: Kaffe, karamell, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum. Smak: Kaffe, karamell, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje. Hvor: Melkebaren, Sandnes. Medium: Tapp@100ml@lanke, ABV@6,7%, Når@05.08.2019.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2019
at 13:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. It's close to black in color, with a small, firm, beige head. The aroma has roasted malts, cocoa and chocolate, with lots of vanilla, a good dash of lactose and a very vague note of licorice and booze. It's a bit thin on the palate, but silky smooth, with a rather low carbonation level. There's some bitterness going on too, but flavorwise it's mostly roasted malts, vanilla and cocoa. Sugary-sweet licorice, coffee and a touch of burnt malts in the back. Long finish. I'd love a bit more body in this one, but as it is now it's at least dangerously easy drinkable. And sure nice anyway. 190514
Tried
from Can
on 14 May 2019
at 19:58