Vanilla Porter
The Beer Research Institute in Mesa, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
7.13
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a black color with a thin off white foamy head that died off at a decent pace. Sly messy lacing.
The aroma blends a robust roasty coffee edge to milk chocolate and vanilla bean sweetness and roastiness. Bitterness of the coffee beans are underneath.
The flavor brings about robust coffee bean to the vanilla sweet edge flowing nicely together. Sly ruggedness in the bean in the aftertaste with a creamy sort of finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly nice sessionability as a porter. Carbonation felt fine. Enough robust roastiness playing with the vanilla bean smoothness.
Overall, a very nice English porter with a nice vanilla bean smoothness balancing nicely.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a nice deep dark body that supports a light mocha colored head. The mild aroma offers up dark roasted malts and some soft sweet notes. The taste delivers smooth sweet malts and a bit of vanilla rolling into modest dark roasted malts. Toward the finish I seem to get a thin peanut butter sensation that adds to the experience. Solid.