RVP (Robust Vanilla Porter)
Great North Aleworks in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.01
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft: Poured a black color porter with a medium size off-white foamy head with good retention and light lacing. Aroma of roasted malt with some black chocolate notes and light vanilla notes. Taste is also a mix of vanilla and roasted malt with some black chocolate notes and vanilla notes. Body is a bit light with good carbonation. Enjoyable porter with good balance overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jan 2024
at 00:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can, from Cambridge Wine & Spirits. Pours dark brown with ruby highlights, spongy tan head, faint mocha aroma, low carbonation, bitter roasted malt-mocha taste, very faint vanilla flavor, thin body, long finish. Robust indeed!
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2019
at 14:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a nice near black from a tap. Big sweet vanilla aroma and flavor, a little cloying. Good beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2019
at 00:11
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the source. Clear bright maroon color light tan head. Big vanilla aroma. Taste is vanilla on a background of dark roast coffee
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jul 2018
at 19:18
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Draught at Barley House, 12/9/17.
High clarity in this dark mahogany beer, with dark maroon highlights and a small, dark beige head atop that recedes quickly to a ring.
Light and thin in the nose, it right away seems a bit overdone on the vanilla and nor does the vanilla smell particularly natural (just extract it seems). Hard roast, some husk/malt astringency and very little base malt.
Fizzy, light, thin, undermalted body with syrupy chocolate-vanilla notes throughout. A bit fake and cheap tasting, with an undermalted body and texture.
High clarity in this dark mahogany beer, with dark maroon highlights and a small, dark beige head atop that recedes quickly to a ring.
Light and thin in the nose, it right away seems a bit overdone on the vanilla and nor does the vanilla smell particularly natural (just extract it seems). Hard roast, some husk/malt astringency and very little base malt.
Fizzy, light, thin, undermalted body with syrupy chocolate-vanilla notes throughout. A bit fake and cheap tasting, with an undermalted body and texture.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2018
at 17:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Poured from can dated 10/2/17 black with brown tinges and a tan head. Aroma is roasted malt chocolate vanilla. Taste follows aroma not overly sweet or too much vanilla. Decent. --- Beer merged from original tick of Great North RVP (Robust Vanilla Porter) on 19 Mar 2018 at 18:50 - Score: 6. Original review text: 10/2/17
Tried
from Can
on 19 Mar 2018
at 22:57
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz can bought in NH. Clear dark brown pour with a tiny beige head and poor retention. No lacing. Smooth and semi-creamy dark lager flavor. Vanilla is subtle mixing with dark chocolate notes. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2017
at 21:18
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Can from the beer store in nashua. Big black pour with a pillowy head. Smells mildly of vanilla. Robust flavors but never over the top. However, I do detect some urges to become imperial. Remains well behaved. Has shades of chocolate in the end. Not bad for a dark beer.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2017
at 20:53
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
12oz can thanks to Grant. a light dark brown to black. small head. Smells decent. Vanilla and cocoa are there. vanilla on first taste. Very thin body, a little chalk, finish is weak, watery and thin.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2016
at 15:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Thanks, John! "johnnnniee") Can. A- Vanilla, chocolate, brownies. A- Black color, black liquid, tan head. T- Vanilla, cocoa, roasty, P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, sweet finish. O- When they say robust vanilla, they mean hold on to your taste buds because they will be blown away with vanilla. At first I thought it might be a bit much, but as I drank it, I really enjoyed what it offered. Quite possibly the most vanilla forward beer I’ve had and yet remained balanced. Tasty no doubt.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2016
at 21:44