Atwater Vanilla Java Porter

Brewed by Atwater Block Brewery
Style: Porter
Detroit, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Pour from a 12 oz bottle. Inky dark brew with off white head. Surprisingly faint aroma of vanilla and burnt grains. Taste is a little weak and watery - vanilla up front transitioning to a weaker coffee and burnt grain taste. Finish is light vanilla, maybe a bit of bitter coming through. If they could amp this up it would be great - maybe an imperial vanilla java porter....

This one was a bit dissapointing. Poured watery black with light fizzy white head. Very thin mouthfeel seemed watered down. Taste was vanilla extract with a finish of vanilla extract. I cant say it was terrible but it was just vanilla water.

Vanilla bomb. At least the finish has some bittering to it. If there was some more coffee or beer it would be better

Bottle @ home via a trade. Deep brown appearance with a small tan head. Boozy, raisin, slight chocolate, watery vanilla aroma. Tangy, somewhat sour, burnt malty, thin bodied, light vanilla flavor. Seems infected to me. Absolutely abhorrent. Definitely infected. Barf!

UPDATED: OCT 9, 2011 On tap at Fulton Grand w Erica. Black pour with thin head. Mouthfeel is thin and watery but aroma and taste are exactly as the name describes -- heavier on the vanilla than on the java, though. Don’t understand why this is rated so poorly. Drinkable and tasty; leaves a slightly sweet aftertaste in its wake.

On tap at GABF 2011. Pours a dark brown color with a medium tan head. The aroma is massive vanilla, some roast and coffee. The flavor is a rich massive vanilla, some sweet chocolates and burnt metallic coffee. Something like a cola.

Bottle. Aroma has notes of vanilla, chocolate and coffee. Very dark brown that sits almost black in the glass. Small fully diminishing tan head that left no lace. Flavor is medium/heavy sweet. Palate is medium bodied and watery soft. Overall a nice sweet porter.

Black pour. Aroma is as advertised: Vanilla and coffee. Flavor is super sweet; vanilla and prunes. What???

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2012 Bottle: pours a deep, dark brownish red color with a small tan head on it. It has aromas of roasty chocolate with a hint of vanilla. The flavors on this improve tenfold as it warms up, you get nice bitter chocolate and a sourness,it’s all balanced by the vanilla that melds it all together. I had this on tap at the brewery a few years back and will never forget how much I enjoyed it there. Good stuff.

Awesome aroma of chocolate and coffee when you pour this deep brown porter. Clean bitter finish with a hint of vanilla.