Buckeye Vanilla Bean Porter

Brewed by Buckeye Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Lakewood, Ohio USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Very dark brown in colour with a thin tan head. 80% opaque. Roasted malt, vanilla & caster sugar in the aroma. Light to Medium-bodied; Decent roasted malt tastee with some sweet characteristics finishing with a metallic twang. Aftertaste bittered from the malt, sweetened from the sugars and tainted by the metal. Overall, a good beer, but could use some work! I am very lucky to have sampled this beer...large thanks go out to Jah_noth for this bottle from Ohio-Thanks Dan! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle on 01-November-2003.

Over carbonated, when poured into my shaker glass it was 3/4 filled with tan foam. Head calmed down to reveal a dark brown body. Vanilla aroma. Flavor of Roasted malts, coffee and vanilla. I was expecting more flavor from this Vanilla Porter.

Voluminous latte head, slowly diminhsing soapy bubbles, no lace. Aroma: anise, vanilla, bitter nut husks (walnut?), weak coffee, alcohol, mint? Mouthfeel light but oily. Flavor: earthy, weak hint of vanilla, vanilla burp, tang on finish. Not really my style, unfortunately. THANKS DREW!

12 oz bottle, snifter. Large, creamy, light brown head is somewhate quickly diminishing. Deep ruby-black body. Cookie, caramel, grain, roasted malt (H); plum, cola, vanilla, pepper aromas. Moderately sweet, lightly acidic flavor becomes a lightly sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter finish. Typical sour/tangy porter finish. Medium body, watery/oily texture, average carbonation, chalky feel. The bottom line is: aroma could be stronger, vanilla is lost in the porter’s tangyness, chalky mouthfeel.

Thank You to Drew for sending me this Buckeye.

Holly Cow! This beer is So carbonated! A massive hiss when it was uncapped and pours a gigantic kaki head. The flavor brings rogue notes of coffee, chocolate malt, but only vanilla in the finish.. Rather dry and tangy. The mouthfeel, actually the body in general, is too carbonated. It’s simply explosive as it hits the palate…. Carbonation is good, but explosive is scary~

The first vanilla beer I've had. Richly opaque with a foamy tan head. Aroma is subtly roasted with a nice vanilla presence. Body starts with a mild candy vanilla sweetness and transitions to finishing roasted and semi-dry. Goes down smooth and has a nice balance of flavor. Thanks Drew!

Nice black color,small brown head that faded quickly and left little behind.The aroma was roasty and nicely malty with a dark chocolate side and faint vanilla.Malty coffee taste with a mild bitter sweet chocolate and mild appearance of vanilla.The feel is fairly smooth and lacks carbonation even in a small amount.The after taste is malty and vanilla with a faint hop presence.The finish is smooth and easy to drink.A very nice brew,whether or not the lack of carbonation affects the brew in any way,it would be nice to try one of these with a little more to see what would happen.Well worth getting for a trial.Thanks go to Drew for this fine brew.

A fine beer from a local brewer! THICK and black (alomst chunky). Virtually no head. Slightly roasted aroma, with only the tiniest hint of vanilla. This is beer? Tastes like cold coffee to me! Thick and rich in the mouthfeel department. MMmmm. Drinkable! But filling.

Dark brown black with a medium tan head which is darker around the rim of hte glass. I can not detect any vanilla in the aroma or taste. A sweet burnt aroma with alcohol. An odd sweet taste, initially, that turns bitter at the back of the mouth.

Opaque beer with a thin tan head and an almost chalky nose. Very soft, oily mouthfeel. I didn't get a lot of vanilla out of it, but more of a bitter chocolate with a vague dusty metallic taste. This beer has very little complexity when chilled, but even at room temperature it disappointed me.