Dark Star M&M Special Porter (Vanilla version)

Brewed by Dark Star
Style: Porter
Horsham, England

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Cask at the White Horse on the launch night, 20th Jan 2011. Has a much sweeter vanilla notes compared to the standard version.

Gravity cask at the Euston Tap. Pours an opaque, dark red-brown with a modest, creamy tan head. Quite rich, bitter chocolate in the aroma, with some minerality and hard, roasted malts. Has a nice flavor, light to medium sweet, roasted malts and bitter cocoa, just faint hints of vanilla. Medium to strong in body with fine carbonation. Hard, medium roasted malt finish, and again the vanilla is far in the background. Pretty good stuff, although I like the regular version better.

Cask (gravity dispense from a polypin) at the Rake, Borough Market on 20 January 2011. Dark red colour. Plenty of chocolate again. The vanilla was quite subtle, which suited me as I’m no big fan of vanilla. It did seem to produce a slightly softer mouthfeel and a some woody touches.