3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the Govnors Brew Pub. Poured a medium golden color with a small sized white head. Aromas of vanilla and I was getting sugar cone (the ones you scoop ice cream in) and belgian waffles. Tastes of vanilla and belgian waffles.
2.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Pour is clear golden with a thin white head...smell is strongly sweet with vanilla pouring out...taste is lightly toasty grainy and strongly sweet and overpoweringly vanilla...sticky and cloying...
3.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Less beer-y, more actually close to Creme Soda than the average Vanilla Creme "ale." I love the smell, hence the high rating. Taste wasn’t bad, and went down easy. Tappped at the ’06 Brew Daze.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Had this one on draught at Brew Daze 2006. Straw yellow pour with a strong nose of chocolate and vanilla. Tasted like cream soda. Kind of a "kiddy beer" but I liked it the same.
3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Tap at brewery. Pours thin and gold with an aroma of rich vanilla. Tastes like lemon-vanilla ice cream. Palate is watery. A bit more work and this could be quite good.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
This one had the anemic golden/yellow look, with the shortlived head. Malt wasn’t very noticeable, or the hops. The vanilla was up front and overwhelming. Drinkable, but not for more than one.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
This is almost offensive to me. But more bothersome is that the waitress actually suggested it to someone in our group. I guess it sells.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: MAY 19, 2006 The commercial description reads, "Smooth and well-bodied, this golden colored ale has just a hint of vanilla." (I added the emphasis.) The hint of vanilla in the aroma was like snorting a freshly opened bottle of extract. The hint in the flavor was like drinking some cream soda. I rated as high as I did only because cream soda brings back fond childhood memories. <font size=-4><a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp? Public House, Lake in the Hills, IL<font size=-1>
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Big fake vanilla extract aroma and flavor...very crudely done. Good creamy texture but not much else going on.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pale whitish-yellow with no movement elsewhere. Aroma is cream soda, white chocolate morsels, crisp lemons and cream puffs. Flavor is 80% cream ale and 20% vanilla syrup sweetener. Some crisp lager-style lemon accents closely followed by a prevailing sweetness of vanilla frosting. Somewhat perplexing but, at the same time, unusually enjoyable.
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