Knee Deep Imperial Tanilla

Brewed by Knee Deep Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Lincoln, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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WOW!, Better that the original. Big, bold and well put together. Can’t even taste the alcohol.

Knee Deep’s hit parade keeps on marching. This is far and away the best porter I’ve ever had. The vanilla gives an enticing counterpoint to the roasted malts, it’s thick and chewy without being overly heavy. It’s a big beast of a beer, but restrained enough for easy drinking. A must try for dark beer fans.

I wish all beer was made by people who love beer this much. The secret of this beer is that they only add just enough vanilla to compliment what would be a fine porter on it’s own. This may be my favorite porter of ever.

Coffee taste with a hint of vanilla on the finish. Hides the alcohol well. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

A - Pours a dark brown-black color with a thin finger of frothy khaki-chocolate colored head. The head fades down fairly quickly leaving behind some lacing. S - Aroma is a mix of roasted chocolate malts, roasted coffee, vanilla, some earthy hops, and a touch of dark fruit and booze. T - Starts off with a mix of roasted chocolate malts with some caramel malts, vanilla, and a hint of dark fruit. Through the middle, some roasted coffee come through with some earthy hops, a touch of bitterness, and some more vanilla. The finish is a mix of roasted chocolate and coffee with vanilla, a touch of dark fruit, and a hint of booze. M - Medium-full bodied with moderate carbonation. Feels smooth and a touch thick with a sweet, roasty, and warming finish. D - Very drinkable. Nice big porter with a good balance of chocolate, coffee, and vanilla and enough body to balance.

UPDATED: AUG 5, 2012 Packs a wallop, smells delicious, tastes delicious, a freakin awesome beer right here. Vanilla bean and chocolate to the max.

Bottle from South Bay Liquor: Created a thin layer of khaki colored foam while the liquid was a dark brown that was near being black. Aroma is sweet and sugary with scents of chocolate milk, vanilla ice cream or extract along with a light roasty smell in the faint background. The drink is smooth with a robust profile of dark and roast malts that makes this is heavier porter worthy of an Imperial title. Flavor does bring out a bit of sweetness with hints of vanilla while also giving off a little alcohol burn in the finish as if I took a swig of a bottle of vanilla extract. Good stuff for the price of $8 a bomber.

Black with a deep, beige, rocky head. Aroma is sweet malts, light roast, chocolate, molasses, vanilla bean. Full, slightly silky body. Flavor has lightly roasted malt, vanilla, light chocolate, slight booze, lightly nutty. Real powerful flavor. Quite fricken tasty.

A black colored beer, with a beige head. The aroma of vanilla, dark malts, fruits with notes of wood. The taste of vanilla, wood, dark malt,hints of spices and bitter. The aftertaste is dry bitter, a little burny and a little sweet.

Courtesy of northernbrews

Bottle: The aroma consists of chocolate/cocoa, roasted coffee, and light vanilla. It pours a dark brown with oranges highlights and a small beige head that quickly fades to a soapy ring around the edges of the glass. The flavor starts with chocolate and a touch of caramel. The finish has light-moderate vanilla, cocoa, and a touch of roasted coffee. It light-medium bodied with mild carbonation.