 hopdog (4458), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Feb 22, 2008 12oz bottle (thanks to my wife for brining this back from Buffalo for me!). She picked this up at the Flying Bision Brewery (maybe they are now contract brewing it vs. Wagner Valley?). Poured a medium reddish / brownish color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of burnt malts, earthy, some caramel, and light vanilla. Tastes of vanilla soda, caramel, and a little nutty.
muzzlehatch (4424), Burlington, Vermont, USA
Jul 9, 2007 12 ounce bottle from Beers of the World in Rochester, NY (June 2007), served from a Chouffe tulip at cellar temperature. A gigantic smooth tan large-bubbled head spews forth, filling 9/10 of the glass and me with dread (infection?); as it dies the glass is left smooth, and a hazy molasses liquid is revealed.....the aroma isn’t problematic, at least, although it is quite weak: vanilla and nuts, no surprise, but pretty low-dosage; perhaps a bit grapy as it warms up....dull, light, faintly chocolaty, grapy and a touch sour in the body, hints of rather old, not quite rancid nuts, no vanilla really, malts are barely in evidence....fruity, stale finish and milky, undercarbonated mouthfeel. umm, no.
DocLock (4047), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
May 2, 2008 Draft at Capone’s. This one is terribly under-rated. Poursn medium brown with a huge chocolate milkshake looking head. Nose is vanilla bean, chocolate, almond, caramel malt. The palate is medium in heft, perhaps a bit watery. The flavor was very nice, a mix of vanilla bean, caramel malt, chocolate, and brown sugar, all pretty well melded together. I’d drink this again in a heartbeat.
Lubiere (3146), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jul 4, 2007 A dark clear brown with a thin light moka head. A pleasant aroma of vanilla and light chocolate. In mouth, a rather light caramel with vanilla beans. Overall, rather thin. Bought at Party Source.
HogTownHarry (3141), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
Feb 6, 2007 Bottle (12oz). This one scares me a bit - I don’t know why, but I see the word "vanilla" in 9/10 beers and .... yikes. Very dark cola-coloured pour with an average fizzy-creamy (somehow) light brown head. That’s a pretty decent aroma - medium roast sweet malt, hint of hop bitterness, vanilla of course - plenty of it - maybe a bit of cola syrup in there. Taste ... okay, here it sort of falls down - like vanilla extract mixed with soda fountain root beer syrup over a base of boring generic brown ale - sweet, cloying, a little harsh in the finish. Light yet sticky body, effervescent rather than lively, almost stinging mouthfeel, syrupy linger and aftertaste - not too good, but better than I expected - really seemed more like a root beer than a beer.
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