Red Brick Vanilla Gorilla

Brewed by Red Brick Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Pours black and thick with a thin brown head. Starts sweet and then the vanilla kicks in, followed by the chocolate bitters. Very nice!

Had this at Top of the Hops 2013 in the VIP section. It was alright, but not as infused with vanilla as I was expecting.

Poured a thick, heavy, brown out of the bottle with a small frothy head. Right off the bat, you get sweet, coffee smokey flavors with a suprisingly good roasty malt flavor on the palate. One of the best porters I’ve had!

UPDATED: FEB 25, 2013 On tap at Mellow Mushroom. Deep brown color with a tan head that left good lacing. Aroma of vanilla, roasted coffee. Taste is smooth and sweet. Slight smokey aftertaste. Good beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours a deep, warm, opaque sable with a fairly thick and fine-bubbled tan head. Smoky aroma has a firm overtone of semi-sweet chocolate and more than a hint of vanilla, plus hints of caramel and quality coffee. Flavor - oo la la, like drinking a Hershey bar with Irish coffee! Strongly chocolaty, plus coffee, roast malt, caramel, vanilla, hints of licorice and woody hops. Absolutely lip-smacking. Firm texture has plenty of fizz and life. Where does a vanilla gorilla drink beer? Anywhere he (or she) wants to! :D

12oz bottle----tulip, Pours cola black with a small khaki head and good lacing. Aroma is heavy oat and coffee with a touch of vanilla. Taste is perfectly roasted malt and coffee. Palate is light and smooth, could stand to be a bit drier. Overall, a great porter that reminds me a lot of Founders porter.

On tap. Pours a clear dark brown with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has some vanilla with a combination of roasted malts and some smokiness. Flavor starts sweet with vanilla and sweet dark grains and is joined by roasted and smoked malts for a smoky finish.

The aroma is smoky with traces of vanilla and burnt malt. The appearnace is dark brown with smaller head. The taste is like the aroma. The palate is smooth. Overall not my style.

(12oz bottle courtesy of drowland). Pours dark brown with a thin espresso head. Aroma has vanilla, chocolate with some coffee notes. Taste is sweet with vanilla and chocolate mostly. A decent beer.

dcschiller with the hookup. Dark brown. Up front vanilla bomb, light chocolate and roast are overshadowed by vanilla. Flavor is vanilla heavy as well with a bit of toasty notes. Not bad..simple but good.