Stone Smoked Porter with Vanilla Beans

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Escondido, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Big thanks to Mr. Durhambeer for the hookup on this one.
Pours a very dark reddish brown with a big huge fluffy off white head and lots of lacing on the glass.

The aroma is very roasty & more coffee than vanilla forward. There is a nice lightly sweet vanilla character in the nose. Pungent and rich smelling!

The flavor is sweet, and very vanilla forward at first, then it slides into a nice roasty bitter... almost espresso like boldness. The smokiness is light, and works well with everything going on here. It’s a nice play on sweet but not sugary with bitter but not astringent... Nothing is overly extreme but all flavors are at the same time well presented and very dominant. It’s really probably the most interesting and enjoyable take on the "Vanilla Porter" that I’ve had to date.

Bottle Vanilla aroma, which is kind of expected. Decent porter flavor tagged with an awkward vanilla tint (taint?). Save the vanilla, save the porter. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours black with an off white head. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla and slight smoke. Taste is smoke, chocolate with a finish of vanilla. Medium to thin body. The vanilla really adds to this. I hope they make this a regular treatment. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Poured a finger of foamy tan head on a darkest brown body. The aroma is roasted malt with the slight hint of vanilla. The taste is creamy with roasted malt upfront, vanilla in the middle, and finishes with burnt malt and wood at the end. It’s distinct, but a little disjointed. The texture is creamy with moderate carbonation. It’s a good good but if the taste profile was smoothed out it would be amazing.

Serving: 12 oz. bottle. It pours a very dark brown with ruby highlights and a small but lasting light tan head. The nose is a straight forward mix of vanilla and light roasted malt. The flavor starts off a little creamy with vanilla milk notes but an nice dry roastiness with a hint of smoke washes the slight sweetness away. What starts as full bodied ends on the dry side. A lingering vanilla note sits on the tongue. An interesting blend that works well together.

Bottle pour has a cola brown color and a thin coat of off white head. Aroma has roasted malt, light smoke, vanilla, some custard sweetness, and mild coffee. Mouth feel is medium and the carbonation average. Flavor has a well malted core, light smoke in the back, mild bitterness, dark chocolate, and a fair bit of vanilla bean that cuts the other flavors.

Nose very sweet succulent vanilla aroma not over powering. Very smooth lots of vanilla flavor smooth and silky. Would make a great IC float.

From a bottle. Smells like coffee and mulch. Very roasted aroma. Probably too much vanilla. Strong taste of coffee, cloves, smoke flavor.

The vanilla flavor really comes through in this and adds to the flavor of an already great beer.

Bottle from 16 Tons, Eugene. Pours opaque with slight tan head. Aroma is vanilla first, overtones of roasted malt and smoke creep in as well as a hint of sweetness. Body is medium, opens up at end to display a finish rich in roasted character, smoke comes on as finish proceeds. Honestly thought this would have been smokier and have more vanilla. Not bad, just not revelatory.