Smoked Porter - Vanilla Bean - Stone Brewing Co.

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rAvg: 3.95
pDev: 12.91%
Reviews: 361
Hads: 523

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Brewed by:
Stone Brewing Co.

California, United States

Style | ABV
American Porter | 5.90% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (222), on-tap (92), cask (28), growler (18), nitro-tap (1).

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Reviews by micromaniac129:

micromaniac129

Pennsylvania

4.3/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

The appearance is of ruby brown or chestnut brown deep. A fairly tall and dense head sits on top. Carbonation is say avg.

Smells mainly of rich malts slightly roasted. The smoke aroma is light and sutle and definitly not overpowering. Vinilla is lost abit. I don't actually smell it but smell the results more of a creaminess.

Taste is quite good. The malts have a roasted taste and the smoke compliments the malts quite well.
The vinilla gives the porter depth and another layer of flavor. Though to me the vinilla is almost absent it does compliment and round out the beer extremely well. I don't think a robust vinilla presence would work all that well with the smokiness of the beer.
Drinks smooth and creamy on the palette.
What a wonderful beer. The depth of flavor is fantastic, more so as it warms.

Serving type: bottle

10-07-2012 15:23:02 | More by micromaniac129

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larryi86

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3.88/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

12 oz bottle poured into a tulip

A- Black with a three finger tan head.

S- Roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla, smoky.

T- Lot of smoke and char, definitely in the finish, chocolate up front with some vanilla in the middle.

M- Medium body, good carbonation.

O- I was really hoping to for more vanilla and less smoke. I would like to try this fresher to see if it has more vanilla. Happy that I at least got to try it!

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2013 21:37:52 | More by larryi86