Atwater Vanilla Java Porter - Atwater Block Brewery

ruckus232

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

12 Ounce brown bottle poured into a pint glass

Appearance: Dark brown in color with not a lot of head or lacing.

Smell: There is a coffee smell, like when you walk into a coffee shop more then the actual glass of coffee. There is also a just a subtle hint of vanilla, like the name would imply.

Taste: Based on the smell I had high hopes for how this would taste but I was a little disappointed. It wasn't bad it just wasn't great. It has a little bit of a roasted coffee taste and it is a little sweeter then I expected.

Note: I love the smell of coffee but I really do not like the taste of coffee. I don't think that influenced me too much but it may have played a little part.

Serving type: bottle

10-22-2012 00:33:22 | More by ruckus232

wedge

North Carolina

3.13/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Dark brown with a small, but nicely creamy beige head. Sweet vanilla bean aroma with undertones of chocolate and roasted coffee beans. Roasted barley, watery coffee bitterness, and a much lighter vanilla presence. Easy to pound and not particularly nasty in any way. Thin and a little astringent. It's okay, but you can tell that without the coffee and vanilla extract, the base beer would be a very weak porter.

Serving type: bottle

06-19-2013 00:37:04 | More by wedge

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3/5  rDev -8.3%

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2.75/5  rDev -15.9%

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4/5  rDev +22.3%

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Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +14.7%

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Tennessee

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Washington

2.5/5  rDev -23.5%

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Ohio

4/5  rDev +22.3%

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Indiana

2.5/5  rDev -23.5%

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Minnesota

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