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Empyrean Dark Side Vanilla Porter

Empyrean Dark Side Vanilla Porter

Rated 3.233 by BeerPals
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Brewed by Empyrean Brewing Company

Lincoln, NE, United States

Style:  Porter

5.7% Alcohol by Volume

19 International Bittering Units

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Truly a one-of-a-kind. We balance coffee-like, dark roasted malts with the sweet, seductive flavor of vanilla beans. The result? A deliciously unique flavor.

ID: 8435 Last updated 16 years ago Added to database 22 years ago

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Statistics

Overall Rank16498
Overall Percentile69.2
Style Rank636 of 1446
Style Percentile56
Lowest Score2.4
Highest Score3.8
Average Score3.311
Weighted Score3.233
Standard Deviation0.446

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  • AIRFORCE1 681 reviews
    rated 3.0 10 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    Pours a very dark caramel color with a one finger off white head that goes down fairly quickly. Not much carbonation. Aroma is heavily roasted and slightly sweet. Taste is subdued. Hints of dark malts with a slight vanilla sweetness. A little on the creamy side. Not much to write home about.

  • FUNK 898 reviews
    rated 3.4 11 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Dark brown pour with a thin, off-white head. Aroma of roasted malts, nuts, chocolate, vanilla and a touch of coffee. Taste is similar with the vanilla sweetness becoming more prominent. A little more body would make this better.

  • BEAV 1788 reviews
    rated 2.4 11 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

    12 oz bottle. Pours brown with a thinnish meringue tan head that goes to a thin film and leaves a little lacing.

    The aroma is sweet nutty malts and lots of vanilla and some lactose.

    The flavor is sweet sugary nutty malts with some acidic vanilla and a little plastic roast in the finish. The mouthfeel is a bit on the thin and watery side.

    Overall, lots of sweet vanilla with some off notes that become more pronounced the more I drink.

  • LENUSIK 2067 reviews
    rated 3.4 12 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    A nice dark brown pour with a creamy tan head. Nice roasted character to the aroma with nut, chocolate and vanilla in the mix. Flavour is sweet and smooth with chocolate and vanilla competing in their long standing historical battle

  • BFELDMANN 1056 reviews
    rated 3.8 16 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

    Poured a dark brown color with okay head. Aroma was mostly a nice coffee. Flavor was a nice blend of coffee and vanilla. Thin for this style. Good beer though.

  • DOULOS31 1349 reviews
    rated 3.8 16 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

    Pours deep dark brown color, nice fluffy head and decent lacing. Strong coffee aroma. Deep coffee flavor with chocolate undertones and prominent vanilla presence. Good beer.

  • EAGLEFAN538 2299 reviews
    rated 3.5 16 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

    Poured a dark brown color. The aroma was coffee with touches of chocolate. The flavor was coffee, very nice vanilla, and a touch of chocolate underneath. The flavors melded together very nicely, a great idea, yet the depth just wasn't there. This one needed more malty richness to be excellent. The mouthfeel was light for a porter, a little watery.

  • WLSMOKU 236 reviews
    rated 3.0 17 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    sampler at lazlos. dark brown in color and a medium body. light head and no lacing. light aroma of coffee and malt. vanilla mouthfeel, but a malty aftertaste - not shabby!

  • DANSTING 528 reviews
    rated 3.5 17 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

    Sampled at Lazlo's. Poured a clear, purplish-brown color with an small, almond head. Slighty vanilla was a toffee and coffee aroma to it. This was very, very sweet, almost like a vanilla milkshake. Did not taste like a porter to me. Not horrible, but definitely not one of my favorites.

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