Scotch Irish Vanilla Bean Porter

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

From cask at the Castle on King. Wow what can I say about Canada’s new micro brewed super star? The Pulled pint produced a sticky dead black ale with a rich thick mocha cap that lasted. Phenominal nose to this brew. Never have I seen 2 aromas marry with such a natural aroma...the vanilla predominate but does not "dominate" the aroma...Vanilla-toffee-cocoa-bready...wonderful nose to this. Rich body silky mouth feel, rich vanilla-cocoa semi-dry character. Up front the malts pound the tongue as I never experienced in a porter, astringent "char" fron black malt husks is subdued by the natural vanilla tones. Nid palate we get a swirl of cocoa, nuts, vanilla-toffee and a wonderful light bittering which supports the other flavors...finish is long and complex with light drying and bittering riding above the vanilla-caramel-coca tastes...light bready after taste. A world class flavored porter.....from cask there is none better.