Brewery: The Matt Brewing Company
ABV: 4.8%
Serving method: 12-oz bottle in a pint glass
Born/Bottled/Shipped on: Unknown
Alright, it's time to get back on track with the beer tasting. November wasn't a major dropoff from the first 2 months, but it wasn't where it should have been. December is time to turn things around. Obviously I'm not spending my time eating burgers, so I should have plenty of opportunities to go buy new beers.
Or maybe Kathryn will have time to buy beers, like her Saranac Winter Pack. There were a few different beers that I was excited to try, but #1 on the list was the Vanilla Stout. It's a stout AND vanilla! That has to be delicious, right?
This beer, like most stouts, falls into the dark category. There wasn't really much head here, but that might be because it's been sitting in the bottom of the fridge for a bit. It still left a little lacing despite this. The aroma here is like a vanilla coffee.
Blah. This beer does not do justice to what I'm expecting for a vanilla stout. It doesn't taste like a typical stout, and that's not a good thing. There's a little bit of the vanilla here, but, as Kathryn put it, it tastes like a "soda beer." It's got a healthy amount of carbonation, and not much of an aftertaste.
Final thought - There were 2 Vanilla Stouts in the variety pack, and I won't be drinking the second one. That's pretty much all that needs to be said here.
-Jon
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