Vanilla Java Porter

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Vanilla Java Porter

• Brewery: Atwater Block Brewery (Michigan) 
  

• Style: Java Porter

• ABV: 6.0%

• IBU: 12

• Pour Color: A brown color once poured in the glass.

      Once opened and poured this one gives off that great coffee scent. A nice tone of chocolate comes off the glass too. The head didn't really come to fruition but left a creamy foam on the top of the beer. As it splashed up the vanilla was all I could taste at first. A strong taste of extract more then anything. After the first few sips the coffee and chocolate taste come forward with a nice roasted smoke. The vanilla really is the only down side of this nice full bodied beer. 
      Michigan checks in with this one. Really bold flavors and a thick full bodied beer. I found the vanilla to taste to extract like though. Maybe if it was toned back it wouldn't have almost a maple end to it. Pretty good overall if your looking to drink one. Two or Three may get a little heavy on a mustache.

Rating: ***

Alta Gracia Coffee Porter

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Alta Gracia Coffee Porter
  

• Brewery:Wolaver's (Vermont)

• Style: Coffee Porter

• ABV:6.6.%

• IBU:64

• Pour Color: A brownish red color that light still gets through

      A nice pour and color to this coffee porter. Didn't know what to expect cause it was on the lighter side of the porters I've seen. A nice chocolate and caramel scent off the top the glass. The head started fluffy but disappeared quickly. The taste was a nice sweet malty taste. Coffee, chocolate and caramel are accompanied by a nice smoked taste. An amazing balanced coffee porter that most couldn't pull off.
      As a huge fan of coffee beers I was excited to try this one. A real nice balance and a good coffee taste is what I got, and honestly what more can you ask for.  It's easy drinking not being to thick or dark and really refreshing. This mustache enjoys it greatly.

  

Rating: ****

Java Sutra

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name:Java Sutra

• Brewery: Three Heads Brewing (New York)

• Style: Coffee Porter

• ABV: 6.5%

• IBU:55

• Pour Color: Dark but lets through a little light.

      The Face poured this one and the head was high for awhile. A sweet almost caramel and roasted scent comes off the glass. With the first sip you get that nice smokiness. It's slightly sweet but also very bitter from the coffee and smoke. This one also has a nice strong hop flavor. Most porters just leave it for the malts to do the talking. This gives the hops a real strong character at the end of the taste. That, to me, seems to be the lingering flavor in the follicles each sip. This one is a really good porter.
      Java Sutra was the first Three Heads I had and loved it. The more they make the more I like of their beers. This one, like I said, has that great hop flavor on top of the normal flavors of a great coffee porter. If you start your Three Heads experience with Java Sutra because of this review, YOU'RE WELCOME!

Rate: ****1/2