Vanilla Joe
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales

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From:
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
 
California, United States
Style:
American Porter
Ranked #4
ABV:
6.8%
Score:
97
Ranked #763
Avg:
4.38 | pDev: 6.16%
Reviews:
14
Ratings:
174
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 03, 2023
Added:
Aug 18, 2012
Wants:
  24
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by yourefragile:
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Rated by yourefragile from District of Columbia

4.25/5  rDev -3%

Feb 23, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.16 by smithj4 from New York

Jul 03, 2023
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Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut

3.81/5  rDev -13%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Canned in 3/14/23; consumed on 5/1/23

Pours a ruddy, brownish-cola body topped with multiple fingers of fluffy, pale sand-hued foam; solid head retention yields a slim cap and thin, frothy collar as a chunky walling of webby lacing coats the walls of the glass.

Aroma opens to mild coffee easing into sweet, floral vanilla with soft, roasty undertones as hints of cocoa find edges of malty char and caramel lingering across the bouquet.

Taste brings tinges of smoke into baked caramel with a pointed, mineralic underscore; floral, vanilla sweetness lingers through the mid-palate into mild coffee roast to finish.

Mouthfeel offers a body on the lighter end of medium and a taut fluff of moderate carbonation phasing into crispness, with quasi-flaky textures remaining taut as a subdued, roasty grit eventually gives way to a clean dryness toward the finish.

Airy adjunct profile highlights vanilla as coffee roast over-integrates to passivity, leaving a forward sweetness coating more delicate, covertly roasty chocolate malts while remaining deceptively drinkable.
May 01, 2023
 
Rated: 4.28 by allenson21 from New York

Apr 24, 2023
 
Rated: 4.02 by WillieThreebiers from Connecticut

Apr 23, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by paulish from New York

Apr 23, 2023
 
Rated: 4.17 by rbrefbeerman from California

Oct 31, 2022
 
Rated: 4.74 by Beecham from California

Aug 19, 2022
 
Rated: 4.1 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Apr 02, 2022
 
Rated: 4.55 by LXIXME from New Mexico

Mar 30, 2022
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Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut

4.09/5  rDev -6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Sampling a cellar temp 16 oz can poured into a snifter. Canned on date 11/23/2021.
The beer pours a deep cola brown color with fluffy khaki colored head of 2 cm foaming up and fading to a clinging edge layering with tight lattice on the glass.
Aroma is some roasted malt and coffee grounds, a little of the green pepper note that coffee can sometimes impart on a beer. I dont get any hops nor any booze on this beer. The vanilla is barely present, buried in the background of this beer.
The first sip reveals a medium to light body with gentle spacious carbonation and a silky smooth texture. The beer drinks easy.
Flavor is roasted malt and some coffee grounds with a bit of sweetener. There is a bit of dark chocolate mixed in with the beer and this is the flavor that lingers on the swallow. I never get much vanilla and no booze either. AS expected the hops dont really show through on the flavor profile. This is an easy drinking porter with decent coffee and chocolate character. The vanilla is absent for me, but its still a good malt forward beer.
Dec 30, 2021
 
Rated: 4.25 by fthegiants from California

Feb 03, 2021
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Rated by bret27 from California

4.44/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Freshly canned for the first time. 4 days old, from brewery.
Dec 27, 2020
 
Rated: 4.4 by AWA from California

Mar 29, 2020
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Reviewed by acurtis from New Jersey

4.55/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On draft at the og capitola location. Insane nose of fresh coffee, taste is beautiful silky refined vanilla with some cacao and smooth coffee. Finish is slightly cola like, incredibly smooth and drinkable. I could crush these which is rare for a stout.
Dec 20, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by Montanabeerz from Montana

Nov 14, 2019
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Reviewed by lucius10 from California

3.89/5  rDev -11.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Sweet vanilla coffee bean nose on this one! Taste follows well with subdued vanilla notes and a prominent black coffee bitter bite. A little thin on the palate...expecting more vanilla.
Oct 16, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by dmk82 from California

Mar 14, 2019
 
Rated: 4.31 by RyanTheLion13 from Iowa

Feb 21, 2018
 
Rated: 4.31 by Nunya from Ohio

Dec 30, 2017
Vanilla Joe from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
Beer rating: 97 out of 100 with 174 ratings