Sea Lord - Double Vanilla
Southern Prohibition Brewing

Following the 2019 release of regular Sea Lord, this Double (Madagascar) Vanilla version was first released on very limited draft at the 2019 SoPro Halloween party at the Taproom, where had the next day on draft into taster tulip.

Pours apparently absolutely black until backlit and then deep brown at the edges, with 1-finger, fizzing creamy tan head, which dissipates to a ring, but pulls decent lace down the glass. Big aroma of mild roasted malts, chocolate and sweet vanilla. Begins a bit sweet, but with noticeable carbonation, then dark chocolate, mild caramel malt, sweet vanilla, and some mild roast malts and significant hop bite in the otherwise sticky finish, which exits with perhaps just a hint of brine and some bitter roast malts.

It seems that the main effect of doubling the vanilla from OG Sea Lord, unexpectedly, is to bring out and reinforce the bitterness of the roast malts.