Vanilla Bean Coffee Juele
4204 Main Street Brewing Co.

12 oz skinny can. No date on this anywhere...aw, what, shit...no!! it just overflowed onto my desk. Guessing this one's a "vintage".

Ghost in the Machine Teku, whatever is left over.

Mostly head, underneath it is a sparkling amber-light-honey body with medium transparency.

Aroma is mostly fresh vanilla pods and sweetly roasted coffee bean, with hints of honey and grain. Simple but nice.

Flavor is definitely blonde ale first and foremost, with crisp grain and slight floral hop. The coffee and vanilla notes follow up seeming to lay on top of it like a thin layer. There is a tiny hint of pepper from the coffee the more it is sipped but it is not obtrusive.

Feel is overcarbonated as expected due to the gushover, with some residual dryness and slight sticky parch on the cheeks and roof. No heat here as expected.

Overall, I liked this one. I'd probably hit up a 6 pack of it if I could find one with a date. I'm a sucker for coffee and vanilla blonde ales and this one does it nicely with a suggestion of creme brulee.

$1.67 at Friar Tuck's in Bloomington IL

 

 

 

Taste: crisp, yet real smooth semi sweet vanilla bean and coffee, tasty finish. Same with the nice aroma of this Coffee blonde. Amber/gold hue, slight haze, refined bubbles to head,some lace. Medium body. Nice after dinner.

Pours a clear golden color with a minimal foamy head that lasts quite a while. Aroma is vanilla, coffee and caramel. Tastes of roast coffee with vanilla and a hint of caramel. Sweet with a good mouth feel.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a foggy, murky amber-copper with a finger of buttery off-white head. Head retention is fair, with minimal lacing left behind. Aroma is bright notes of coffee, and vanilla bean, with buttery biscuit malts behind. Flavor profile opens with biscuit and bread malts before moving to coffee and finally sweet, sugary vanilla beans. Mouth feel is a touch fizzy, but otherwise crisp with a medium thickness. Overall, it smells and tastes pretty bright, but nails down notes of vanilla bean and coffee well inside a light beer.

Served in a 12oz snifter from a 12oz can.

On tap. Poured out clear, golden color with a small, white head of foam. It smelled of vanilla, coffee and some toasted caramel. Nice roasty coffee flavor with vanilla and hints of sweet caramel.