Leinenkugel's Snowdrift Vanilla Porter | Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

3.68/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

3.5/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

3.02/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

4.25/5  rDev +25.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

3.41/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75

3.68/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Smells of roasted malts. Taste is roasted malts as well as, vanilla. Mouthfeel is medium. Overall, this is the best beer from this brewery.

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3.53/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

3.5/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

3.61/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

4.41/5  rDev +30.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

3.85/5  rDev +13.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

1.64/5  rDev -51.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5

2.88/5  rDev -14.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

3.34/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

4/5  rDev +18.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

3.68/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

12 oz bottle from 2/2016, so we'll see what happens. Poured into Carton Dubvariant glass.

Aaand honestly, it's not all that bad. It doesn't touch the top craft brews, but it's basically what's advertised. Nose of roasted malts and vanilla a bit too faint (age?), but taste basically comes through. Mouthfeel way too watery, but you still get some roasty goodness and vanilla on the finish.

For a mass-produced porter, it's OK. Go ahead and give it a shot.

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3.21/5  rDev -5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Good winter beer, the heaviness you'd expect from a Porter, slight chalk taste, vanilla all the way through and a hint of coffee. A middle of the road beer.

Taste Rating in Words: Somewhere between making a snowman and shoveling the snow on your driveway.

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3.14/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

2.75/5  rDev -18.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

4/5  rDev +18.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

4.62/5  rDev +36.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

3.84/5  rDev +13.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

4.38/5  rDev +29.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

4.08/5  rDev +20.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

3.69/5  rDev +9.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75