~ VANILLA PORTER DRAUGHT ~ 

MILL STREET

Sampled from a tin.  There seemed to be a widget at the bottom on the tin that I assume contained nitrogen.   This porter poured a dark brown with a slight ruby hue, with an off white head.   The nose is dominated by vanilla with notes of roasted grain, coffee and chocolate.    The taste has a lot of vanilla, followed by roasted malts, and mild bop bitterness.  The vanilla may have been a little over the top on this one.   The mouth feel was a little thin, as the carbonation was very low.

Hops: Washington State Nugget

Yeast: Mill Street House Yeast

Other: Pure Vanilla extract – made from cold pressed vanilla orchid bean pods.  – Apparently cold pressing gives 5 times more flavour notes than the conventional hot extraction.

Multinational Labatt’s purchased Mill Street earlier this month.  Mill Street will remain an  ‘independent brewery’ (what ever that means) and continue to produce the same product, but I am sorry to see Canadian ownership go.

5% from Toronto, Ontario    IBU 29