Favorites Friday!

I don't have any children, but if I did, and I had many, I would imagine it would be difficult to select which one I like the best. I feel this way about beer, selecting one as the "best" would be impossible. I don't have a single favorite. I have a constellation of favorites. Fridays will be my day to embarrass my "beer children" by bragging about their accomplishments on a public forum. Here he is:

                                                 Vanilla Java Porter
                                           Atwater Brewery, Detroit                                

                        I bought this 6 pack for $8.00 at Meijer. Specialty stores probably sell it by the bottle (Siciliano's does!)

I used to think I was NOT a dark beer girl. I thought dark beer would be filling, and hoppy, and smoky and gross. This changed my beer outlook on life. I love coffee, I love vanilla and now I love porters. This beer is perfect as you transition into porters or stouts. At a decent 6.00% alcohol by volume, it is still very drinkable. I like to think of the Vanilla Java Porter as a treat, or dessert beer. There are some people who actually think this beer is too sweet, obviously I am not one of those naysayers. The aroma of vanilla is heavenly, so make sure to put it a glass and take a big sniff. In the picture above I used a Russian Imperial Stout glass, which did the trick. This is not a drink to keep in the bottle, so lovingly pour it into a glass, put your feet up and Treat. Yo. Self.

You're going to love it.