Tallgrass Vanilla Bean Buffalo Sweat

This is Tallgrass Brewing's Buffalo Sweat Stout brewed with vanilla beans. It is 5.0% ABV. Tallgrass Brewing is in Manhattan, Kansas. 

The beer pours a dense black, even when held to the light. There is about an inch of light brown head, like café au lait. The aroma is dark roasted malt, bittersweet, coffee, char, dark chocolate, mocha, and light vanilla. The taste follows the aromas, the vanilla more pronounced in the flavor. The dark roasted malt flavors hit first, then a wave of vanilla, then a moderately bitter finish, that melds into an aftertaste that is a pleasant amalgam of all the aroma and flavor notes. This is like a delicious beer dessert.