Beer Of The Day: Shotgun Wedding "I wanted to like this more"

It called to me from across the aisle...."Brown Ale Aged On Vanilla Beans"....the siren song, alas, irresistable.

Like most fever dreams, the reality falls short of expectations.

BOTD: Shotgun Wedding
Country Boy Brewing (Georgetown, Kentucky)
http://countryboybrewing.com/

(From the website) "A malty brown ale conditioned with real vanilla beans."

True confession: I waited until the second can to write this up (the first draft trapped in my LBB, until it returns, but that is another story). I thought that the thin white head had dissipated because my glass still held a hint of soap; that its flavor might have been impacted by something I had consumed prior.

But no. What we have is in effect a very sessionable brown ale, light tasting and feeling, with but a hint of something not malty (the promised Beans?) but only because I am looking for it.

Sorry, Shotgun Wedding, I gave you every chance, but you just didn't deliver.

And if I ever see you again, as an imperial, aged on oak, you know we'll dance again.

My Rating: 3.75/5

Untappd Rating: 3.75/5

Prost!