Anything of 'new' interest on the liquor store run, Scott?
No, very disappointed. If you don't like pumpkin beer, which I don't there's very little new stuff of interest. Joe Canal's lately is stagnant
Well, Shit. Had a couple Breckenridge Vanilla Porters last night. Not the best vanilla porter I've ever had, but still pretty tasty none-the-less.
I don't mind Vanilla Porter but I consider it a good basic one that won't disappoint but won't floor you either.
Most vanilla's to me taste like an artificial flavoring additive rather than something integrated with the mash and fermentation. Not a big fan.
I thought you were the Peanut Butter expert?
Coffee and chocolate as well, but as I said there is a different effect on the taste if the actual ingredients are included from the beginning of the fermentation instead of as additives afterwords...like a syrup shot in a Starbucks coffee.
You could just say you just don't like vanilla and leave it at that. 
Personally, I may agree, but vanilla itself doesn't have that large a flavor spectrum like chocolate and coffee. So, there's not going to be a whole lot of differences in vanilla beers as the main focal point. It's more used as an enhancer/accompaniment to the other stronger flavors. Not the feature characteristic.
Also with chocolate and coffee there are lots of different ways to impart the flavors. You can use chocolate hops, add cocoa nibs, bakers chocolate, chocolate malt and any number of iterations. With coffee, you can do coffee beans (cracked, ground or whole), instant coffee, brewed coffee added later....so all sorts of options.
