Some times stepping away from a project is beneficial & will refresh ones thoughts & opinions. The vanilla porter has been a staple of our beer list since we opened in 2011. Toward the end of 2016 there was a couple batches I wasn't entirely happy with. Later, I determined the cause was bad vanilla beans. Between the bad vanilla beans & the monotonicity of frequently brewing the vanilla porter I decided to stop brewing it for awhile. Not until I tapped a oatmeal raisin s