**Vanilla Milk (Sterling Cloud) 3.5% (1-18-25)** -- Getting down to the LAST two in this series, with the Vanilla Milk. This one presenter exactly as it was named with a great Vanilla Bean, riding on top of a convincing Milk carrier. No creams or creameries here, but actually a very good milk. I didn't get any condensed, or powdered notes here, and the milk was JUST creamy enough to mimic a good whole milk. The Vanilla while presenting as much more of a clean Vanilla Bean, did have just a HINT of spicy-ness on the finish, that kept this one interesting.

At 3.5% it was somewhat full, and felt like a somewhat more relaxed flavor, and I'd rate it about a 5.5-6.0/10 on the strength scale. At times I did wish I had just a bit more saturation, but even as it stood, you could solo it. Sweetness was a few ticks below mid level, and I didn't get any off-notes, or even any complaints, with the exception of just wanting a little more LOL. If used with the right flavors it could pull the main note, but with louder/stronger flavors it could be overrun. All in, a simple, yet tasty two noter from Sterling, that was exactly what it said it was. Marking down, only for some lack of saturation/presence. **9.1/10**.