Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

Brewed by Breckenridge Brewery
Style: Porter
Denver, Colorado USA

Bottle. Pours a ruby body with an off white head. Mineral and chocolate, lightly nutty with a hint of vanilla and coffee bitterness. Thin dry body. okay.

Really a pretty terrible beer. I expected something rich and sweet. Possibly even something bittersweet. This was a study in the porter flavor fighting the vanilla flavor and both flavors losing. This was truly one of the worst beers I’ve ever had- especially when you factor in the expectations of a micro. Avoid at all costs.

12oz Bottle: Pours a murky dark brown, what little head had presented itself was not long for this world. Aroma is very sweet, malty, chocolate, cinnamon bread, and some sour lemon(?) for good measure. I love a beer that delivers what it promises and the vanilla is robust, up front, and not at all difficult to find. Roasty malts, sweet chocolate, just a hint of hops. I love the vanilla but it does perhaps overpower any subtleties that may exist otherwise, but I still must say I thoroughly enjoyed this. The aftertaste is great, I’d do this again anytime.

Dark brown pour with minimal head. Aroma is vanilla and toasted grain. Flavor is very vanilla. It’s an okay brew, but pretty one dimensional. Funny, I used to really like this stuff.

What can I say? I bought a sample case of Breckenridge that included Avalanche, Pandora’s Bock, Vanilla porter, and Oatmeal stout. Not a one of these beers is really any good. I use them for marinades and drink better stuff. Sorry Breckenridge. Try another brewer.

Dark pour with a tan head, caramel and vanilla aroma, taste is heavy with vanilla, coffee and dark chocolate. Finishes malty and a bit dry.

This is an old school favorite of my wife. I’ve always thought it drank pretty good too. This pours a deep reddish brown with a small tan head, looks a lot like the one in that picture over there. Aroma is nice with a big roasty coffee character, and light notes of vanilla and chocolate. Vanilla basically dominates the flavor of this beer, and it’s a little sticky sweet with the vanilla. However a bitter deep coffee like roastiness along with a small but effective hop presence seems to balance this out to make it particularly more quaffable. There is also a good chocolate flavor too the beer as well but the coffee/vanilla thing eclipses too many subtleties. Palate is mildly watery.

A pretty good porter, I was hoping for more of a vanilla aroma and taste. However, this is a well balanced beer and I would drink it again. Nice dark color, not very much aroma. Like most porters it had little head, little carbonation.