Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

Vanilla flavors VERY prominent...almost too sweet. Has a nice coating mouthfeel however.

Pours a deep mahogany into the glass, with dark ruby fringed hues and a thin ring of off-white lace that diminishes quickly. The aromas are honestly a bit musty and have some sour grains in there. The flavors do have some murky chocolates, slight vanilla hues, and some cherry in there as well. This isn’t horrible, by any means, but the mouthfeel, which is a bit zesty for the style, really muddies up the flavors at work and throws all of the contingencies out of balance. It leaves me wondering what it is that I’m actually supposed to be concentrating on. EDIT: I actually remember having this beer years and years ago at a Microbrew Festival, and this was one of my favorites of the lot. I can’t really imagine that this was what I was so hyped up about, and is actually a bit of a letdown now that I’ve rekindled my relationship with it.

bottle: poured brown with a thin head. Smell was of light with vanilla. Flavor was chocolate with a slight hint vanilla. Felt kind of thin in the mouth. I was really hoping for more vanilla. Not bad..just okay....un"remarkable"

Sampled on draft at the Flying Saucer Little Rock. Clear brown pour with ruby highlights. Nutty cherry with light chocolate notes. I picked up some vanilla but I only think because I was looking for it.

Bottle. Dark Brown/Black in color with a nice light tan head. Strong aromatic vanilla. Full body vanilla bean flavor with a sweet mouth feel

This wasnt bad at all. Pours out a darker brown color with nearly no head. aroma was sweet, malty, and of course had plenty of vanilla in to. Flavor did as well. Flavor was choco, and roasted malt, but the finish was all vanilla.

Picked up a sixer of bottles from my neighborhood grocer. Pours dark brown, nearly opaque. Notes of dark chocolate with vanilla undertones. Very thin in the mouth for the style. Decent lacing. Toasty but unsatisfying overall. Definitely a disappointment, and not a purchase I’ll likely make again.

Decent porter with almost no noticeable vanilla. Toasty malt flavor which is well balanced and not too sweet. A little watery for a porter, also not creamy at all. Pretty weak and subpar overall. Not much aroma to speak of. No hops or spices at all.