Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

Brewed by Breckenridge Brewery
Style: Porter
Denver, Colorado USA

Sample at the Hopsnobbery Collective Porter tasting at Dogbricks on 12/4/08. Opaque medium brown color with a minimal head. Malty aroma with plenty of vanilla. I would have thought too much vanilla would be better than too little, but rethinking that now. Also, this is more of a brown ale than a porter. Kinda tastes like Vanilla Coke mixed with Newcastle.

Let me start by saying I am not a Porter fan. However this one did not impress me as much as others have. Little carbonation and n head to speak of. More than anything the after taste put me off. This one is in the bottm third of the Porters I have tried.

Bottle. Creamed amaretto, vanilla, almonds and chocolate in the nose, perfume-like at times but overall enjoyable. Smooth and resinous texture is welcomed. Vanilla is heavy but fresh, vibrant and delicious. Roast is minimal, little to no bitterness, little to no astringency. Could benefit from some more roast malt character, but overall it is a decent desert beer when consumed fresh.

Dark pour with small tan head. Light nose of vanilla and roast. Flavor is cola sweet with with roast and just a hint of vanilla.

Pours a dark brown with a smallish tan head. Laces nicely as the glass empties. Aroma is tart and raisiny as is the flavor. There is a nice bit of vanilla that makes its presence known on the sides of the tongue, then recedes and lets the tart dark fruit take center stage until the final part of the swallow where it returns for a long mellow finish. A bit sour and too tart overall. If blindfolded, I may have guessed this was a somewhat turned dubbel. Missing the necessary roast to be a top rank porter.

Pours almost complete black with a tiny bit of light coming through. Almost no head. Overpowering vanilla with hints of chocolate and some roasted odors. This is a smooth porter with a large overtone of vanilla. A good pick up for someone not really into darker beers. Enough porter flavors without being to heavy or filling. Hint of burnt malt or roasted malt. Lingering vanilla in the aftertaste. Medium bodied with a lot of punch behind the flavors. I don’t know if you can have more than one. Its either the flavor or the heaviness or a combination of both. But just 1 thanks.

Pours a dark ruby brown with a medium tan head. Aroma is dark roast coffee and vanilla. Flavour continued with roast coffee and a burnt malt bitterness with a strong vanilla throughout. A little too sweet overall for extended drinking. Glad I got a single 12oz and not an entire 6 pack.

Bottle from Dain’s in Durham. Deep brown pour, off white head. All the normal porter notes-- roasted malts, lactose, chocolate-- but with a shit ton of sweet vanilla. If you want a sweet beer, go for it. Not my thing. Glad my wife ordered it so I could taste it, but would not want more than a sip. Seems to accomplish what it’s going for, though.