Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

Draft. Dark brownish black with a tan head. Good lacing Subtle vanilla aroma...it is what it is...

Overall Impression: Have had this one quite a few times over the years, and I use to like this beer more, but something about it didn’t work the last few times I had it, maybe too sweet? I’m not sure exactly.

Black pour with a tan head. I couldn’t detect much vanilla in the aroma or flavor. Nice chocolate and caramel flavor but nothing over the top. A decent porter.

12 ounce bottle poured in glass a reddish/brown. It has a sweet flavor which was plesantly drinkable but it wasn’t quite what I had expected. An after dinner beer at most.

Bottle, 6 fl. oz. Pours a dark brown/reddish beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is weak vanilla. The flavor is strong vanilla, way too much, and it leaves a sticky vanillataste in the palate. Overall this beer has way too much vanilla.

Bottle. Moderate malt aromas of cereal and mild coffee, light hop and yeast notes of herbs and earth, with cola, vanilla and bourbon without the alcohol. Head is small, frothy, light brown with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is clear dark brown with a red tint. Flavor is moderately sweet and lightly acidic to start and finishes lightly sweet. Palate is medium, oily and has a soft carbonation. I’m not used to having vanilla in my beer, but this fit this Porter very well.

Pours a dark brown color with a medium brown head. Aroma of malt, chocolate, and vanilla. Tastes of malts, chocolate, roasted nuts, vanilla, some coffee and maple notes. Very nice overall.

Bottle from Papago. Pours a mild coffee color with a trim tan head. Certainly doesn’t look like a porter. Smells of barley, malt, and raw vanilla beans. Tastes the same with an added note of baker’s cocoa. Very dry. Some cream or a bit of sweetness would go a long way in balancing this out.