Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

Brewed by Breckenridge Brewery
Style: Porter
Denver, Colorado USA

Pours a clear dark mahogany with a thin-lacing wispy dark tan head. Aroma has some sweet vanilla and milk chocolatey malt Body starts with a sweet caramel malty and sugary vanilla flavor with a mildly bitter finish. Decently balanced and interesting brew.

Pours dark brown with a decent tan head. Smells of roasted malt, some spice. Tastes of pronounced vanilla. Like drinking a beer that someone threw a scoop of vanilla ice cream into. Very off putting.

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.

It’s a bit thin and finishes on a watery note, but otherwise I like it. Deep brown, almost black, and nearly headless, its aroma is taken over by the vanilla sitting atop a slightly roasted, sweet malt base. A bit of chocolate is added to the flavor along with a drop or two of cola and a mild nutty bitterness. Very tasty, drinkable... and thin.

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Near black in color with a diminished taupe head. Scents of molasses, black malt and cheap vanilla extract. Caramel and vanilla extract flavors. Hints of coffee, dark malts and roasted nuts. SOme how it feels a bit tinny. I hear this is Ok in beer bread.

Bottle: Pours a dark black color, decent head and lacing, can’t complain. The nose is roasty, plenty of bright vanilla and wood notes, some coffee and tons of sweet chocolate and cocoa. The flavor is.....oh my god, vanilla extract. Moving on. The finish is your reaction to the horrible intense vanilla flavor and syrupy sweet chocolate and vanilla notes. There’s no time for the palate to adjust, it’s like walking into a dark room then having a flashlight shined in your eyes. You just can’t react. Interesting attempt. An enigmatic surprise? Bullshit, this was a fucking blatant shock wave. I feel generous with this score.

Bottle. Not the darkest porter - deep brown/red with a scant head. Quite low carbonation. The vanilla is apparent in the aroma, coupled with creamy chocolate and toasty malt. Vanilla continues to come through loud and clear in the flavour with bitter, burnt malt and cooking chocolate backwash. Bittersweet mouthfeel - starts sweetish but the burnt bitterness lingers longer. Rather light bodied. Overall, pretty decent but doesn’t have the depth of flavours, or richness to qualify for the upper echelons.

Bottle. Poured black color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly diminished with good lacing. Moderate roasted sweet malt aroma. Medium body with a creamy texture. Medium sweet flavor with a light sweet finish of short duration. My expectations were not met.