Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

Brewed by Breckenridge Brewery
Style: Porter
Denver, Colorado USA

This beer was suprisingly really good. Extremely smooth to drink and had a light vanilla and chocolate notes. KInd of a lactose sweetness hidden in the background of this one. Not that bad overall.

Wife and I are split on this one: I like it a lot, she doesn’t care for it at all. Rating is based on my opinion -- if it were hers, it would be much lower (about a 2.3, or so.) We both agree that it’s a very attractive beer -- it pours from the bottle a rich, dark brown with a creamy tan head. The aroma is fair, although I think the vanilla helps more in the taste department than it does for aroma. It almost gives it a somewhat "off" scent. It is a pretty good Porter, although I think it would be a bit on the bitter side without the vanilla addition. Chocolate and coffee tastes are both definitely there, but the vanilla predominates. This is where my wife and I diverge: She finds the texture "syrupy" and the vanilla far too overpowering and sweet. I, too, would make it a bit less heavy on the vanilla, but find it a nice complement to the otherwise rather bitter Porter this would be. I’d describe it more as creamy (in the Guinness sense) than syrupy. We also both agree that the vanilla is too strong in the finish. But, to my taste, this is a quite tasty brew.

Bottle courtesy of markwise. Pours a dark cola brown with thin white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of light vanilla, roast, ripe dark fruit, some hints of caramel and coffee. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of vanilla, caramel, ripe fresh fruit, chocolate, hints of brown sugar and honey. Generally medium body with a pleasing malty finish.

pours dark brown almost black with a thin tan head. aroma is sweet malty with notes of coffee and vanilla. taste is strong vanilla with some chocolate with roasted malts. some alcohol present at finish

12 oz bottle from Ryans Party Store in Port Huron Pours a murky dark brown with small tan head good lacing The aroma is malt and a hint of vanilla The taste is sweet malt and vanilla smooth going down and nice vanilla finish pretty good

Bottle to pint glass. Light black in color with a rather thin off white head. the hint of vanilla is a welcome compliment to the porter style. nice porter

Deep brown to black color in the glass. Medium to heavy typical porter body with a nice accent of vanilla among the roasted malt notes. Very enjoyable.

I’m just getting into the porters and this is drinkable. I’m not sure if that is a good sign or a bad one though. Not much vanilla note to me. Very flat w/ no foam.