Vanilla Porter
Breckenridge Brewery

 

 

12oz bottle. Label has the message of 'BEST ENJOYED BY 14MAR24'.
Clear, amber brown colored body. One finger of light tan head, which recedes to islands and a ring. Any lacing spots follow the glass down into the body.
Aroma of roasted malts and sweet vanilla.
Taste follows and expresses sweetness from the roasted malts and the vanilla. Low bitterness. All continue in the extended aftertaste.
Thinner than medium mouth feel. Some tongue sting. Okay carbonation.
Good blend of roasted malts and vanilla. Sessionable.

 

Poured from a 12-oz can well within its date range into a snifter (we’re camping, and snifters are all we have with us).

Appearance: Amber brown, with a 1” light tan head that dissipated pretty quickly but left adequate lacing.

Nose: Medium roast, fresh stone and dried fruit.

Mouthfeel: Medium, smooth, sufficient carbonation.

Attack: Medium roast, malt, vanilla.

Finish: Hop bitterness to balance.

Overall: Not as intensely flavored as most porters, but very easy drinking; this is a sessionable porter. Very reminiscent of a Leinenkugel Snowdrift Vanilla porter. I’d buy it again in a heartbeat — absolutely our Poured from a 12-oz can well within its date range into a snifter (we’re camping, and snifters are all we have with us).

Appearance: Amber brown, with a 1” light tan head that dissipated pretty quickly but left adequate lacing.

Nose: Medium roast, fresh stone and dried fruit.

Mouthfeel: Medium, smooth, sufficient carbonation.

Attack: Medium roast, malt, vanilla.

Finish: Hop bitterness to balance.

Overall: Not as intensely flavored as most porters, but very easy drinking; this is a sessionable porter. Very reminiscent of a Leinenkugel Snowdrift Vanilla porter. I’d buy it again in a heartbeat — absolutely our favorite of the several Breckenridge beers we sampled in our create-your-own sixpack..

 

From a mixed 15 pak of 12 oz cans poured into a chilled pint glass. Pours a deep, clear reddish brown color with a faint off white head that quickly dissipates and leaves behind no lacing. Aroma is faint vanilla like a Vanilla Coke. Taste is light and crisp with distinct sweet vanilla aftertaste. Mouthfeel is very light and not chewy as I prefer with a porter. Drinks more like a flavored brown ale or vanilla Coca-Cola. Ok, but not my style as far as porters go.

 

 

 

 

Still going through old reviews and posting them here

Pours dark with a thin off white head

Vanilla, nutty and dark aroma

Clear and present vanilla, some dark nutty chocolatey undertones

Light, easy carbo and moderate to thin body

 

Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a nonic pint.

Look - Deep dark amber, kind of a root beer color. Gorgeous shade. Head is fluffy, billowing with life, a bright cap on the mellow body. A very attractive looking beer, could be a hair darker though.

Smell - Fairly weak. Initial note is just metallic, but some toasted grains poke through after a bit. No real vanilla or anything though.

Taste - Vanilla and milk chocolate. Doesn't even register as a beer really, more of some kind of dessert drink. It's not obnoxious or in-your-face though, it's got a bit of class and sophistication.

Feel - A bit too thin-bodied for how I typically enjoy my dark beers. Could do with a bit more sparkle and pep as well.

Overall - Eh, it's ok. For a random bottle somebody left in my fridge after a party, I can't complain. It makes for a decent weekday after-dinner sipper, just a nice little tasty treat to finish the day.

no head, thin looking, unremarkable brown color, fairly thin mouthfeel, overtly sweet vanilla smell and taste. Like an alcoholic version of a vanilla flavored soft drink.

Clear reddish brown appearance with an average size tan head and light lacing. Aroma of toasted nuts, vanilla and ripe fruit. Vanilla overshadows the nutty, slightly smokey character in the taste. Sweet malts are close to being cloying. Medium bodied, moderately carbonated mouthfeel.

 

L - copper pour with thin off-tan head. No lacing.
S - faint vanilla.
T - sweet tasting.
F - thin mouthfeel.
O - just not much here for me.

Poured from a bottle a thin, light cola color. The nose reminds me of a cream soda, with the vanilla notes upfront. It’s sweet to the sip, with more of that syrupy cola character.