Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

Brewed by Breckenridge Brewery
Style: Porter
Denver, Colorado USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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The aroma is amazing!! Chocolate notes with subtle hints of vanilla. Alcohol scent is also detected. Settles into a beautiful crystal-clear reddish-amber color. The tannish-white head leaves a bit of lacing after it recedes into the brew. Medium-sweet taste that impressively complements the strong vanilla presence in the nose. The body is medium to full, accompanied by a somewhat oily texture. Carbonation is soft to flat..... kind of a softflat. The finish is long and smooth....tasting like a delicious piece of vanilla bread (is there such a thing?). One of my favorite American porters... Highly recommended!!!

Taste like a dessert. Taste like a dessert. Taste like a dessert. Taste like a dessert.

beautiful sweet vanilla bean aroma mixed with some toasted notes. Very dark pour with a nice frothy tan head. Very delicious sweetness of the anilla mixed with some toasted bread notes. Absolutely delicious.

I may be a little biased in this review but I will keep it as even and real as I can. The Vanilla Porter was a beer I tried on a whim. I was at a local liquor store and saw this and to be honest I bought it because of the label. I am a design freak and this was just beautiful! I got home, opened a bottle, poured into a pint glass and enjoyed. My first thought was that I cannot taste the vanilla. So I was a bit bummed because vanilla is one of my favorite flavors. So later on I opened another bottle and tried something I haven’t before. I took a sniff, loved the amazing carmel vanilla flavors in that, and then took a drink and swished in my mouth breathed in through my nose and then let it all go down quickly and then inhaled through my mouth. The vanilla was so overpowering but in a good way. It blew me away. Sadly, every porter I have now will never compare to this beer. The Vanilla Porter has a nice medium body with a long finish. A finish of carmel/chocolate/vanilla flavors. Personally this beer will be in my Top 3 beers of all time. I can’t wait to drink it when it is warmer here in Illinois so I can have it while grilling my veggies! Overall, I would for sure recommend this to anyone out there that wants that long lasting beer that blends the vanilla and beer perfectly!

On tap. Dark black colour with delicious brown head. Smells and tastes like vanilla, as the name suggests. As a vanilla-lover this was extremely satisfying. This was a great beer.

This is a wonderful brew, great chocolate and coffee overtones. Very smooth & pleasing. I had this as a draft at a local tavern for the first time. Can’t wait for the next glass of it!

On tap at Firewaters in Hackensack. Fluffy head, aroma strongly of vanilla. Taste is not unlike a vanilla cola with roasted malt back. A very memorable brew.

This was my very first try at a vanilla porter, and i throughly enjoyed it. The scent of vanilla is prominent in the first smell. The pour is dark brown with a thin tan head. The taste is strong vanilla, with a hint of chocolate with roasted malts.

translucent reddish mahogany with a thin but persistent beige head: full body with medium-high carbonation.

aroma: baked grains, bran muffins, burnt sugars, and silage.

taste: lots of vanilla, sweet malt, yellow cake, chocolate malt.

certainly not the first vanilla beer i’ve had, but this is unique and complex and intriguing. yes, it’s a dessert beer, but a great one.

Light aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and molasses. Poured a dark brown with small, light tan head that quickly receded into a thin foamy cap. Nice light lacing. A very nice sweet flavor of roasted malt, sweet chocolate, molasses, light vanilla. A very nice bitter sweet medium finish. Very pleasant. Light body, thin, slighly oily texture, with a soft to medium carbonation. A very pleasant Porter, although a touch more vanilla would’ve been nice. I really enjoyed and will definitely buy again. Served in a Stein.