Wow. I think I've found another great porter. I heard about this beer on a recent beer podcast and thought I'd try it out. It's another local Colorado product from the Breckenridge Brewery in Denver, Colorado - their tasty Breckenridge Vanilla Porter. As you can see from the beer image, this dark beer is full of rich dark malts and has a smooth, and I mean smooth, vanilla finish to it. I've become a BIG fan of porters these days and this one is now on my list for repeat buys.
In my continuing lifelong beer tour, I bought a six pack of this stuff over the holiday weekend as my stock of other beer had already been finished off. This beer had gotten great reviews on the beercasts and I was anxious to try another porter. This is classified as an Herb and Spice beer only because it is brewed with vanilla beans in it. Don't worry, this is not a soda-pop beer by any means. It's a smooth dark porter with a wonderful vanilla aroma and finish to it.
Vanilla Porter weighs in at only 4.7% ABV, but that's ok. It still has one nice kick to it. The Vanilla Porter has a low bitterness factor (16 IBU) and a rich malt taste. Breck Brew put in a nice combo of Two Row Pale, Caramel, Chocolate, Black, and Roasted Barley malts into this fine brew along with a light mix of Chinook, Tettinang, Perle, and Goulding hops.
I've already had 3 beers from this six pack and look forward to finishing them off. I'm going to give this a nice rating of 3.6 out of 5. Ever since I've started trying out as many new beers as possible, I've really become a fan of porters and stouts. I'm turning to the "dark" side of beer and am loving it. You simply don't get that rich malt taste in lighter beers.
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Breckenridge Vanilla Porter review
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I', really liking your new blog and have added it to my Blog Roll. Thanks for the shout out and I'll be stopping by every couple of days to see what is new.
ReplyDeleteI am starting to really get into the varieties of good beer and am having a nice Christmas season testing (tasting?) the different brews.
Sweet!
ReplyDeleteI really like this brew to. It has to be in one of my top 10's. At least at this point in my life it is for sure!
I like how thick it feels and I can really taste the vanilla and what seems like chocolate malt. I find that other people tend to taste and enjoy their taste when I tell them its like a coco with vanilla in it. Sure it might be a stretch, but light beer drinks tell me they think it isn't half bad. And that is all I am trying to do!
I reviewed this beer as well. I gave it some good reviews. If your curious I've dug out the url. Check it out and tell me what you think!
Review of Breckenridge Vanilla Porter
Cheers!
A beer like Breck's Vanilla Porter really convinced me to try even more dark beers. Just look at the most recent beer reviews I've done and you'll see some. This is always a good brew to come back to anytime.
ReplyDeleteOnce you've had your fill of porters - try moving to some stouts and imperial stouts too. Bet you'll enjoy those just as well. Thanks for the comments Mike.