Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

Breckenridge Brewing Company
Denver, Colorado

APPEARANCE: 2/3
Dark brown to mahogany. Clear. Thin white head.

AROMA: 2.5/4
Sweet and malty nose. No real hop aroma. Slight vanilla.

TASTE: 5/10
Hop/Malt Balance: 2/4: Malty. Roasty malt flavors up front. Some vanilla. Slight hop bitterness but no appreciable hop flavor or aroma as appropriate for style. Could use stronger roast and more pronounced flavors.
Aftertaste: 1.5/3: Lingering vanilla and roasted malt. Slight hop bitterness but weak. Sour notes.
Mouth-Feel: 1.5/3: Watery and thin. Weak carbonation.

OVERALL: 1.5/3
Weak for a porter - almost more along the lines of a brown. Lacks strong roast and chocolate notes we expect in a porter. Too weak and thin. Not robust.

TOTAL: 11/20–Anything Else On Tap?

NOTES:
Matt: I like that the vanilla is present; don't like much else. Another disappointment from Breckenridge.
Ben: This is really a brown, not a porter, and a weak thin brown at that. None of the more robust roast and chocolate flavors I was expecting. This beer has so much promise but fails to deliver on anything. Did Sam Adams make this?