Ok, feeling a bit better last night, thought I would break the drought and have a beer. I had received a shipment of beers from a friend in North Dakota, and he shipped me some beers I don't have access to around here, one of which was a tasty looking vanilla porter from a Colorado brewery.

Breckinridge Brewery - Vanilla Porter

Stats

• Brewer: Breckinridge Brewery - Breckinridge, Colorado
• Alcohol Content - 5.4% by volume
• IBU: 16
• Company Description: Real vanilla beans from Madagascar combined with caramel and Munich malts create a beer that’s balanced and flavorful. Aromas of vanilla and toasted grain set the stage for mellow flavors of vanilla and dark roasted malts. Don’t let its deep mahogany color fool you. Vanilla Porter is dark in color and packed with flavor, yet it is as smooth as they come and easy to enjoy at any time of the year.

Packaging
This beer came in a 12 oz brown bottle with a main body label and a circular neck label. I posted a picture from the brewers website of a 6 pack, and the graphics are different on the website so I must have an older version bottle. An attractive yet subtle art work, shows a couple of vanilla plant parts around the company logo on a vanilla colored label. In looking at their website, it appears this is the standard beer container although cans are also sold for some beers. I didn't see any evidence of 22 oz bottles.

The Beer

• Appearance: A nice dark brown color with a minor light tan foam head that disappeared pretty quickly.
• Aroma: Veyr noticeable vanilla aroma from the beer on the pour.
• Taste/Mouthfeel: This is a smooth beer in the mouth with a sweet finish. The taste was strong on the vanilla and pretty sweet, bordering on overly sweet. It was only lightly carbonated and lighter than expected.
• Drinkability: It was a drinkable beer, if sweet turns you off, maybe not one you would love but still a good porter, and I liked it, the sweetness was almost too much but just short so didn't seem TOO sweet. The vanilla was definitely noticeable and the predominant taste as would be expected.

Rating and Final Thoughts

My ratings are all based on my Untappd ratings, and I gave this a solid + rating of 4.25, seven friend ratings were 3.93 and overall with 195K ratings, was 3,79, so I liked it a lot, my friends were not far behind and of the many many thousands of ratings it was pretty high, so a popular beer, pretty well liked nationwide.

4.25/5

Thanks for looking, I will be putting this in #beersaturday Week 42 contest, (https://steemit.com/beersaturday/@detlev/whooot-beersaturday-in-week-42-offers-15-sbd-15-sbd-in-prizes-enjoy-it) which just opened, so after checking this out, head on over there to give a vote which helps my chances of winning some SP. Cheerio!