Vanilla Porter : Breckenridge Brewery| Colorado, USA

  • Style: American Porter / Herb and spice beer
  • ABV – 4.7%
  • IBU – 16
  • Glass – Goblet
  • Beer Temp – 48 deg F
  • Head Size – Small-Average
  • Head appearance – Frothy
  • Head Color – Light Brown
  • Head Lacing – Very Subtle
  • Head Retention – Dissipates Quickly
  • Carbonation – Soft
  • Body Color – Very Dark

First taste characteristics are…

Roasted , Tangy Yeast, Very subtle vanilla,  Chocolate, Coffee , Smokey

I am not someone who would activly seek out a vanilla flavored beer but let me start out by stating … the Vanilla in this is very slight.

Bier Shop: Spec’s Liquor– Rosenberg, TX

Score: 4 out of 6

homebrewed recipe

60 mins Add 1 oz of Perle Hops

malt & fermentables
% LB OZ Malt or Fermentable ppg °L
71% 6 8 Amber Malt Extract Syrup 36 10 ~
11% 1 0 Milk Sugar (Lactose) 35 0 ~
5% 0 8 Chocolate Malt (UK) 34 450 ~
5% 0 8 Caramel/Crystal Malt – 60L 34 60 ~
5% 0 8 Munich Malt – 10 35 10 ~
2% 0 3 Malto-Dextrinin 43 6 ~
Original Gravity
1.052measured

(1.054 estimated)
Final Gravity
1.020measured

(1.018 estimated)
Color
23° SRM/ 46° EBC
(Brown to Dark Brown)
Mash Efficiency
75%

hops
use time oz variety form aa
boil 60 mins 1.0 Perle pellet 7.8
Bitterness
22.8 IBU/ 8 HBU
ƒ:Tinseth
BU:GU
0.42

yeast
White Labs English Ale (WLP002)

aleyeast inliquidform withvery highflocculation and67%attenuation
Alcohol
4.3% ABV/ 3% ABW

(4.8% est. ABV/ 4% est. ABW)
Calories
180 per 12 oz.

misc
use time amount ingredient
secondary 14 days 2 ea Vanilla Bean