Breakaway IPA
American Brewing Company in Edmonds, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.90
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At the end of a fabled week during the winter of 1980, in a fever-pitched Olympic stadium, one hockey game changed the course of American sports history. Barroom legend has it that the night before the underdog American team took to the ice with no chance of winning, world champion coach Herb Brooks took a sip of a bold and simple ale that inspired the bold and simple words that inspired a team to become legends. Now we ask you, what was the true miracle on February 2, 1980? We can’t be sure what the exact formula was for Brooks’ inspiration. But this IPA’s bold and aromatic blend of floral and citrus hard checks your nose and follows it up with a medium intense hop bitterness that doesn’t linger. We shot. We scored.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from QFC - Seattle (Ballard)
Hazy light amber color. Unpleasant aroma, paper and puke. Average flavor of malt and caramel, with strong bitterness but no fresh qualities.
Below expectations.
Hazy light amber color. Unpleasant aroma, paper and puke. Average flavor of malt and caramel, with strong bitterness but no fresh qualities.
Below expectations.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2012
at 16:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Taphouse Grill, Seattle. Nice head with good duration. Color is hazy golden. Aroma and taste are straw, hops, flowers, caramel notes pine and malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jul 2012
at 22:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at Naked City Brewpub. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is grapefruity and citruy hoppy. Crisp bitter and dry. Ends dry and hoppy into the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Mar 2012
at 14:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Orange golden / amber colour, white head. Aroma of fruity hops. Malts, citrus, grapefruit, slight caramel, loads of American hops. Pine resin and somewhat sweaty odours. Flavour is fruity, bitter touches. Long dry resinous bitter finish. Nice.
(From 65cL bottle @ RBBWG, Antwerpen. Thanks for sharing, ajax25g!)
(From 65cL bottle @ RBBWG, Antwerpen. Thanks for sharing, ajax25g!)
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2012
at 08:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ RBBWG Antwerpen. Courtesy of ajax25g. Hazy dark orange color, small off-white head. Lovely hoppy smell. Taste malts, hops, bitter. Decent IPA, not outstanding but just good.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2012
at 04:45
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
65 cl. bottle sampled @ RBWG 2012 – thx to ajax25g– hazy shade darker amber, orange with a white head, basically hop juice, lots of hops evidently, fruity, bitter, lots of pine resin, with some passion fruit and grapefruit blended in, malt backbone, touch citrus, slick & slightly oily
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2012
at 04:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
bomber @ RBBWG 2012, Antwerpen courtesy of ajax25g. Ambrée, col beige épais. Arôme de houblon renfermé au caractère fruité allant vers le tropical En bouche, même profile, houblon très présent donnant des notes de fruits avec en retrait un léger côté de pin. Malt reste en retrait et donne à la bière des notes de caramel et grillé. Agréable, et je retrouve là, le plaisir des IPA de la côte ouest.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2012
at 01:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Small rim of foam; slightly veiled amber-orange beer. Fruity, very hoppy, but also cats’ pee/valerian. Citrus, passion fruit, Passoã. Hopoils, bit of caramel/cake bottom. Long bitter finish. Quite slick, medium bodied, long hoppy lingering aftertaste. Average (meaning pretty good) IPA.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2012
at 00:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as American Breakaway IPA (by American Brewing Company (Pacific Brewing & Malting Company)):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
14/I/2012 1Pt. 6Fl.Oz. bottle @ RBBWG 2012 - BB: n/a (2012-30) Thanks to ajax25g for bringing the bottle!
Little cloudy orange beer, some chunks floating around, small off-white head, unstable. Aroma: very fruity, passion fruit, lots of peaches, bit piny, bit of stinky feet. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity start, peaches, piny bitter touch, citrus, some grapefruit. Aftertaste: resin, little fruity, bitter dry ending. Everything you would expect from a good IPA.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
14/I/2012 1Pt. 6Fl.Oz. bottle @ RBBWG 2012 - BB: n/a (2012-30) Thanks to ajax25g for bringing the bottle!
Little cloudy orange beer, some chunks floating around, small off-white head, unstable. Aroma: very fruity, passion fruit, lots of peaches, bit piny, bit of stinky feet. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity start, peaches, piny bitter touch, citrus, some grapefruit. Aftertaste: resin, little fruity, bitter dry ending. Everything you would expect from a good IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jan 2012
at 09:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy amber,frothy white head.Nice citrus nose. Piney citrus profile,good malt backbone. Big lasting bitter finish
Tried
on 05 Oct 2011
at 13:18