jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Red Ale (2220) from Breckenridge Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
on tap-pours a light tan head, color is clear amber. Taste is malty with good carbonation.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Avalanche Amber from Breckenridge Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
on tap-pours a thin white head, color is a clear light amber. Aroma is grain with a taste of mild grain. Nice, middle of class beer.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Autumn Ale from Breckenridge Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Autumn Ale-on tap-pours a tan creamy head, color is clear black. Taste is grain and mild licorice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
This pours with a hazy, deep coppery color that supports a nice thick head that sticks to the glass as it falls. Flowery hop aroma with a touch of citrus. The bitterness comes right on and maintains itself right to the finish. No alcohol detected. Well done IIPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pour is a good looking orange with a nice white head. Aroma is very fruity with lots of grapefruit to go around. Flavor is dominated by strong malts with just a mild hop flavor. Not reallly a strong IIPA in the hops but it still has its qualities including the low price.
Silphium (4308) reviewed Avalanche Amber from Breckenridge Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Rating #1100.
1100 isn’t such a big milestone, so an average beer will suffice. Slightly hazy amber body, thin/medium off-white head. Sweet, toasty aroma with earthy hops, similar to the pale ale I sampled before this. Sweet, cerealy body with hints of caramel, balanced by earthy hops, a tad watery. Again, a bit of a "hop tea" characteristic. Too similar to the pale ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Slightly hazy light orange body, medium-thick off-white head. Light piney, floral hops aroma with notes of toast and caramel. Floral hops body with hints of pine, balanced by biscuity malts. Has a "hop tea" characteristic. Hints of diacetyl in the finish, but nothing too distracting. Average, but, hey, that’s not repulsive.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Clear amber/light copper body, thin/medium buff head. Biscuity, earthy, piney aroma with hints of tropical fruit. Tropical fruit (pineapple, etc.) hop notes dominate the flavor profile, balanced by biscuity malts and more typical piney and grapefruity hops. Medium-bodied, sweet, and not too harsh. Solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
True amber color, if a tad light. Large creamy head. Its all about the hops. Citric and floral dominate. Thankfully there’s a well rounded malt body to smooth it out, vaguely honeyish. A firm bitter finish closes it out. To me, on the upper end of the IPA range rather than a double IPA. Regardless, its good. Wait...9.2%?! Not possible, I drank the whole 22 oz bomber and while I had a slight buzz, it had no where the effect a beer of the strength should have...as if I had drank 2 bottles of Bigfoot - not even close to that.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottled. U.S. Beer #12 of 31 for American Beer Month! A rather pale, frothy pour. This one has a bit of unwelcome sourness to it. With the glass full, it’s more yellow than amber. The taste is more like a weak SNPA.
Re-rated from second bottle, 8/25/05. Well, I poured out a foamy glass, set the bottle down gently and watched it froth over. Same sourness. At least I can see it has a decent amber color, but way too many bubbles rising up the glass. There’s no notch in the "Bottled on: along the side, but perhaps it’s an old bottle.