BodyByDuff (255) reviewed Black and Tan from Breakside Brewery 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5
Imperial pint can, 2025 vintage. Rich roasted malt aroma with notes of chocolate, caramel, bourbon, vanilla and oak. Pours deep brown with a thin mocha brown head that has very little retention and no lacing. Starts with rich roasted malt, chocolate and vanilla flavors as well as having a medium body and silky smooth mouthfeel. Finishes quite smooth with caramel, bourbon and oak flavors. Lacks the depth of flavor the higher octane imperial stouts have, but still quite quaffable.
bb (18607) reviewed Albatross from Breakside Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft. Golden beer with an off-white head. Light grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and light summer fruit linger.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to pokal.
Appearance: glossy yellow/orange cardboard color with a thin cap of a little white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: passion fruit tart and sweet character, light lemony and acidic character
Flavor: tart and sour tones up front of the passion fruit and lemon, subtle sweetness underneath; finishes tart and sweet passion fruity
Texture: light bodied, somewhat sessionable but the sour pucker factor does try to beat my tongue into submission and it somewhat does
Overall: a sour ale not for the faint of heart. Be forewarned, despite the "low"-ish ABV, I recommend this beer be one of the last beers of a session due to the pucker factor, just my two cents.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Lunch Break from Breakside Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to English pint glass.
Appearance: golden yellow color with some transparency about it and a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: grapefruit, orange peel & pulp, and piney hops with a light clean malt base
Flavor: bittersweet with a big citrusy rind bitterness rolling in to punch at the sweet part a bit; finishes crisp and grapefruity with the pine
Texture: light bodied, sessionable; some smoothness but also a good dose of that West coast bitterness that felt good on the tongue
Overall: nicely done West coast session IPA well worthy of coming back to.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Wanderlust IPA from Breakside Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to becher glass.
Appearance: golden yellow color with some transparency about it; one and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: tropical fruits, danky/earthy character, and some grapefruit rind-like hops; light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to an awesome West coast bittersweetness; finishes so smooth with the danky to grapefruity tropical fruitiness
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, some smoothness but also a shot of hop invasiveness at the tongue (expected that)
Overall: this is probably one of my top favorite West coast styled IPA's, so daggum good!
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed The Pathfinder from Breakside Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: pale orange semi-hazy but also with light transparency toned with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated at a fair pace which left some light lace
Aroma: the hops seemed a bit hard to find but the gin botanical parts were fairly strong (juniper/piney/berry medley), light clean malts
Flavor: gin sweet up front, slight clean malts make a decent effort to blend into the sweetness and with a little bit more sips it eventually does; finishes somewhat like liquefied juniper with bready malts
Texture: medium bodied, leaning to being a sipper; some smoothness but also some boozy effects pummeling the tongue
Overall: there's a lot going on with this and I believe I liked what came across.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to becher.
Appearance: orange/copper color with a light transparency about it and a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: peach and tangerine with grapefruit and lemony hoppy tones, light sweet malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together in a nice sweet to bitter sort of way; finishes grapefruity and peachy
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable, some smoothness, carb is low-ish (could be just a wee bit lower); nice low bitterness
Overall: pretty good AIPA bordering on NEIPA if that's what they were trying for.
BeerPlace (11108) reviewed Black and Tan from Breakside Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
20oz @ SF shared with Brian, Phill, and Ryan.
Aroma: American oak, some chocolate, a little sweetness.
Taste: along the same lines, a bit thin, noticeable barrel, some interesting fruity notes (coming from "tan" part probably).
Overall: good enough for a table BBA imperial stout (as per Ianessa, hehe).
pictoman (9831) reviewed Black and Tan from Breakside Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 1 pint 3.2 fl oz / 568mL can (canned 10/13/2025). Very dark brown with small beige head. Soft bourbon barrel, light woody molasses, nice golden/scotch blend.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Clear, bright, dark brown colour with a small beige head; aroma of molasses, caramel; assertive balanced flavor with a long, medium bitter finish, nice