Breckenridge 471 Small Batch Mighty Brown

Brewed by Breckenridge Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Denver, Colorado USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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Thanks to hopdog. Pours a darker brown with some red when held to the light and a small bubbly off white head. Aroma was nutty, chocolate, toasty and caramel. Flavor was also nutty, chocolate, caramel, nutty and a bit thin.

Bottle on 9/9/06. Pours a dark brown with a nicely maintained tan head.. Sweet malty aroma. Medium body with light carbonation. Flavor is primarily malty sweetness with a hint of hop bitterness, but the finish is sweet.

Bottle. Medium sized tan head that mostly diminished, minimal lacing, transparent, carbonation, and a reddish brown hue. Sweet, malty, chocolate, toasty, and nutty nose. Flavor was caramel and nutty. ABV was not very noticeable. Needs more flavor. Mildly tingly mouthfeel.

Pity, this seems to drawing a mixed review and I am sitting on the letdown side of the fence here. The alcohol just seemed overpowering for only 7.5 and the taste was hidden by it. There is some light roasted flvors along with a bit of caramel/hazelnut but this one will never match the IPA in this series.

Bomber Bottle. Pours a dark coffee color, very little head on a good pour. The aroma is very faint, with just a hint of chocolate and very little else. I’ll start by simply saying the flavor and mouthfeel combination is superb, probably my favorite brew from Breckenridge. At the beginning, it’s nutty, chocolate, earthy taste is quite strong. It slowly and quite smoothly fades into a malty and quiet finish. The carbonation isn’t too active, and the mouthfeel in incredibly silky.

Easy to drink...it just slides down with a sweet silkiness, mildly frothy and without harsh edges. Yet that smoothness comes with a downside, in that it has very mild flavors up front (caramel and some molasses is about it) and a quick finish. The alcohol is not apparent as alcohol in a "hot" way, but the lack of dimensionality makes it come out a bit. Very attractive (very very dark for a brown, good dense head like a good Belgian), good feel in the mouth, and very drinkable--not a bad way to spend the evening with a 7.5% beer--but there isn’t enough flavor depth to make this a real winner.

22 oz bottle - big and brown and spicy, with tons of nutty caramel flavors. at what point does a brown ale become a Strong ale? this is about the limit, and it’s very drinkable despite its weight. alcohol non-existent in the flavor and very pleasant overall.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a medium sized head of foamy finely sized light chocolate colored bubbles that was mostly lasting and left behind a semi-opaque dark red brown colored body and a fair lacing. The aroma was malty and brown malt. The mouth feel was smooth at the start and mediumly tingly at the finish. The yummy flavor contained notes of hops caramel brown malt and chocolate. Delicious and one I would certainly buy again.

Bottle. Aroma is straight-up coffee. Pours a deep, deep brown with a thin body and minimal head. Taste is sour nut with a slight corn finish. Palate is thick and it spreads the bizarre taste. If this is fun, shoot me.

This is a very good brown ale, but from the hoopla from the brewer, I was expecting more. Deep mahogany body with a one-fingered light brown head that rapidly settles down to a thin layer of fizz, this does has a deeper malt aroma, more chocolate, a light toasty scent, a nutty bitterness... a bigger American brown ale smell. Seems like there’s some molasses added to the flavor, a fairly sweet drink. Sticky finish. Pretty good - Big, but nothing exceptional.

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