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Breckenridge Avalanche Amber

Breckenridge Avalanche Amber

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An Amber Ale brewed by
Breckenridge Brewery

Denver, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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4042.62/5.02.62/5.05.41%14.6 English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Subtlety. That's what makes our Avalanche amber ale such a treat. We blend pale and caramel malts -- and just a kiss of bittering hops -- to create a refreshing-but-flavorful, any-time beer. Aromas of pale grains, a semi-sweet middle and a clean-as-Colorado-snow finish make this our best-selling beer.

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 grat (433), ST. Louis, Missouri, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/512/20

Aug 5, 2006  
An honest attempt, sertainly a good gateway beer. As though beer were the center of the universe. Pour is lovely. Caramelly and clear. ORange around the edges. Good head that dies and leaves a nice trickly mess. Nose is nonexistant. Sweetness. Cardboard and corn. Not much else honestly no hops. Flavors are broader versions of this. Lots of Brown sugar sweetness. Still the cardboard and corn. Corn aftertaste is incredibly complex though. Like biting into some of the best weet corn you’ve ever had. No hops?

 uhclem (122), Loveland, Colorado, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/56/103/510/20
Sep 4, 2008  
Amber pour with a yellow-beige head and minimal lacing. Yeast and malt in the nose. Taste is of sweet malt. More hops would improve this. Mouthfeel was evanescent and the finish left a slightly unpleasant metallic aftertaste.


 pope_phred (102), Plainfield, Illinois, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/510/20
Sep 4, 2008  
Poured from the bottle into a double-walled pint glass. Pour produced a clear amber body topped by a thick head of yellow-white foam. Aroma is difficult to pick out, though malts are dominant. Texture was watery, with a slick touch in the lips. Bittersweet in taste, there isn’t much else to this ale except a slight metallic aftertaste. Not offensive, though nothing to write home about either.


 ajm (331), USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/510/20
Sep 3, 2008  
A pointless drink as I never really tasted anything at all. Even the ambers I don’t like have some kind of malt character. This was like a tannish lager, except not even really hateable. Just there. Very odd.


mcc5468 (42), USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Sep 1, 2008  
Medium amber color. Aroma is malty. Head disappeared quickly. Taste is caramel malts. Nothing great, nothing bad.


 SuperDave70 (766), Arizona, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 31, 2008  
Pour is (drum roll please) amber with a foamy white head that goes quickly. Aroma and flavor are pretty much all malt, with just a hint of fruit and hops. Nicely carbonated and refreshing, just nothing to get excited about.




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