Breckenridge Christmas Ale

Dark brown garnet colors topped with an average khaki head. Faint roasted malts and a sweetness of spiced hops and alcohol. Medium body and average carbonation. Easy roasted chococarmel flavors; uninteresting. Throat warming finsh that lacks depth.

Draft, Baja Bean, Staunton VA. Reddish brown with offwhite head. Aromas of toasted grain, brown sugar, raisin, apple, and a slight alcoholic twinge. Flavor is mostly fruity caramel malt with enough bitterness to hold it together. Tasty stuff, even though I wondered how old it was....

Dark brown with a tan/white head that lasts. Aroma is very sweet and malty with some spice. Medium bodied. Flavor has some chocolate, nuttiness, dark fruit. Alcohol is pretty noticeable and lingers into the finish. Overall it’s ok.

Sweet malts, caramelly aromas. Pours dark amber almost brown. Smooth, rich malts, spicy hops, not really much going on here.

Giant swingtop bottle. Caramel colored ale with thin tan head. Resinous hops, grass, some malts on the nose. Tastes kind of metallic, bready, roasty, with off putting hop characters. I found this to be unpleasant and overpriced in the limited edition bottles.

2008 An ok beer. Dark brown pour with light head. Solid winter offering with a malty aroma. Taste of nutmeg, allspice, raisins.

Excellent beer nice dark color, pleasent smell nice taste. Nothing here to complain about.

This is a drinkable winter’s brew, with a nicely put together nose of spices and caramel, and a palate that blends a hint of nutmeg, just a bit of cardamom, caramel and chocolate notes with a smoothly warming alcohol base. Rather good.