Breckenridge 471 Small Batch Extra ESB

Brewed by Breckenridge Brewery
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Denver, Colorado USA

dark amber with a medium sized, frothy, off-white head. malty aroma with notes of toffee and nuts and tequila. flavor is sweet and nutty with some peachy american hops to round it out. medium bodied. can’t complain.

Thanks doclock. The color was a medium caramel color. The aroma was caramel malt and slight hoppiness. The flavor was hoppy, bitter, waxy, and coppery. The palate was average. The finish was bitter/waxy.

Thanks doclock. Pours a thick reddish amber with a thin yellowish head. The aroma is . The flavor is a little warm, thick, mildly waxy, earthy hops, a little sour like an amber. Thick warm palate. Not bad but not great.

12 oz bottle poured into my trusty frosty pint glass- poured non transparent dark amber, a nice lacing head. Aroma of dark malt. Hits the mouth with a thin body, malt, hops and a dark caramel note are noticeable- very slight finish. Was expecting something wonderful- middle of the road.

This ain’t bad. It’s appearance is unremarkable, simply a deep amber with a white head. Spicy, bold flavor, but it’s generally unremarkable. I liked it, but I doubt I’ll keep buying it.

The beer emerges from the 12-ounce bottle a luminous brown, the head large and a creamy light tan, as it fades away, the lacing provides a thin veil upon the glass. Nose has a rich malt sweetness, caramel and “ La Touche Finale”, a hint of floral spiciness. Start is nicely malted, sweet with a hop bite at the back, top is moderate in feel. Finish continues the malty sweetness, the acidity peaceful. As it warms to the glass and room, the hops really “POP” out, a bit of a “Rogue” as ESB’s go, but I like it.

10-13-07 bottle
Hoppy garbage aroma. Trashy rye taste. YUCK! Just not good at all. I cannot believe how highly this is rated. Transparent amber color. Piss awful taste and crap palate. I refuse to ever try this one again. Dreadful.

Pours brownish amber w/ a quickly receding shallow froth leaving much to be desired. Aromas are almost nonexistant. Full nectar with decent carbonation levels creating a mellow, soft texture. A chewy malty brew with a mild cocoa sweet trim. Theres one definable characteristic that really stands out. Have you ever been in a cave ? If you have you will understand me when I say "cave like". Sulpher, burnt match head without the roast, chalky earth. This is a very unique brew with mush character. You get the sweet fruit upfront then a troglodyte comes out and hits you on the head with his walking stick. The finish leaves me with a taste like I just bit the head off a retired match stick. Needless to say it is bittered well. A very special brew.