Breckenridge 471 Small Batch Mighty Brown

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

Name: 471 Mighty Brown
Date: 09/05/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

clear dark brown, wispy beige head, drippy streaks of lace, slightly sweet milk chocolate aroma, rich milk chocolate flavor, nice caramel sweetness, little to no bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

22oz bottle. Small beige head atop cloudy dark red-brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, cherry, chocolate, some nut. Taste is sweet, cherry, caramel, some chocolate, light alcohol warming. Medium-full body, some stickiness.

( 22oz bottle ) Pours a dark brown body with a small tan head. Aroma of cola, roasted nuts, caramel, and cocoa. Flavor of roasted malt, cocoa, strong alcohol (for a brown ale), and caramel.

22oz bottle. Poured a dark reddish / brown color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of nuts, chocolate, and light roast. Tastes of lighter nuts, chocolate, toasted malts and caramel. Not bad for a Brown Ale.

Bottle… Pre-C&P’sLYFO Throwdown… Dark, hazy, ruby ale with a small, creamy, khaki head that is gone in a flash. Vinous, fruity aroma presents medium sherry, milk chocolate, blackberries, caramel and black cherries. Medium-bodied and a little oily with soft carbonation. Sweet caramel and chocolate with a hint of tawny port. Lengthy sweet finish. Kudos to DragonStout for sharing this bottle with the crew at redlight redlight!

Pours a transparent dark brown with a nicely lacing, big, frothy light tan head. Lightly nutty, earthy, and caramely sweet aroma. Body starts with some good malty sweetness, a touch of English hoppy balance and a smooth, lightly chocolatey finish. Very drinkable and an enjoyable brown ale.

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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Bottle. Dark brown color with a tall tight tan head. A very dark, but good looking brown. Caramel and simple malt aromas, with hints of cooked greens as a mild disturbance in the background. Lots of sweetness greets the mouth. A mild dark candi flavor, with lightly roasted malts. Starts to get cloying in feel toward the end of the quaff. Some licorice and vanilla flavors mingle with the sweetness, but add little to the "enjoyability" qualities. Unlike Ernie, I am not getting bored with this, rather sick of this and I have a bomber bottle, so the experience is extended. A mild dry roasted malt finish help slightly. The deeper I get into this bottle, the more I appreciate it (perhaps still not like it). A strong brown ale. Perhaps a brown strong is to be simple and strong. It just doe nothing for me.