Breckenridge Agave Wheat

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

Pours a hazy yellow. Decent wheaty flavors with a touch of citrus. Smooth and easy to drink.

Wheat on the nose. Light golden pour with bright white head that disappears quickly. taste of citrus and bread with the bread flavor lingering on the palate. very smooth mouth feel.

Nose is wheaty with notes of lemon and earth. Also some sweet-ish agave nectar notes too. Rather interesting take on a boring ass style. Pours hazy golden yellow, thin head. The flavor is wheat up front, a little lemon, a little earth, subtle vanilla sweetness, and some fruity agave as well. Crisp and super drinkable. I actually enjoyed this one way more than I expected.

Appearance: Pours out a faintly hazed, dark yellow body with a smallish, short-lived, white head, regardless of the steady streams of persistent effervescence. Smell: Mild malted barley and wheat scents with the smallest hints of citrus and spice. I’d say I’m picking up the floral-vegetal tones the agave is laying down, but, in a blind taste test, I may have, in all honesty, missed it entirely. Actually, given some chance to warm (I spent a few minutes trying to compare the tap line-up in front of me versus the menu to see if anything had changed since the last printing), the agave does become a bit more apparent. Taste: Fairly pale malted barley combined with crisp, oh-so crackery wheat along with a light, low level of sweetness. Whereas the aroma left me wondering if I was picked up on the agave or not, the taste has a more clear-cut agave taste, though it’s by no means overbearing because, really, how much flavoring does one need in a light wheat ale? Light hop presence with some hints of spice and lemony citrus and no more than a mild bitterness. Little tastes of wheat and agave preclude the relatively clean, crisp finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium-high carbonation. Drinkability: Formulated with quick, easy consumption in mind, but, thankfully provides just a bit more character with its added agave flavor than some of the other altogether bland AWA’s on the market.

Draught at tap room in Breck. Neon piss color and non-transparent. No head. Very citrus and sweet aroma. Sweet and light hop flavor. No balance. Light bitter lingers.

Bottle courtesy of jbye, thanks Josh. Pours a cloudy brown apricot with a medium sized white head that dies off quickly. Smells sweet with honey, light floral notes, and a bit of musky grain that is a bit off putting. Nice mouthfeel, little bit of fruit, cardboard. Finishes up grainy with a bit of musk melon.

On tap at Jonesy’s (Denver, CO). Pours a hazy golden color with white head. Aroma of banana, honey, clove, spice, light fruit. Flavor is about the same with a little more fruitiness. Light body and light malt finish.

Cloudy yellow. White head. Corn, honey and agave nectar in the aroma. A little lemony too. Flavor is sweet and refreshing. Subtle agave flavors with some light lemon and yeast.