Breckenridge Autumn Ale

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

Mahogany color with a light tan head. Roasty chocolatety aromas with spicy hops. Medium body. Nice earthy sweet brown and chocolate malty flavors. Smooth finish.

16 ounce pint - $5.00 at Taco Mac in Kennesaw, Georgia. Appearance: Served up a clearish, very dark brown body with an inch of light beige froth. Light, very light lacing throughout. Smell: Aromatic tones of dark malts wrapped in notes of chicory and licorice root with a vague but obdurate fruitiness and background earthiness. Taste: Dark malts lead with tastes of cocoa and a lightly roasty mix of coarse-ground chicory and licorice powder. Medium-low sweetness. Munich malt-derived caramel arrives somewhat late in the taste. Appleskin and grapeskin fruitiness -- curious! Earthy, mild hop character and bitterness. A bit more fruitiness, chocolate, and "chicorice" before the drying, longish finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied at best. Medium-light carbonation. Drinkability: Good enough at best, for a beer, but never once did it make me think, "Oh! Now, there’s a taste of the Autumn!" There’s a taste of something, alright, but not a taste of Autumn.

From a 12oz bottle this poured a dark amber color with a thin head. Aroma of malt, caramel, nuts and some spice. Taste was mostly malty with some nuttiness that almost hid the little bit of spice that was there. One of the darker Oktoberfest beers I have tried this fall I believe. A decent beer.

bottle from 3 Sons dark but clear ruby in color with a nice level of smoke, nuts and peppe. Much like a Porter but a little rounder and just a little thinner. Hops help the finish to be clean.

Shaker pint draft at the hotel bar at the Warwick in Denver, Colorado. Pour is clear brown with ruby notes and a smallish tan head. Aroma of hazelnut, slight roast and some dark chocolate. Nice nose. Taste is lighter bodied with nice roast nut flavor. Palate is a little watery, drinkable though. Nice enough beer though seemed a little lost between being a more full flavored bigger beer and being a thinner sessionable beer.

Sampled at Famous Liquors Fall /Oktoberfest Tasting in Lombard, IL.. Poured to plastic a brown tone with a touch of ruby hints. The head was a modest, off white foam that left some spots of lacing. The aroma was some toasted malt, with a touch of sweetness, caramel, and nuts. Along with the aroma notes, the flavor exposed a little roastiness and toffee. The body was on the light side of medium and didn’t seem to match the complex flavor notes, but still enjoyable.

Pours a dark brown with hints of red. Aroma of toasted malt, molasses and chocolate. Toasted Grain, chocolaty molasses flavor. Very tasty and well balanced.

Sample from a bottle. Interesting autumn beer style... not quite sure about the categorization as "old ale," though. Pours cola-colored with beige head. Sweet nose with hints of chocolate, some caramel and mild fruits.Not overly spiced. Some nutty notes. Not bad.