Breckenridge Lucky U IPA

Brewed by Breckenridge Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Denver, Colorado USA

12 oz. bottle from Plaza Liquors - Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a half finger thick off white head. Light lacing. Aroma is citrus and pine hops, and toasted malt. Flavor is pine hops and light malt. Has a slight astringent aftertaste. Light to medium body. A decent IPA.

Bottle pours a hazy copper with a thin white head. The head is deminising. Leaves a good lacing though. Aroma is spruce, some bread, and a touch of caramel. Has a decent carbonation. The flavor is soft but mildly hoppy. Very clean. Not as bitter as I like but its there. Has an oily texture. The body is medium. Has an alright finish with a mild aftertaste. This isn’t bad but lacks the hoppiness I love.

Amber to orange in color with a small id of tan bubbles. Caramel aromas with a bit of floral to citric hops. HInts of fruit in the background. Light sweetness balanced by a citric bitterness that grown into the finish and linger. Quite woody in the linger. Has a fresh hop bite that I can appreciate. I don’t think it is as balanced as they propound, but I find it does have a bit of authenticity.

Bottled. Poured hazy medium orange with a short cap of whitish head that was clumpy when resuscitated. The aroma picked up sweet caramel and dry, crusty bread topped by Pinesol, spicy pine, and peppery hoppage.. almost juicy. not bad. The flavor found sweet caramel at the core with pine and peppery bitterness around.. soapy, especially as it warmed up.. finished with a moderate, non-directional bitterness. Medium-bodied with a sharp, bitter overall impression.. some decent stuff in here, but it didn’t come together.

While a bit one-dimensional, this is a perfectly decent IPA with a nice medium copper color and good hops character. It won’t blow you away, but there’s nothing bad about it either. Lacking a Two Hearted Ale or something of that nature, this will do just fine.

Hoppy pine aroma with some metallic notes mixed in. Clear orange honey copper in color with a good bitter citrus flavor. There are some sweet malt undertones present in the aftertaste. Overall I think this is a pretty good representation of the style, smooth and easy drinking with an assertive hops presence.

Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is medium amber. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), moderately to heavily hoppy (resin, grapefruit), with notes of gasoline and other petroleum products. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter, unclean. Medium body, velvety/watery texture, lively carbonation, moderately astringent. Disturbing. As it warms, the petroleum aspects become more apparent. While they don’t overwhelm (the hops are quite assertive and usually mask the fusels), the constant reminder of used motor oil and gas is highly unpleasant and evident of components I would rather not ingest. That aside, the hop character is the usual American raw/green variety; concentrated and medicinal. Not much malt or ester interest. So even without the fusel taint, probably high 2’s at best.

12 oz bottle. A golden brown beer with a tiny head. The aroma has some grass & taste like a British IPA. The taste has some citrusy hops, & some bitter. A somewhat oily mouthfeel. A pretty good beer but an average IPA.