Avalanche Ale - Breckenridge Brewery

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764 Ratings

rAvg: 3.22
pDev: 17.7%
Reviews: 412
Hads: 352

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Brewed by:
Breckenridge Brewery

Colorado, United States

Style | ABV
American Amber / Red Ale | 4.40% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (346), on-tap (39), can (24), nitro-tap (2), cask (1).

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Reviews by JamesMN:

JamesMN

Minnesota

3.4/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Amber/copper hue with decent clarity. One finger soapy off-white head.

Aroma: Some breadyness and just a hint of pine or some slight spice from the hops or possibly the yeast.

Taste: Sort of a straightforward malty palate. Nothing impressive. There's caramel and amber malts with just a hint of some fruit or spice like in the nose. This could actually pass for an Octoberfest if it had more grain flavor. Leaves you with a bit of a sugar-sweet aftertaste. I feel like it's missing out on the subtle roasty flavors or hop character that could make it stand out.

Mouthfeel: Between medium and light in body. Actually pretty robust for the 4.4% abv. High drinkability.

Final Thoughts: I wish there had been a little more to this beer. Maybe in body or the selection of malts used. It's a little too generic. However, it'd be the perfect selection for someone who is new to craft beer.

Serving type: bottle

09-03-2012 05:03:55 | More by JamesMN

More User Reviews:

timontheroad

Colorado

3.75/5 rDev +16.5%

05-26-2013 01:33:22 | More by timontheroad

steevbr

Illinois

3.5/5 rDev +8.7%

05-24-2013 15:38:39 | More by steevbr

Thecasehead

Ohio

3.5/5 rDev +8.7%

05-23-2013 23:00:51 | More by Thecasehead

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

3.5/5 rDev +8.7%

05-23-2013 16:53:33 | More by Slatetank

BeerDocT

Georgia

3.1/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured the can into a chilled tulip glass.

Appearance 3.0: Light amber color. Small head dissipated into characteristic CO2 swirls on top.

Smell 3.5: Very nice bouquet. Hints of biscuit malt, barley and a slight bubblegum smell.

Taste 3.0: Front is a dry barley taste. Middle is basically gone. Nothing there. Finish is slightly hoppy: think Kent Goldings type hoppy, though. That's right: more "mossy" flavor and not biting at all. Finish is more malt and barley. Dry throughout and would probably go well with food.

Mouthfeel: 3.0: OK level of carbonation and is clearly 100% CO2.

Overall 3.0: Good, basic beer. Nothing special. Reminiscent of another Colorado brewery's famous beer (namely New Belgium's Fat Tire), this is an OK beer, but certainly nothing extraordinary.

Serving type: can

05-20-2013 22:30:07 | More by BeerDocT

Tjvan2

Iowa

3.5/5 rDev +8.7%

05-20-2013 01:22:39 | More by Tjvan2

yankinwis

Wisconsin

3.75/5 rDev +16.5%

05-19-2013 22:18:16 | More by yankinwis

yankhawk

Iowa

3.75/5 rDev +16.5%

05-19-2013 14:47:11 | More by yankhawk

jharris0624

Missouri

3.25/5 rDev +0.9%

05-19-2013 03:01:24 | More by jharris0624

MinorThreat

Colorado

2.75/5 rDev -14.6%

05-16-2013 00:40:46 | More by MinorThreat

matjack85

Illinois

3.28/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

I bought this at Binny's as part of a build-your-own six pack for $9.99, making it $1.67 for a single 12oz bottle. No freshness date.

Pours a clear amber/red color with just a half-finger of white head, but despite the small head it left a decent amount of lacing.

Hardly any smell to this. You have to swirl it around in the glass pretty hard to coax a little malt, sweet caramel, and floral hops out of it.

More caramel malt than anything else, making it a tad sweet. Hops are more floral than bitter as it only has 19 IBU's to it. Not really much to this but it's still tasty in a simple kind of way.

Very thin body, almost watery, with moderate carbonation.

Nothing stands out but there's nothing bad either. Very drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 10:07:17 | More by matjack85