SummerBright Ale
Breckenridge Brewery

SummerBright AleSummerBright Ale
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From:
Breckenridge Brewery
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
American Pale Wheat Beer
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
75
Avg:
3.24 | pDev: 14.81%
Reviews:
220
Ratings:
637
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 07, 2019
Added:
Aug 30, 2002
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  90
Enjoy Poolside or Sprinklerside. Breck Brew's SummerBright is the result. The craftsman's touch combines white wheat, two row pale and munich malt with the pacific northwest's most intriguing hops to create a bright, clean ale ideal for picnicking, evenings on the screen porch and enjoying the whims of the summer breeze.
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Ratings by seedyone:
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Reviewed by seedyone from New York

3.25/5  rDev +0.3%
09/02/13 On tap at Rattle n Hum, NYC. When the glass went under my nose I had a flash of a soapy smell. A clean fresh but soapy smell. Thank goodness that did not translate on the tongue or palate.

Everything here seems to be in the middle. Very slight dryness, but not the 'brightness' the name implies. Light tastes with a medium plus body.

Not sure where this is going or even wants to be.

(Example: Your driving down the road....open road...you stop for a hitchhiker...a hitchhiking couple...they get in...you drive on...converse..all very pleasant...& they get out. Nice but WTF will you remember except you gave some people a ride.)

Back to the Breckenridge effort...I drank a beer.
Sep 29, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.44 by shreead from Michigan

Sep 07, 2019
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Reviewed by GarrettB from Colorado

2.79/5  rDev -13.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
July 6th, 2015 - Here at peak July, anything lighter and more digestible sounds appealing. That's what brings the Summerbright Ale to my lips. A brighter colder color, it looks appealing, and the scent intensifies the inviting appeal. Light wheat, corn bread, toast and savory cheese notes invite a sip, which offers a disappointingly bland flavor. The palate is busy with a heavy carbonation, and the lemon reveals a halfhearted lemon note, but the beer comes across more like a weak shandy with a mismatched mouthfeel than a cleansing, crisp summer beer.
Oct 17, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by COBEERHUNTER from Colorado

Aug 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by Chilmer from Iowa

May 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Beerbuddha from Florida

Jan 30, 2018
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Rated by sozz2 from Colorado

2.55/5  rDev -21.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Refreshing crisp taste, but hardly any flavor. Really boring and no taste.
Jun 30, 2017
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Reviewed by 88caprice from Virginia

3.54/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a bottle into a glass.

Overall: a straight forward wheat ale. Good, but not awesome.

Looks murky yellow in color. Cloudy. Thin head that dissipated.
Smells of wheat funk and little else.
Tastes good, but one dimensional. Classic wheat funk with a malty finish that doesn't last long.
Feel is light to medium, carbonation is lower than expected. Feel thins out at the finish
May 28, 2017
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Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado

4/5  rDev +23.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz. Bottle

Pours a nice clean/clear yellow color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger off-white head, which leaves some nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, yeasty, with some wheat/grass. The taste is malty, kinda yeasty, wheat/grass. Medium body. Overall, a nice tasty brew.
Apr 03, 2017
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Reviewed by LAp from Ohio

3.63/5  rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12oz bottle poured into a pilsner glass. Pours a clear yellow (with a faint orange tint) with a one-finger white head. Substantial carbonation gives the beer a sparkling approach, with trails of bubbles rising off of imperfections in the glass. The nose is very malt-dominated - distinctly lager- and wheat-beer-like. The flavor profile (after a long day of climbing) leans more towards the crisp lemon peel. Sampled late-afternoon with more discernment for the more granular points of the palate, the malt body dominates, and leaves the orange-peel and lemon-peel behind. Solid medium malt-based body. It's certainly an inoffensive beer, and one that does well after a day of activity outdoors. A great beer-and-pizza brew, but not one that holds its own in the tasting glass.
Oct 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by Bogdawg from Massachusetts

Oct 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3.09 by UCLABrewN84 from California

Sep 18, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by DeadeyeOTDO from Arizona

Aug 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.36 by Dewsby from Kentucky

Aug 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.06 by EdgarGerik from Venezuela

Aug 19, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by CreedeSon from Illinois

Aug 15, 2016
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Reviewed by txmilligan from Texas

1.9/5  rDev -41.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
Great pour, bright color, yellow that shades toward pale. Good clarity, fine head. Faint aroma, followed by nothing. No discernable flavor, no lingering aftertaste, nothing. A truly bland experience.
Aug 09, 2016
 
Rated: 3.81 by cdman56 from Pennsylvania

Jul 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.12 by Cookies from New Jersey

Jul 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by jpd026 from New York

Jun 24, 2016
SummerBright Ale from Breckenridge Brewery
Beer rating: 75 out of 100 with 637 ratings