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Broken Rake Amber Ale
Pyramid Breweries, Inc.
- From:
- Pyramid Breweries, Inc.
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- 75
- Avg:
- 3.23 | pDev: 14.24%
- Reviews:
- 78
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 27, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 23, 2002
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 7
No description / notes.
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Ratings by soper2000:
Reviewed by soper2000 from Texas
2.95/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.95/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Another one of pyramids seasonals. It pours an opaque brown with a head that resembles coke (builds up quickly and dissapears just as fast). Smell is malty with some carmel sweetness present as well. Taste is pretty bland. Some roasted malt is present as is more sweet flavor. I have yet to have a Pyramid brew that doesn't have this syrupy sweetness to it. I guess that's good if you like it but i certainly don't. Mouthfeel is pretty thin again. I always seem to find Pyramid brews on the "mixed sixer" shelfs, i guess they don't move enough on their own and after sampling this i'm glad i didn't throw down anymore money for a six pack of this.
Apr 12, 2004More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.24/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.24/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
This was a Pyramid fall seasonal. The usual mixture of light brown, dark red kind of appearance. 1/3" beige/off white head, below average retention. Smells like fall, leaves, earth, crystal malt.
Taste actually offered a bit of a hop kick unexpectedly, thankfully(?). Nothing major, just a lil kick in the malty pants. Mix of caramel, cascade, hearty earthy breadiness lightly toasted. Maybe some Vienna malt. Hint of metal bitterness, and I don't mean like being upset about Slayer. Carbonation was fine. I remember I held on to one of them for like 3 years and it still tasted pretty much the same.
In some ways, this was like a red ale and winter welcome ale hybrid. A little stronger than your average red ale, a little weaker than your average winter welcome. Its a gateway kind of malty beer for people upgrading from the land of AAL yellow.
Jan 27, 2020Taste actually offered a bit of a hop kick unexpectedly, thankfully(?). Nothing major, just a lil kick in the malty pants. Mix of caramel, cascade, hearty earthy breadiness lightly toasted. Maybe some Vienna malt. Hint of metal bitterness, and I don't mean like being upset about Slayer. Carbonation was fine. I remember I held on to one of them for like 3 years and it still tasted pretty much the same.
In some ways, this was like a red ale and winter welcome ale hybrid. A little stronger than your average red ale, a little weaker than your average winter welcome. Its a gateway kind of malty beer for people upgrading from the land of AAL yellow.
Reviewed by Offa from California
3.39/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.39/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I had this in Oct.2014, when I wrote down these notes which I failed to add on here till now but which I am copying here.
This was red amber, small off-white head soon thinning to ring and wisps.
Aroma was good but simple caramelly-toasty malt and some mild earthy-grassy hop.
Taste is orange, earthy-woody hop, caramelised bread crust, good sweet-bitter balance, simple but enjoyable and well-rounded enough to maintain interest.
Apr 08, 2016This was red amber, small off-white head soon thinning to ring and wisps.
Aroma was good but simple caramelly-toasty malt and some mild earthy-grassy hop.
Taste is orange, earthy-woody hop, caramelised bread crust, good sweet-bitter balance, simple but enjoyable and well-rounded enough to maintain interest.
Reviewed by Libeertarian from Montana
3.2/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.2/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Pours a mostly clear brownish copper into Spiegelau IPA glass. Well-retaining, light tan head. Smell is inordinately sweet. Plums, raisins, caramel, barely bready. Maybe a little alcohol/esters, no hops. Not bad, but leads me to think it will taste a little too off. Luckily, that is not the case. More so bready on the palate, but caramel and dark fruit as expected. Just the slightest vegetal, almost peppery retro-olfactory hop burst as it nears back of tongue. Finish itself is surprisingly crisp, given its age. Medium-bodied. Medium level of carbonation, even though I was expecting either effervescence or flatness right off the pour. Still, it does eventually get quite flat and watery.
Not quite sure why there are no reviews more recent than 2011. I picked this up in a mixed 12-pack last year. Yes, that makes it "old," but not that old!
Sep 16, 2015Not quite sure why there are no reviews more recent than 2011. I picked this up in a mixed 12-pack last year. Yes, that makes it "old," but not that old!
Broken Rake Amber Ale from Pyramid Breweries, Inc.
Beer rating:
75 out of
100 with
95 ratings
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