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Jersey Summer Breakfast Ale
Cricket Hill Brewing Co.
- From:
- Cricket Hill Brewing Co.
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 3.42 | pDev: 15.79%
- Reviews:
- 58
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 16, 2020
- Added:
- Jun 04, 2007
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 21
Our unfiltered Breakfast Ale is as fresh and full of flavor as a day down the shore! Fermented with Belgian ale yeast, this beer has a slightly tangy, fruity taste that pairs as well with bacon and eggs as it does with a back yard barbecue. Easy to drink with wonderful flavor, a combination that makes this beer a Summer favorite!
21 IBU
21 IBU
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Reviewed by Dodo2step from Pennsylvania
3.38/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A- pale copper color that is somewhat see through. one finger head is foamy and has staying power.
S- german malts and wheat
F- german malt and yeasty. Not bad but definitely unfiltered flavor
M- Yeasty and malty but fairly smooth
O- meh, its good and better than the BMC brews but i prefer something better
Nov 10, 2018S- german malts and wheat
F- german malt and yeasty. Not bad but definitely unfiltered flavor
M- Yeasty and malty but fairly smooth
O- meh, its good and better than the BMC brews but i prefer something better
Reviewed by HoppingMadMonk from New Jersey
3.62/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
This was a solid summer ale,perfect for a brunch or pjcnic. Aroma and taste were similar.wheat,malt,followed by a slight hop bitterness.wasn't extreme in any way but still had a decent amount of flavor,carbonation,and a decent feel
Aug 27, 2017Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
1.95/5 rDev -43%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
1.95/5 rDev -43%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
**
07/25/15
Bottle to pint glass.
LOOK: yellow.
AROMA is sour fruit, lemon,pine.
TASTE: also sour with wheat. Some hops in the finish, fruity.
FEEL: Pretty flat.
Not awful, but not matching expectation of beer type. A bit strong for summer and breakfast.
**
Dec 31, 201607/25/15
Bottle to pint glass.
LOOK: yellow.
AROMA is sour fruit, lemon,pine.
TASTE: also sour with wheat. Some hops in the finish, fruity.
FEEL: Pretty flat.
Not awful, but not matching expectation of beer type. A bit strong for summer and breakfast.
**
Reviewed by The_Kriek_Freak from Pennsylvania
2.89/5 rDev -15.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
2.89/5 rDev -15.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
Appearance: Dark amber with 2 inches of head and decent retention.
Nose: Faint aroma of malts, the tiniest whiff of Belgian yeast, but it's all barely noticeable behind the strong aroma of... dirt. Yes, dirt. This smells like a beer you just poured on the ground and then tried to sniff the mud you've just created.
Taste: Dirt. Not sure whether this was a bad batch or what but surely this beer wasn't intentionally designed to taste like this.
Mouthfeel: Mild carbonation. Did not detect any floating pieces of dirt on the tongue, which I guess is a good thing.
Overall: Well needless to say this was an outright drain-pour. The warmer it got the more pronounced the unpleasant earthy dirt flavor became. Maybe I need to get another bottle and compare.
Aug 22, 2016Nose: Faint aroma of malts, the tiniest whiff of Belgian yeast, but it's all barely noticeable behind the strong aroma of... dirt. Yes, dirt. This smells like a beer you just poured on the ground and then tried to sniff the mud you've just created.
Taste: Dirt. Not sure whether this was a bad batch or what but surely this beer wasn't intentionally designed to taste like this.
Mouthfeel: Mild carbonation. Did not detect any floating pieces of dirt on the tongue, which I guess is a good thing.
Overall: Well needless to say this was an outright drain-pour. The warmer it got the more pronounced the unpleasant earthy dirt flavor became. Maybe I need to get another bottle and compare.
Rated by 2baguy from New Jersey
3.84/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I like this beer. Different from many summer beers. I like the tart and sweet taste, buy not like lemon. This is in my summer beer rotation.
Jun 29, 2015Reviewed by Antc2382 from New Jersey
3.74/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I like this beer. It's light, tangy and tasty. Look is typical, golden no head really. Smells good. Taste, like I said slight tang, light, drinkable, solid carbonation, fresh. Good stuff!
Jun 26, 2015
Jersey Summer Breakfast Ale from Cricket Hill Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
79 out of
100 with
147 ratings
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