King's Dish
Breckenridge Brewery & The Farm House
- From:
- Breckenridge Brewery & The Farm House
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- English Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 8.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 02, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 23, 2015
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 7
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
One of our greatest works, this revival of Burton Style Ale pairs traditional British ingredients with Shakespeare's historic prose for a dark full-flavored beer characterized by intense malt flavors. A royal reinterpretation made ready for laymen, it's proof you need not be a king to drink like one.
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.55/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.55/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
RB transfer
Jul 02, 2025
Reviewed by Todd from Finland
3.52/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Fruity, Malty, Bready, Chalky
Dark copper-brown with a long-lasting, creamy beige head. Malty and toasty in the nose, this ale is light bodied and super creamy with a prickly carbonation. Fruity and malty with some toastiness, breadiness, baked apple flavor, and a dry, leafy, semi-astringent bitterness. Chalky and biscuity in the finish. King's Dish is on the milder end of the Burton Ales spectrum, which historically were often stronger (as high as 12% ABV), darker, sweeter, and more robust. As it stands, it's good, but more of a Prince's Dish.
As reviewed in BeerAdvocate magazine #120 (January 2017).
Jan 10, 2017Dark copper-brown with a long-lasting, creamy beige head. Malty and toasty in the nose, this ale is light bodied and super creamy with a prickly carbonation. Fruity and malty with some toastiness, breadiness, baked apple flavor, and a dry, leafy, semi-astringent bitterness. Chalky and biscuity in the finish. King's Dish is on the milder end of the Burton Ales spectrum, which historically were often stronger (as high as 12% ABV), darker, sweeter, and more robust. As it stands, it's good, but more of a Prince's Dish.
As reviewed in BeerAdvocate magazine #120 (January 2017).
Reviewed by aussieyank from Ohio
4.44/5 rDev +17.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.44/5 rDev +17.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Had it on tap in a 16 oz glass. Poured a medium amber color. Not much on the nose, but the flavor is rich and full bodied. This is an excellent string ale.
Aug 01, 2016
Reviewed by JuicesFlowing from Kansas
3.51/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a Breckenridge balloon glass.
Look: Murky dark plum color, maybe more ruby tones with a light cream colored head that recedes to a nice film with a collar and little to no lacing.
Aroma: Malty and sweet with subtle maple and wood notes.
Taste: An interesting sort of hop crispness blending with sweet syrupy malts and subtle wood notes. It truly is like a lighter version of a barley wine.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied and somewhat easy to drink.
Overall: Not to be enjoyed outdoors in humid, 96 degree summer heat. But I did anyway.
Jun 25, 2016Look: Murky dark plum color, maybe more ruby tones with a light cream colored head that recedes to a nice film with a collar and little to no lacing.
Aroma: Malty and sweet with subtle maple and wood notes.
Taste: An interesting sort of hop crispness blending with sweet syrupy malts and subtle wood notes. It truly is like a lighter version of a barley wine.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied and somewhat easy to drink.
Overall: Not to be enjoyed outdoors in humid, 96 degree summer heat. But I did anyway.
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
4/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Deep and clear brown colored body with a lasting one-finger thick head. Roasted grain aroma with hints of caramelized sugar. Nice malt backbone flavor also featuring caramelized sugars; slightly peppery; subtle, smooth hop bitterness at the finish. Medium-heavy body; semi-dry finish.
An excellent darker ale packed with flavor.
Jun 23, 2016An excellent darker ale packed with flavor.
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