Backcountry Amber
Backcountry Brewery
- From:
- Backcountry Brewery
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5.38%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.65 | pDev: 12.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 22
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 16, 2018
- Added:
- Aug 13, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Formerly known as "Switchback Amber," it is reminiscent of a German Oktoberfest-Style brew with a deep copper color, smooth malty flavor and pleasantly noble hop aroma and bitterness from German hops. Prost!
Original Gravity: 13.5° plato / Alcohol by volume: 5.38% / Bitterness: 28 IBU’s / SRM: 16
Original Gravity: 13.5° plato / Alcohol by volume: 5.38% / Bitterness: 28 IBU’s / SRM: 16
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Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado
4/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz. Bottle
Pours a pretty nice clean/clear golden amber color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice small creamy off-white head, which leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, some malts, citrusy. The taste is hoppy, kinda malty, citrusy. Medium body. Overall, a pretty tasty brew.
Apr 03, 2017Pours a pretty nice clean/clear golden amber color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice small creamy off-white head, which leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, some malts, citrusy. The taste is hoppy, kinda malty, citrusy. Medium body. Overall, a pretty tasty brew.
Reviewed by Domvan from Texas
4.24/5 rDev +16.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.24/5 rDev +16.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Toffee, light bodied, easy drinking amber ale. Nothing hoppy or crazy about it, but just an easy drinker for the mountains and a good day of skiing in Colorado.
Jun 24, 2015
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.54/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Poured a clear, amber color with golden highlights and a thin white head of foam. It smelled of caramel and toffee. Sweet and malty with very minimal bitterness.
Mar 25, 2015
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