Breton
ChuckAlek Independent Brewers
- From:
- ChuckAlek Independent Brewers
- California, United States
- Style:
- English Porter
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 3.43%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 02, 2014
- Added:
- Aug 11, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Our Irish relatives handcrafted the now antique Breton & Sons watches and clocks in County Cork, Ireland. Sparked by their attention to detail and craft, we turn back the clock to 18th century porters, which were brewed with brown malt and experienced secondary fermentation with the wild yeast Brettanomyces. The result is a roasty deep brown ale with a dry finish accented by Sybilla hops.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by mactrail from Washington
3.64/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
The call this a "Historic Porter" and say it is brewed with brown malt, Sybilla hops, and brettanomyces. On tap at 57 Degrees in San Diego.
Red brown color in the pint shaker. Thin mustache of foam but pleasantly spritzy. The first sip is like diluted coffee. It is really full of burnt malt, and a remarkable amount of flavor for a really low alcohol content. Brewer rates this at 54 IBUs but I don't taste much hoppiness, and it's not very bitter at all.
The malt is sweet and surprisingly plentiful, but the tart yeasty flavors come on board after some sipping. The brett is rather subtle. Overall highly quaffable and another tasty lower-alcohol brew.
Aug 11, 2013Red brown color in the pint shaker. Thin mustache of foam but pleasantly spritzy. The first sip is like diluted coffee. It is really full of burnt malt, and a remarkable amount of flavor for a really low alcohol content. Brewer rates this at 54 IBUs but I don't taste much hoppiness, and it's not very bitter at all.
The malt is sweet and surprisingly plentiful, but the tart yeasty flavors come on board after some sipping. The brett is rather subtle. Overall highly quaffable and another tasty lower-alcohol brew.
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