Friday I was invited to a tasting of the new Breckenridge Brewery product, 471 IPA Reserve. They showed me to a hidden back room, (really!) where there's a quaint wood paneled bar, and they were pouring the stuff into plastic cups.
"What is it?" I asked the fellow behind the bar.
"It's sort of like our Trademark Ale," he answered, "except we doubled everything. Hops, everything."
"It's got an alcohol content of 9.2%. We just measured it this morning." he added.
I drank two. That would be my limit. It's definitely not for wimpy beer drinkers. So far it's available at Breckenridge Brewery locations. Drink at your own risk.
Posted by Walter at March 23, 2004 09:17 PMHey, I wasn't invited! What kind of treachery is this??
:)
So, aside from being an alcohol-ass-kicker, how was it?
Posted by: andy at March 23, 2004 09:44 PMIt was darker than what you'd think as a pale ale, and maybe the hoppiest beer I've tasted. It would be interesting to try to match a food to it.
Posted by: Walter at March 24, 2004 05:12 PMOne of the great joys of Britain, I found in my month there, is that the beers live up to their reputation. The variety, and also, the variety of alcohol content, typically listed on a blackboard in the pub. They put America, for all that we've developed many lovely microbrews in the last twenty-five years, to shame.
Posted by: Gary Farber at March 25, 2004 10:22 PM