Breckenridge Brewery Snow Glare

**Aroma:** “This smells like a peanut butter and banana sandwich with a drizzle of honey, packed between two slices of toasted whole-wheat bread. Light fruity pear esters and some tart acidity. A hint of sulfur with a touch of paperboard oxidation.” **Flavor:** “Starts off with more of the peanut butter and banana sandwich, with a hint of honey. A soft wheat body, and the honey enhances the aromatics. Moderate and balanced hops flavors and bitterness, with notes of pine, cedar, and muted floral notes. Still a bit of paperboard oxidation. Moderately sweet and bitter but finishes reasonably dry.” **Overall:** “Not sure where the peanut butter comes from, but it’s really fun. Nicely balanced, crushable, and easy to drink. The honey is noticeable without taking over, and it works nicely with the wheat and hops bitterness to give it just the right balance.”

“It delivers on what it says it is. Hops bitterness cuts through the somewhat artificial nectar-like sweetness, and the moderate carbonation serves to clean things up on the palate to strip any residual sweetness. If you dig ‘mango beers,’ this is your beer!”

**Aroma:** “Big coffee/espresso, moderate vanilla, light caramel sweetness and cherry, touch of coconut, nutty toasty. Light cocoa nibs with a touch of alcohol. Sweet coffee blends well with the richness of the dark malt bill.” **Flavor:** “A wonderful blend of coffee and stout that helps you appreciate the difference between roast malt and coffee. This is clean coffee first, sweetened with caramel syrup and vanilla, with a pleasant roastiness that sneaks in near the finish and lasts. Alcohol is warming and a little spicy. The base beer has nice chocolate and toast character with vanilla from the barrel to sweeten things up a bit, then the coffee brings things together.” **Overall:** “Coffee-dominated stout. The chocolate and sweet notes are dominated by a delicious espresso-like coffee. The sweetness and coffee strength remind me of sweet coffee desserts. Very well executed.”