Breckenridge Brewery Small Batch 471 IPA:
Greetings all, and welcome to part deux of National IPA day and do I have a beer to review for you.  Breckenridge brewery is a fun, yet confusing brewery, they have the ability to make some just mind blowing brews and while all their brews are good, nothing makes me rush out and try on of their brews.  Well, that being said, I’d like to introduce you to the beer that will get my attention from the Breck brewery, Small Batch 471 IPA, wow, what a frickin’ good beer.  What made Homefront an “oh hum” beer this beer full fills with gusto and then some, and with a nice 9.2% ABV makes this a nice heavy sipping beer..  The beer pours thick with only a paper thin head on it and a hazy deep golden color.  The nose is strong grapefruit and caramel smell (I know, weird right?) that works very well for the brew and a thick ethereal nose.  The taste is on par with the 120 with a strong citrus hop notes that start sweet and move to a sour taste that is found in some of your better IPAs.  The back-end is a mellow, just short of absent skunk that keeps this from achieving mythical status.  I am thinking about buying a 4-pack (the new thing on craft brews) and letting it age a year or two and then, wow, the possibilities on what those bottles will hold.