Dillon Dam Brewery
Dillon, CO
Available: CO
This ten year-old brewpub is one of the largest in the country. It has no shortage of puns available based on the word “dam.”
ABV: 6
ABW: 4.8
Color: 23
Bitterness: 17
Original Gravity: 1052
Beer Talk
Sweet George’s Brown Ale
Published November 2007, Volume 28, Number 5
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Michael Jackson
Copper brown. Malty on the nose, with suggestions of Darjeeling tea. Cream toffee or fudge in the palate. Indian kulfi ice-cream (pistachio flavor). Finish: rum, almonds, dark fruits, sweet mincemeat, bitter orange peels.
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Stan Hieronymus
Not necessarily a beer — 6% abv, nutty, rich and long on caramel — that you’d pick for a session at 9,000 feet (after an invigorating day of skiing or hiking at even higher levels in and around the Continental Divide town where this ale is brewed). Nonetheless a solid restorative, balancing dark fruits, toasty malts and underlying sweetness with woody and earthy hops flavors.
