Colorado Beer Reviews
This rocky state has more than mountains: it’s got tons of great craft brews.
by Michael Larson | Blonde Ale, Colorado, Mug, New Belgium Brewing Inc., Pint Glass, United States |
It’s lunch time on a Saturday and it’s 90 degrees. I passed by my Samichlaus and my Aphrodite and went straight to this refresher from New Belgium. I poured it straight down the center of my lager glass. It foamed and fussed for several minutes before it...
by Michael Larson | Colorado, Flute Glass, German Pilsener, Left Hand Brewing Company, Mug, Pilsner Glass, United States |
I am constantly trying to convert people. Those who hold a Big Three beer in their hand, clutching it with a death grip as though it were their key to survival, those are my mission. Last night, I was attempting to spread just such a gospel. I volunteered to bring...
by Team | Colorado, Oskar Blues Brewery, Pint Glass, Russian Imperial Stout, Snifter, United States |
Michael: Cross-eyed. Cyclopean. Cancupiscent. Or so says Ten Fidy. Brewed and proudly canned by the Oskar Blues Brewery, this imperial stout is so named for the 10.5% alcohol that slips through its oil-like body and smoothly down your throat. It poured deep, dark,...
by Tom Smillie | Colorado, Flute Glass, German Pilsener, Mug, Oskar Blues Brewery, Pilsner Glass, United States |
It is seldom that you come across a good Pilsner in a can. Let’s face it; most of them are mediocre macro-made brews not deserving of a pint glass pour. Thanks to Discount Liquors in Milwaukee I was able to get my hands on some Oskar Blues (their entire line-up to be...
by Tom Smillie | Colorado, Great Divide Brewing Company, Mug, Pint Glass, Russian Imperial Stout, Snifter, Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable Beers, United States |
May 17th, 2011 marked a milestone for me. I can now proudly say that I’ve sampled the Yeti Imperial Stout Series. It took me two years as this particular brew seemed to elude me, but at last the four variations (see also Yeti, Oak-Aged, and Espresso Oak-Aged) have...
by David | Colorado, English Bitter (ESB) / Pale Ale, Mug, Pint Glass, Ska Brewing Company, United States |
There are a lot of stigmas attached to canned beer. Everyone associates it with something different. For me, growing up in the “Rust Belt,” it was the workingman’s beer. For others, it became the fisherman’s beer, or the teenage party beer, or the cookout beer, or the...