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NEXTnc: Your official guide to Brewfest - BREWFEST GUIDE |
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Written by NEXTnc staff reports
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
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2007 GUIDE TO BREWS AT BREWFEST
Anheuser Busch
Budweiser Select
Budweiser Select is a ‘new kind of beer’ brewed for a crisp taste that finishes clean. Budweiser Select was developed using two-row roasted specialty malts for a rich color. A blend of aromatic domestic and imported hops provides the perfect balance and flavor. Also Featured: Ascent 54, Spring Heat Spice Wheat
5763 Arapahoe Ave., Unit E, Boulder 303-440-4323
Avery Brewing Company
India Pale Ale
In the 1700’s one crafty brewer discovered that a healthy dose of hops and an increased alcohol content preserved his ales during the long voyage to India (as depicted in our label) to quench the thirst of British troops.
710 Main Street, Frisco, CO. 970-668-2337
Backcountry Brewery
Ptarmigan Pilsner
Our Pilsner is made with 100% malted barley, a rarity these days. It is light in color, body, and alcohol. We use a very special fermentation routine to give this beer an exceptionally smooth flavor, and just the right amount of noble hops for a balanced yet distinctive hop character.
311 10th Street,
Golden, CO
970-622-8444
Boulder Beer Company
Cold Hop - British Style Ale
Cold Hop’s pleasantly fruity, floral hop aroma perfectly balances the mild sweetness of the English grains. It’s rich golden in color, refreshing and full-flavored. Also featured: Sweaty Betty Blonde wheat beer
Blue Moon Brewing
Blue Moon Belgian White
Blue Moon is unfiltered wheat with oats, select hops and a perfect combination of coriander and orange peel. Incredibly refreshing and drinkable. Traditionally served with a slice of Orange.
311 10th Street, Golden, CO. 970-622-8444
Arctic Craft Brewery
On On Ale (Milk Stout)
With a dark copper hue, full flavored body, pronounced malt profile, light on the hopping, and a hint of nutty aroma on the nose, this is an excellent year round refreshing flavor.
2506 E. Platte Pl.
Colorado Springs, CO
719-332-3011
Breckenridge Brewery
Vanilla Porter
Who would have thought deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea and Madagascar grew the perfect ingredient to build an extraordinary Porter
in Colorado? An ale that has all the chocolate and roasted nut flavor of a classic Porter, with an enigmatic surprise. Also featured: Avalanche Amber Ale
471 Kalamath St.
Denver, CO
303-623-2739
Bristol Brewing Company
Red Rocket Pale Ale
Winner of the bronze medal at the 1996 World Beer Cup® in the American-style Pale Ale category, Red Rocket is lively and up front, with a malt-inspired body and a crisp finish. Its character comes from a blend of Perle, Willamette, and Cascade
hops. Also featured: Laughing Lab
1647 S Tejon
Colorado Springs, CO
719-633-2555
CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewing
Existential Porter
Savor the chocolate, coffee and malt flavors of this dark ale as you ponder your place in this vast universe. Hand drawn with natural carbonation. 6.2% ABV. Also featured: Punjabi Pale Ale, Wayfarrer Copper Ale
#5 Old Town Square
Fort Collins, CO
970-498-0483
Crabtree Brewing Company
Boxcar Brown
Boxcar Brown Ale is brewed using the highest quality malted barley, imported hops, and pure English style yeast. This ale is lightly carbonated and slightly sweet, enhancing the nutty characteristics of a brown ale. Also featured: Serenity Amber Ale
625 3rd Street #D
Greeley, CO
970-356-0516
Bull & Bush Brewery
Man Beer
Exciting aromas- like a citus-filled fruit basket. It’s a beer with attitude. The foundation of this beer is very malty, marrying nicely with the bold hop notes that emerge on the palate and ultimately dominate it’s lingering finish. Also featured:
Hail Brau Hefeweizen
4700 Cherry Creek Dr. S
Denver, CO
303-521-0152
Dillon Dam Brewery
EPA - Extra Pale Ale
This is the style of beer that started the micro-brewery revolution. It’s freshness and distinctive hoppy floral characteristics will make the beer connoisseur smile. Bronze Medal Great American Beer Festival 2004.
100 Little Dam Road
Dillon, CO
970-262-7777
CB Potts Restaurant & Brewery
Colorado Blonde
With its’ eye-catching packaging, Big Horn Blonde also doesn’t disappoint in the taste department. This beer can be categorized as a golden ale. It is designed to attract the beginning micro beer drinker. Also featuring: Buttface Amber
1427 W. Elizabeth St.
Fort Collins, CO
970-221-1139
Coors
Coors Banquet
The legendary flagship brand that put Coors on the map. Throughout its history, Coors has been admired, sought after by inspired beer drinkers – even smuggled east of the Rockies by all sorts of people, from pioneers to presidents (aboard Air
Force One).
311 10th Street
Golden, CO
970-556-9525
Estes Park Brewery
Longs Peak Raspberry Wheat
This is a fruit beer which uses a raspberry extract
added after conditioning. The beer is unfiltered
and should be a little cloudy. This is traditional for
wheat beers. The malted wheat itself makes up
20% of the total grain. Alc / vol 4.1 %
470 Prospect Village Dr.
Estes Park, CO
970-586-5421
Flying Dog Brewery
Tire Bite Golden Ale
The young pup of the pack…Tire Bite Golden Ale is a refreshing, light, warm weather slammer with a flavorful hop edge. Brewed using exclusive imported German hops, this beer draws craft brew drinkers back from the “dark” side of the cooler. Also featured: Doggy Style Pale Ale
2401 Blake Street
Denver, CO
303-292-5027
Golden City Brewery
American Honey Wit
Light refreshing summer ale. Hybrid of two beer styles… American Wheat and Belgian Wit.
920 12th Street
Golden, CO
303-279-8092
Great Divide Brewing Co.
Samurai Ale
Brewed with rice and barley malts, Samurai is an easy drinking, unfiltered ale that changes the status quo for unfiltered beers. The addition of rice gives Samurai a slightly fruity, crisp, refreshing and clean taste. Also featured: Hercules Double IPA
2201 Arapahoe Street
Denver, CO
303-296-9460
Left Hand Brewing Co.
Sawtooth
Our flagship beer. This amber ale is the perfect balance between malt and hops. Opens with nutty, carmel flavors followed by the earthiness of hops. A great session beer; pairs with an endless array of entrees. Also featured: JuJu Ginger
1265 Boston Ave.
Longmont, CO
303-772-0258
New Belgium Brewing Co.
Fat Tire
Like the ageless delight of pedaling a bicycle, Fat Tire Amber Ale’s appeal is in its feat of balance: Toasty malt flavors (sorta like biscuits just pulled from the oven) coasting in equilibrium with crisp hoppiness. Also featured: Skinny Dip, Sunshine Wheat
500 Linden Street
Fort Collins, CO
970-221-0524
Odell Brewing Company
5 Barrel Pale Ale
The distinctive hop character of our 5 Barrel Pale Ale is due to the extraction of essential oils from select hops. We treat 5 Barrel Pale Ale to an infusion of fresh whole hop flowers in the Hop Back and the Fermentor. Also featured: Odell IPA
(India Pale Ale), Easy Street Wheat
800 E. Lincoln Ave.
Fort Collins, CO
970-498-9070
Oskar Blues Brewery
Dales Pale Ale
Dale’s Pale Ale is our flagship beer and America’s first hand-canned craft beer. It’s an assertive but deftly balanced beer (somewhere between an American pale ale and an India Pale Ale) brewed with hefty amounts of European malts and American
hops. Also featured: Old Chub Scottish Style Ale
303 Main
Lyons, CO
303-823-6685
Pitchers Brewery
808 Wheat
A satisfying, easy-drinking, American Hefeweizen. This beer is left unfiltered and gets much of its character from a special variety of yeast.
2501 11th Ave
Greeley, CO
970-353-3393
Palisade Brewery
TBD
200 Perch St.
Palisade, CO
palisadebrewery.com
Redfish
Rasta Pilsner
This lager is light and smooth, but has the body of an all-malt beer and the hop profile of a true German-style pilsner.
2027 13th Street
Boulder, CO
303-870-5410
San Luis Valley Brewing Company
Hefe Suave
A very Smooth (hence the name), unfiltered, and flavorful American style Hefeweizen served with a slice of lemon. (4.5% ABV)
631 Main
Alamosa, CO
719-587-2337
Ska Brewing Company
Pinstripe Red Ale
Maybe you’re not in the mood for a raspberry flavored, low carb, ice, dry maltsicle, and you certainly aren’t in the mood for a Rotgutzen. You are, however, always in the mood for a Pinstripe. Also featured: True Blonda Ale
545 Turner Drive
Durango, CO
970-247-5792
Smugglers Brewpub
Rocky Mountain Rye
Perfect after a day playing in the Rockies. The rye malt imparts a spicy almost herbal dryness that is balanced with Hallertau mf, Tettanger and Liberty hops. Gold Medal 2005 Great American Beer Festival & Bronze Medal 2003 GABF.
225 S. Pine Street
Telluride, CO
970-728-0919
Steamworks Brewing Company
Colorado Kölsch
The Colorado Kölsch is a derivative of German Kolschs, which were created in response to the popular lager-based Pilsners being produced in the Czech Republic in the 1840’s.
801 E. 2nd Ave
Durango, CO
970-259-9200
The Fort Collins Brewery
Major Tom’s Pomegranate Wheat
This is the most unique beer ever produced. A nice, sweet-tart American Wheat Ale brewed with Pomegranates. Not fruity, not bitter, just right — our best selling best. Unlike anything else you’ve ever tried. Also featured: Rocky Mountain IPA, Chocolate Stout
1900 E. Lincoln Ave.
Suite B
Fort Collins, CO
970-472-1499
Tommyknocker Brewery
Jack Whacker Wheat Ale
An American-style wheat ale brewed with 30% malted wheat and 2 row barley. Low hopping rates allow the refreshing aroma and citrus flavor of a late addition of lemon grass to dominate.
1401 Miner Street
Idaho Spring, CO
303-567-4419
Wynkoop Brewing Co.
Wixa Weiss
The Weiss beer is a traditional German unfiltered wheat beer. It contains 50% wheat malt and is hopped with Brewer’s Gold and Hallertauer hops. Also featured: Railyard Ale
1634 18th Street
Denver, CO
303-297-2700
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