Left Hand Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Indian Peaks Brewing Company
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1993

Contact
1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, CO, 80501, United States
Description
It all started with a humble homebrew kit and the drive to make better beer. Tired of the same bland and dated choices everywhere, Air Force friends Eric Wallace and Dick Doore set out to make the kind of beer that excited them; beer they wanted to drink. A hobby quickly became an obsession and it wasn't long before Left Hand Brewing opened for business on January 22, 1994. Left Hand has steadily increased its production, making the Brewers Association’s Top 50 Craft Brewers list in 2012.

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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7.5

Can at Justicna tasting. Hoppy aroma and taste, cheesy notes in aroma, citrus fruit, medium bitter. Medium body, thinner texture than expected, hoppy bitter finish. Ok.

Tried from Can on 06 Mar 2026 at 19:24


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Advent Calendar tasting. Hazy golden color with white head. Aroma of malt, light hops, matured chees. Taste is better than aroma. Citrus hops, light zest.

Tried on 06 Mar 2026 at 19:19



7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Pours black into an English pint. Tan ehad with excellent retention recedes to coat surface. Chocolate orange aromas. Creamy with sweet orange and milk chocolate front to back. Lasting earthy cocoa finish.

Tried on 22 Feb 2026 at 01:09


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Black with moderate light brown head. Coconut milk, chocolate malt, ash, and dry hay aroma. Moderately sweet coconut milk, chocolate malt, and mildly bitter dry hay and ash flavor. Good body.

Tried from Can on 14 Feb 2026 at 23:28


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

sampled many years ago - going back and ticking some that i missed - not a milk stout fan, but its solid

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2026 at 14:37


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Not much nitro to this beer. Dark brown almost black with hardly any head. Aroma is chocolate and peanut butter. Taste is also chocolate and peanut butter.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2026 at 05:50


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

16 oz. can from Total Wine. Pours a dark reddish-brown color with a tight, dense beige head and great retention. Really nice nitro action. Decent, scattered lacing. As expected, it has an orange chocolate aroma. The flavor is similar to the aroma: Dominant milk chocolate flavor with limited orange notes in the finish. Super smooth and creamy nitro texture. A little sweet. Lacking any bitter dark chocolate or roasted barley notes. Medium body. Low carbonation. Low bitterness. Good job of recreating the flavors, yet I wouldn't want a lot of this.

Tried from Can on 24 Jan 2026 at 22:48


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can. Attractive enough pour. Not so into this one. Peppermint just doesn't work that well in beer. Needs a bigger chocolate tone or something. Sweet, but bland and boring at the same time. Nitro doesn't make it better, just easier to put away.

Tried on 03 Jan 2026 at 04:32


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Darkest brown. Aroma is cocoa chocolate light mushroom. Taste is full mushroom soy sauce burnt cocoa. Misses some sweet chocolate notes or some general smoothness. Alright but not super.

Tried on 01 Jan 2026 at 00:56