Caldera Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Ashland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Caldera Tap House - Out of business

Established in 1997

Contact
590 Clover Ln, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Description
Caldera Brewing Company is an internationally award winning brewery located in Ashland, Oregon. Never sacrifice quality. Micro canning since 2005. With a full service restaurant onsite, you will sure to find a beer you like with 45 Caldera beers on tap.

Caldera Brewing Company was incorporated March 12, 1996. The first brew was July 4, 1997 and the first keg sold was August 28, 1997. Caldera is distributed by Summit Beverage in Southern Oregon and Point Blank Distributing in Portland, Eugene, Bend and the Oregon Coast area.

For the first eight years, Caldera was draft only until June 2005 when the Pale Ale was put into cans. In 2007 the IPA was added to the can line up and in 2008 the Ashland Amber became the third flavor to can. In 2013, Caldera added Lawnmower Lager and Pilot Rock Porter to its can lineup. Caldera is the first micro brewery in the State of Oregon to brew and can its own beer.

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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Pour is an orange with a small almost flat head. Aroma is is hoppy with more of a sweet malt taking over the hops profile. Flavor is where the hops kick in. Hops dominate most everything from the first sip to the swallow but finishes quite dry. A decent offering but quite expensive at $11.99 a six. Probably paying for the novelty of the can.
Tried from Can on 17 Jul 2009 at 19:26

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can. Golden body with aromas of tropical fruit and honey sweet malt. Flavor has a pretty good (err... bad) metallic bite to it, some piney and bitter hops and a grapefuit finish. A bit af grass in there too, but this is pretty boring.
Tried from Can on 17 Jul 2009 at 15:40

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Can. Body is a clear orange with a nice head and gives off aromas of pine, sweet malt and honey-like sweetness. flavor is similar and has a sharp crispness to it that is pleasant. Just a hint of metal interferes with the palate a bit, but never becomes too problematic. Good stuff in a can.
Tried from Can on 10 Jul 2009 at 16:47

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Can from Downtown Wine & Gourmet in Harrisonburg, VA. Pours a clear copper color with a medium frothy head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma is caramel and toffee with some distinct resiny hop notes in the finish. Taste is nutty with caramel and citrus hop notes. Tastes very much like a bitter. Medium-full bodied. Well crafted and very much hitting the spot right now.
Tried from Can on 24 Jun 2009 at 17:26

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can. Golden- orange colour with an off-white head. Aroma is grapefruit, hop, flower. Flavour is hop, grapefruit, hop, malt, flower. Full bodied nice beer.
Tried from Can on 10 May 2009 at 03:08

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
12 oz bottle. Hmmm, another good canned beer? Great! Aroma is citrus, hops, light malts. Flavor is hoppy, nice citrus hops, touch of sweet malts. Not too bitter, and no noticeable metallic taste.
Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2009 at 02:54

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft at Siskiyou Micro Pub. Nose of floral hops, caramel, french bread, and a light piney note. Clear gold with a big heavily lacing white head. Flavor is light fruitiness, caramel, and light bitterness.
Tried from Draft on 30 Apr 2009 at 01:24

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft at Siskiyou Micro Pub. Nose of caramel and light floral hops. light amber with a small off white head of big bubbles.. Flavor of caramel, white pepperiness, and very light bitterness.
Tried from Draft on 30 Apr 2009 at 01:20

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft at Siskiyou Micro Pub. Nose of smoke, chocolate, and pumpernickle bread. Black with a big cinnamon tan glass lacing head. Flavor is light smoke, chocolate, very light bitterness, and a lightly smoky finish.
Tried from Draft on 30 Apr 2009 at 01:16

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can. Goolden colour with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, grapefruit, apricot. Flavour is sweet, grapefruit, apricot, hop, malt, citrus. Full bodied nice beer.
Tried from Can on 06 Apr 2009 at 00:43