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.
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.
7/10
Stoutowe, srednio- ciala, mam wrazenie ze jakby ciut aldehyd? Ale calosciowo bardzo przyjemne, kawa, palonosc, lukrecja, ciut migdaly? Najs+
Tried
on 16 Oct 2017
at 19:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From a 12 oz. can. Pours a hazy pale gold with an enormous white head. Floral aromas. Mild sweet flavors with plenty of herbal notes. Smooth and crisp finish.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Sep 2017
at 20:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml can. Pours a slightly hazy orange with a medium, frothy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet aroma of caramel malt, bread, apricot and grapefruit. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, orange peel, grapefruit, apricot, peach and pine resin with a dry, bitter hop finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Sep 2017
at 00:46
5/10
Malty and dry.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Sep 2017
at 18:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Porter by Caldera with toasted coconut chips and chocolate. Creamy, pale yellowish beige, lightly lacing, medium thick head, deep ruddy bronze-brown colour, blackish but still completely translucent, with a warm coppery tinge. Aroma indeed reveals some toasted coconut - though not quite as much as I was expecting or hoping for (I love it), embedded in impressions of hazelnut shells, black bitter chocolate, dried figs, 'natural' haemoglobin-like iron, liquorice candy, vanilla beans, tea, dried apple peel. Sweet onset, candied date, immediately countered by a sourish undercurrent, softish carbo, smooth oily mouthfeel, slick but a tad thinnish for a 6+% ABV beer perhaps. Hazelnutty and peanutty malt bittersweet body with thin metallic edges, thin layer of bittering black chocolate towards the end, toasted coconut effect again noticeable but relatively subtle - even more so than in the nose, herbal tea-ish hop bitter accent, coffeeish roasted bitter touch all the way at the back. Decent like all Calderas - but also like other Calderas, this could have been a bit more expressive and outspoken for me, especially the coconut element.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2017
at 12:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
22 oz bottle. Dark mahogany body that throws up a fluffy, off-white head. The aroma is smoke and toffee malt. The flavor is sweet with light smoke. This needs a deeper more rounded maltiness that is a bit less sweet and with a bit more smoke for my tastes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2017
at 18:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Caldera Toasted Coconut Chocolate Porter (by Caldera Brewing Company):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
8/IX/17 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ home with Alengrin - BB: n/a (2017-1486) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the can!
Clear dark reddish brown beer, big creamy beige head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: soft roast, some chocolate, quite some coffee. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish start, lots of coconut at start, pretty bitter, some dried fruits, bit infected? Acidic touch. Aftertaste: vanilla notes, bit sweet, coconut touch, some cherries caramel. Decent stuff, but not sure if the acidity is intended.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
8/IX/17 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ home with Alengrin - BB: n/a (2017-1486) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the can!
Clear dark reddish brown beer, big creamy beige head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: soft roast, some chocolate, quite some coffee. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish start, lots of coconut at start, pretty bitter, some dried fruits, bit infected? Acidic touch. Aftertaste: vanilla notes, bit sweet, coconut touch, some cherries caramel. Decent stuff, but not sure if the acidity is intended.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2017
at 18:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ TTOD(U)RBSG17 - The Tenth Official Danish (Ulfborg) Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2017 ] @ fonefan - Brugmansia house, Denmark. [ As Caldera Mogli - Bourbon Barrel Aged ].Clear dark red brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark malt, chocolate, bourbon, wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate, vanilla - bourbon, sweet malt, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20170819] 7-4-8-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2017
at 09:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ PDX Taproom, Shibuya; Caldera’s 20th Anniversary lineup. Pours lighter amber, a finger of white foam on top. Aroma is malty-caramel, fresh-citric at the same time. Getting only little grapefruit, not very pronounced. Body relatively strong, citric hops and some grapefruit peels in taste. Aftertaste somewhat grainy dry, some relatively measured lingering bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Aug 2017
at 20:38
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft @ PDX Taproom, Shibuya; Caldera’s 20th Anniversary lineup. Pours relatively dark orange, almost copper actually. Little bit of foam there. Aroma is sweetish, kind of like a hoppy barley-wine. This one has very sturdy body, getting some citric hops there, sweet tropical fruits. Bitterness is also quite strong, trying to balance this sweet sturdy body, doing a good effort but still overall drinks a bit heavy, liquor-like. Quite barleywine’ish actually.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Aug 2017
at 20:35