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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6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Fluffy yellowish head, medium, leaving shards of lace over orangey foxy-amber beer. Caramel, syrup, orangepeel, molasses, Grand Marnier Orange - quite sweet aromas, all. Bitterish to bitter, orangezeste, faintly spicy, bit dry. Hoppiness retronasal. Medium bodied, quite slick. Not very exhilarating.
Tried on 05 Apr 2016 at 14:19

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours very dark brown with a transient tan head. Aroma of bourbon chocolate. Must be a "fresh" barrel". Med + body. Flavor is extremely bourbon chocolate. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2016 at 16:07

7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle @ benzai. Very clear amber colour woth a medium to large sized off-white head. Smells dreft, hops, bellenblaas, fresh. Tastes hops, fresh, grassy, bitter, tea, green tea. Medium body, nice carbo, crisp. Not much different from the IPA in the can.. Don’t remember the exact name.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2016 at 12:58

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bomber from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of bourbon and chocolate. And dark treacle. Med + body. Flavor is very earthy chocolate, bourbon/vanilla and dark treacle. It has a Hershey’s cocoa powder aspect. Nicely done. No one flavor obliterates the others.
Tried on 29 Mar 2016 at 19:19

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Clear cola brown colour, off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malts, light cacao. Sweet flavour, malts, loads of caramel. Finish caramel and molasses.
(from 355mL bottle @ home)
Tried from Bottle on 27 Mar 2016 at 07:41

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Tap at BeerTemple, 23rd March 16. Pours fairly dark amber. Aroma is malts, sweet, fruit, not do hoppy. Taste is a more malt forward IPA, not more normal preference, but this is quite good. Nice
Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2016 at 02:48

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, purchased at DeCicco, trip to Bacon and Beer Classic with Luc Bourbonnière, savoured on March 25 2015; eye: dark brown, opaque, tiny ring of brown head, no lacing; nose: malt, molasses, chocolate, alcohol; mouth: malt, molasses, chocolate, alcohol, slight nutty, finale in chocolate with presence of alcohol, medium-full body, below-average carbonation, lightly sweet, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, achetée chez DeCicco, voyage au Bacon and Beer Classic avec Luc Bourbonnière, savourée le 25 mars 2016; œil : brun foncé, opaque, minuscule anneau de mousse brune, pas de dentelle; nez : malt, mélasse, chocolat, alcool; bouche : malt, mélasse, chocolat, alcool, très léger noix, finale en chocolat avec présence d’alcool, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation sous la moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : correct
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2016 at 15:00

6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Amber, white head. Malty aroma, light hops. Malty sweet flavour. Sweet, light bitter finish.
(from 35cL can @ Paaspop)
Tried from Can on 25 Mar 2016 at 10:15

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Biernavigatie, large sample. Clear amber color, short frothy head. Aroma of smoked ham, slight leather, some caramel. Bit dry and smokey in taste as well, bit salty ham, smoke. Love the aroma.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2016 at 02:57

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap @ Beer Temple, sample size, shared with Abijen & MarcodL. Amber color, mostly clear. White head, good lacing. Aroma’s: resinous, citrussy, but also light vegetables. Retronasal it’s citrus and tropical fruit. Flavor is moderate malty sweet with some fruity sourness to it. Light bodied. Rather bitter finish. Nice enough.
Tried from Draft on 20 Mar 2016 at 03:52