AC Golden Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Golden, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Tenth and Blake Beer Company

Established in 2008

Closed in 2024

Contact
1001 Vasquez St, Golden, CO, 80401, United States
Description
AC Golden is a small-batch brewery nestled within the walls of the Coors brewery in Golden, CO. Named in tribute to our founding brewmaster and eternal entrepreneur, Adolph Coors. The thought was to carve out a space that gave our brewers enough runway to invent, explore, and roll up their sleeves to brew exceptional beers that have a story to share. Just like Adolph Coors did back in 1873.

Admin Note: Brewery is located inside the Coors Production facility. Home of the Colorado Native Brand.

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5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
clear brown, small white head. mild sort of grassy aroma, malty. faint. flavor is mild, caramelly, slightly malty.
Tried on 08 May 2012 at 12:54

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is dunkel. Toasted caramelish and breadish. Mild sweet and caramelish. Smooth and toasted malty finish.
Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2012 at 12:50

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of Pinball. Pours a clear amber with a tiny off-white head. Very, very subtle roast in the nose. Thin body, hardly any roast, with a dry finish. Not much of a Dunkel at all. 080512
Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2012 at 12:37

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap @ Rackhouse. A touch hazy, mostly clear, darkish orange appearance with a pretty good white head. Somewhat acidic, sour, light berry, citrusy, a touch funky aroma. Dark grape, bready, a bit vinous, peach, richly sour, acidic flavor with a pretty sour, somewhat burning finish. Pretty intense.
Tried from Draft on 07 May 2012 at 18:56

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Tap @ Rackhouse. Cloudy, brownish orange appearance with a white head. Very tart, stone fruit, rich apricot, peach fruity pit aroma. Intensely sour, super delicious, rich apricot, light peach, somewhat funky, oaky, lactic flavor with a lastingfruity sour finish. Nice one! Excellent fruits.
Tried from Draft on 07 May 2012 at 18:37

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Black pour with slight light penetration around the edges - smooth but quite sweet, although that is not surprising for the style - a lot of vanilla bean and bittersweet chocolate - moderate coffee roastiness - milk chocolate finish and light hop pepperiness to compliment the light alcohol heat - pretty dang good Baltic porter.
Tried on 06 May 2012 at 14:56

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Clear light copper pour - a decent take on the style - a lot of clean malt sweetness, but also notes of caramelized sugars and toffee - low but present hop notes - light alcohol heat - slight toasted bread notes - sweetness is a bit high in the finish, but it is a bock after all - decent.
Tried on 06 May 2012 at 14:55

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Dark amber pour - nose of fairly rich maltiness and moderate nuttiness - fairly rich maltiness in the flavor, with notes of toffee, bready yeastiness, toasty notes - dries out through the middle, with mild roast, hazelnut - light hop bitterness, Biscuity notes and a touch of dry minerals finish it off - pretty solid dunkel.
Tried on 06 May 2012 at 14:54

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Lightly hazy gold - nose of earthy and floral hops, light malt sweetness, minerals, biscuit - fairly smooth and creamy in the mouth - the malt sweetness is a bit high in the flavor, and the alcohol is a little more present than I would like, but when those earthy, grassy, peppery, lightly woody hops kick in, I can almost forgive that - sadly, the sweetness persists, making the finish a little syrupy - make this a 5%abv beer and it will be freaking dope.
Tried from Can on 06 May 2012 at 14:52

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap at Rackhouse - Clear gold with a light copper tint - light bodied - firm, but lightly creamy carbonation - a lovely balance of honeyed pils malt sweetness and grassy, lightly peppery hops - a light mineral note leads to a dry, lightly bitter finish - damn this is good - tell me why regular Coors can’t taste like this.
Tried from Draft on 06 May 2012 at 14:49