Boulder Beer Company

Client Brewer in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1979

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Boulder, CO, United States
Description
Founded as the Boulder Brewing Company in 1979 as the first craft brewery in Colorado; it started brewing the following year. In 1990, the company changed its name to Boulder Beer Company. In 1993 the company again renamed itself as the Rockies Brewing Company. In 2005, the company again changed its name back to the Boulder Beer Company.
In January 2020 the brewpub closed but through a new partnership with Sleeping Giant Brewing Company in Denver, who will continue to brew, package and distribute the Boulder Beer brands to the retail market, the brand will stay alive.

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3.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
On tap at the Mad Mex in Robinson. Volatile aroma at times. Much more than a brown ale. Strong and rude initially, more like an IPA. Alky is in yer face with barely any carbonation. Looks like pale lager in the glass with a thin creamy head. Long bitter linger after each slug. Way too much personality for this lager lover. Rather rude and crude.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jun 2009 at 08:02

7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a ruby-brown color with a large dark beige head. The aroma was fruity hops, sweet, malty, nutty an had a touch of cocoa. The flavor was dry, toasty and bitter with noted fruity and floral hops an a touch of coffee and cocoa. The finish was long, dry, fruity, roasty and hoppy. Well done.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jun 2009 at 20:42

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pour is a brown with a small white head. Aroma is a tosty malt with some lemon. Flavor is a heavy dose of caramel malts with some coffee at the end. Hops are not there for this to be a brown hop bomb but they are there in more subtle ways. Its one of those beers that brings out something different at every sip.
Tried on 13 Jun 2009 at 18:01

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Pours a translucent golden color with a white head. Aroma is grain, yeast, citrus. Flavor is grassy hops, yeast, citrus. Easy to drink but not the best entry from Boulder Beer.
Tried on 05 Jun 2009 at 10:48

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Almost black. Tan quickly descending head. Chocolate and bakery type smell. Semisweet chocolate taste along with a little bit of bitterness. The finish goes up on the bitterness a little bit. Creamy texture. Roasted malts predominate.
Tried on 28 May 2009 at 16:03

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Light coppery color with a beige head that leaves lacing. Really nice citrus smell. Taste is full of citrus and hops. Medium bodied. Tastes like an IPA more or less. Pretty good, but nothing that is really unique.
Tried on 28 May 2009 at 16:01

5.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Coppery color and a white head. Light aroma. Metallic taste. Kind of fruity. Mostly malty. Kind of watery. Slight molasses in there. Kind of sweet. Not really anything good.
Tried on 28 May 2009 at 16:00

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
White quickly dissipating head. Amber body. Sweet malty smell. Taste is pretty sweat caramel and malts. Barely any real hop taste. Slight metallic tinge. Medium bodied. Tiny bit of bitterness.
Tried on 28 May 2009 at 15:59

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap and double dry hopped at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 06/04/2009. Very clear amber body with a medium craemy off-whitew head. Sweet malty, caramel aroma with a dry earthy hop note. Sweet malty caramel and fruit flavor with a bit of floral, citrus and resiny hop notes. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 7/3/8/4/16 - 3.8 Bottle on 05/17/2009. Clear golden amber body with a medium rocky off-white head. Big floral and light citrus hop aroma. Floral and citrus hop flavor and some light caramel. Medium body with moderate carbonation and a bit of warming. 7/3/7/3/14 - 3.4
Tried from Draft on 17 May 2009 at 17:06

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap. Moured gold red with medium white head. Very hoppy aroma, floral citrusy wit a bit of grass. Full hoppy flavour, very chewy body. Lasting hop finish This is a hop bomb and doesn’t taste like 10 percentum alcohol
Tried from Draft on 10 May 2009 at 17:41