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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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
bottle - Pours clear amber with a thin white head. It has a sweet caramel malt aroma. The flavor is pretty sweet as well but along with the caramel malt has some light, hoppy fruitiness. It’s light to medium bodied and has some bitterness in the finish. It’s a pretty good session brew.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2008 at 22:21

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cloudy golden with a lasting white head. Grapefruit and grass in the aroma, with brady malt and some alcohol. Sweetish malty flavour with lots of hop flavour, heavy alcohol and a very bitter finish.
Tried on 10 Oct 2008 at 17:08

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours orange amber into a shaker. Fizzy off-white head pancakes as it recedes. Deep pine and resin aromas. Crisp with citrus (orange and grapefruit) from front to back. Dry lasting grapefruit and orange finish.
Tried on 07 Oct 2008 at 21:22

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours slightly cloudy deep orange with a tall, off-white head. Big citrus pine aroma. Nicely balanced malt and bitter hops. One of their better ones.
Tried on 06 Oct 2008 at 18:58

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
12 oz. bottle. A basic yellow pour, no haze in this wheat, thin head that’s gone in a few seconds. My stuffy nose picks up a basic malty beer smell, Taste is, I guess, fizzy to start with. Really, that’s my first impression when rating while fighting a cold. But I’ve got some citrus character here, which turns toward the orange side in the next few sips. A little light spiciness, but I don’t think I’d have picked this out as a wheat beer in a blind tasting. Some general, quite light fruitiness in the middle. No bitterness to speak of. A nice, mild but forgettable beer.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2008 at 23:38

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
12 oz bottle from Supermarket Liquors, Cheyenne, WY; Nose very malty with caramel, nuts, and even a coffee hint; clear copper with a medium beige head; flavor has lots of caramelly nuts, caramel, and a hint of coffee, vanilla, and bitterness; pretty good amber.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2008 at 20:36

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle from Supermarket Liquors, Cheyenne, WY; Nose of flowery and a bit of piney hops and some caramel; copper-orange with a small beige head; flavor od light bitterness, some slightly sweet caramel, and a little pineiness. Finish lightly bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2008 at 19:21

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
12 oz bottle from Supermarket liquors, Cheyenne, WY; Nose of grassy hops and caramel; clear copper with a small beige head; flavor has very light hop bitterness, caramel malt, and a light banana note.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2008 at 19:25

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle from Supermarket Liquors, Cheyenne, WY; Nose of vanilla, caramel, and toasted nutty chocolate; Hazy dark brown with a medium tan head; flavor has coffee, chocolate, minor bitterness; finish is vanilla and very mild bitterness. Not a 3.0 beer!
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2008 at 22:47

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Thanks to Beer_Hawk for sharing this one at Illinismitty’s tasting. Hazy orange/gold with a fleeting off-white head. Floral citrus hop aroma. Chalky palate with the citrus hops coming in for a reprise of the aroma in flavor form. Nice balance.
Tried on 28 Sep 2008 at 18:36