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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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
bottle - Near black pour, smells of chocolate and roast malt. The flavor is sweet milk chocolate with some roast coffee notes giving it a mocha character. There's some milk bitterness on the back end. Smooth and very tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2017 at 18:35

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF'16, day two, 10/08/16. Golden amber with a decent off white cap. Nose is biscuit, straw, grains, mellow hop notes. Taste comprises grass, straw, orange peel, biscuit, earthy, breads. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close spiked with a touch of leafy hop bitterness. Decent enough number.
Tried from Cask on 24 Sep 2017 at 03:38

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
On nitro at Cellar Door. A solid amber body under a thick, creamy nitro head. There is not much extra to the smell, just a nice, fresh malt nose. But the palate has plenty of spicy noble hops. The peppery hop note is mollified by the smooth nitro bubbles. Malt is toasty and biscuity. Alcohol becomes much more apparent. Creamy texture from nitro our stays all the way to the end.
Tried on 23 Sep 2017 at 00:41

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
355ml bottle. Pours a clear amber-orange with a medium, frothy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet aroma of caramel malt, orange, grapefruit, floral and pine. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, grapefruit, orange, pine resin and bitter grass with warming alcohol in a dry, hoppy finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2017 at 23:48

7/10
Tried from Bottle on 27 Aug 2017 at 00:31

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
8 3 8 4 16 Bottle shared, thanks! Black with a tan head. Aroma of malt, cocoa powder, roast and light oakey vinous notes. Flavour is light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2017 at 16:58

8.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
12 oz can from a bottle shop in MT that I can’t remember the name of. Aroma is watermelon, grain, candy. Pours hazy pale golden with a thick fluffy white head with great retention and some lace. Taste has a significant herbal hoppy bitterness to go along with the watermelon flavor. Finishes dry and bitter. Mouthfeel is perfect, carbonation just right. This might be better than 21st Amendment.
Tried from Can on 23 Aug 2017 at 22:32

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 3. A black beer with a small tan head. Aroma of Coffee, dark toasted malt. Taste of roasted bitter malt, coffee, Chocolate, some liquorice.
Tried on 10 Aug 2017 at 15:35

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 9
Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 3. A hazy orange golden beer with a small white head. Aroma of orange fruits, fruity bitter hops. Taste of intense fruity hops, orange, grapefruit, long bitter finish.
Tried on 10 Aug 2017 at 15:34

8/10
Tried on 10 Aug 2017 at 13:43