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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Tried from Cask on 26 Oct 2019 at 14:42


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

12 oz. can. Pours a hazy, light orange color, with a big, bubbly, white head. The nose is grapefruit, sawdust, tangerine, and hay. Sweet and juicy, with a mild bitterness. Medium body, with an acidic, pulpy palate. This is a pretty fair hazy IPA. A little weak, but solid.

Tried from Can on 14 Oct 2019 at 13:58


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Dark brown,thick tan head.Nose of chocolate,dry malt, light roast.Sweet creamy chocolate palate.Late light bitterness with roasty tones. A bit thin

Tried on 24 Sep 2019 at 00:36


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours hazy orange and has tropical fruit and peaches in the hop led aroma. The flavor is pretty sweet with fruity hops and bready malt. It's fairly good overall.

Tried on 14 Sep 2019 at 15:44


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

12oz can. Filtered purple-amber body. Foamy head that fades away pretty quickly. Not really that good. The prickly pear doesn't quite cut through the malts, it actually comes off pretty thick, hefty mouthfeel for the style and ABV. Drinkable, but certainly not a beer I would buy again.

Tried from Can on 11 Sep 2019 at 01:54


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12 ounce bottle from Woodman's Green Bay, 9/9/19. Enjoy by 9/18/19. PHEW just made it. Hazy copper, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of dank, resiny hops, toasted malt. Taste is grain, lemony hops. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness. Old school. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2019 at 03:10


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Tap at bowsers, nice place. Reddish orange + clear. A little boozy on the nose. Taste is boozy too and its hard to find the prickly in there. Pretty goosd co2. Perhaps some pepsin on the finish, not bad but it ceratinly leaves an impression.

Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2019 at 19:06


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at GBBF 2019, Olympia, London. A black coloured pour with a thin beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, mint aroma. Tastes similar, roasty, malty, chocolate, mint. Pleasant but a little thin.

Tried from Cask on 21 Aug 2019 at 08:49


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bomber from Cap Tap. Pours clear, bright coppery gold with a yellowish head. Aroma is bready, but not like lager bready. A fruit note. Med + body. Flavor has malt, but it also has pineapple. Not enough to be acidic, but enough to make the ale fruity. It seems quite dry to me. Not really bitter. Looks like it's up to pineapple to subdue the malt. Which it does. Oak chips take awhile to make themselves known. Oaky, but only mildly astringent. Interesting flavor combination.

Tried from Draft on 20 Aug 2019 at 00:26


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at GBBF: Poured a reddish brown with off white head. Aroma is roasted malts. Taste is silk chocolate nice rich roast malts backbone some vanilla.

Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2019 at 16:06