Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Microbrewery
in
Denver,
Colorado,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Crooked Stave Taproom at The Source
Established in 2010
Contact
Crooked Stave Taproom RINO, 3350 Brighton Blvd, Denver, CO, 80216, United States
Description
Crooked Stave Brewing Company is an artisan microbrewery in Denver, Colorado. It was founded by beer lover and beer brewer Chad Yakobson. The establishment of Crooked Stave was the result of Chad’s years of travel and studies about beer brewing abroad. His study of Master of Science in Brewing and Distilling at a university in Scotland gave him the expertise to set up his own brewery. Crooked Stave brewery is known for their brewing specialty in Brettanomyces fermentations and barrel-aged sour and wild ales. Crooked Stave Brewing Company is home to some of the finest sour beers. Some of its remarkable beers are the Crooked Stave Surette, Crooked Stave Vieille and Crooked Stave St. Bretta.
8.5/10
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Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
From tap at Koelschip, Copenhagen. Complex aroma of intense raspberries, sour red fruits, tart berries, wood, bretty funk, with a malt and soft chocolate backbone. Nicely big sour flavour with some sweetness as well. Body is medium to full, very rich and deep. Remarkable raspberry Sour!
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2025
at 15:36
8/10
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Bottle at home. Batch May 2015 at 5.5% abv. Aroma is zesty citrus, sour lemon, bretty barnyard funk, light bready malt, musty wood. Flavour is medium sour with a dry finish. Body is medium. Delicious bretty citrus Wild Ale, lots of crisp zesty citrus and funky notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
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Overall 7.5
From tap at The Monk’s Kettle, San Francisco. Aroma is tart blueberry, soft barnyard funk, sourish berries, with a spicy note on the tongue. Flavour is moderate to medium sour, with a light sweet touch. Very nice berry sour.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2017. Aroma is floral and hoppy with biscuity malt, grain, stone fruits, and light funk. Flavour is mild tart and sweet with a moderate to medium bitter finish. Body is medium. Nicely tart-ish and hoppy.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2017. Aroma is lemon, wheat, bready dough, light funk, with a mild lactic yoghurt touch. Flavour is nicely sour. Body is medium. Good!
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2017. Aroma is big tart blueberry, light funk, nicely tart red berries. Flavour is tart and medium sour. Body is medium. Good blueberry Sour.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:45
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2017. Aroma is lots of wood, sour cherry, tart red fruits, Bretty funk, red berries, vinegar. Flavour is intensely puckering sour. Wow, very nice tart barrel aged cherry Sour!
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
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Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2017. Aroma is lavender with notes of myrtle, floral and herbal, yeast, sage I guess, peppery notes. Flavour is mild sourish. Very herbal, not really my thing, but not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2017. Sticky and sourish with an aroma of red fruits, cherries, light malt, wood, funk. Has some sweetness in the flavour. Good sourness. Body is medium, drinks easily for a 12%. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:45
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Batch #8. Lots of tart red and dark fruits in the aroma, with soft oak, blackcurrant, notes of vinegar and red wine. Flavour is nicely puckering sour and tart with some mild sweetness. Body is medium. Lots of sour and tart fruits, quite a lovely Sour.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2025
at 10:37