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.

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8.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9
6 years old 0.75l bottle, shared with David @ Sima. Aroma of cherries, raspberries, oak and red wine. Pours cloudy dark brown color with almost non existing head, but with thin creamy tan-like rim. Taste starts with extremely tart berries and wine, following is toasted, woody and mild funky with smooth, mild spicy and astringent mouthfeel. Full body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. Cyber berries…
Tried from Bottle from Beergium on 05 Sep 2025 at 17:36

7.8/10
LCI. Sour peach and cherry. Roasty malt, Brett funk, some barrel, but not overwhelming.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2025 at 22:19

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
EB - Can 112fl.oz. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 ☀️ 🐝🦋 [ As Crooked Stave Juicy West (DDH El Dorado & Idaho 7) ]. ABV: 6.0%. [20250821]. 6/3-/7/4/14
Tried from Can on 21 Aug 2025 at 17:23

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Sample, thanks oh6gdx! Copper colour, mid sized head. Caramelly grapefruit aroma. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Caramel, mild butterscotch. Grapefruit and pine. Resinous bitter finish.
Tried on 15 Aug 2025 at 22:33

8/10
Bottle in the Airbnb. Pours black, nose is coconut, chocolate cake, vanilla, taste is caramel, chocolate, coconut, vanilla. 8
Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2025 at 16:58

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
deep slighlty sweet fruity aroma of ripe old cherries and some more sour red berries. raspberries. dried dark fruity malty base, a bit of tempered funk and wild ale'ness, similar to rodenbach but smoother and queter. A lot of fruit in here.
Flavor is fruity sour and wild aleish sour, cherries, sour tart wild ale, not much salad dresing, it is more like cantillon sour, unsweeteened lambic sour, but then with a huge dose of sweeter cherries and other berries. also the sourness is, when i think of it, more US wild aleish, than it is cantillon lambic'ish. nevertheless a solid sour with very nice fruity notes yet still darn sour and tart - no weird flavors.
Tried from Bottle from Kihoskh on 07 Aug 2025 at 10:31

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
16 oz. can, pours a clear pinkish red with a small off-pink head. Aroma has plenty of tart raspberries, a touch of vanilla, and a hint of oak. Flavour is tart and dry, with puckering raspberries, a hint of vanilla, and a touch of low-level phenols. Lots of tart raspberries but not a whole lot of complexity. It’s alright.
Tried from Can at RidgeWood Bottle & Tap on 31 Jul 2025 at 06:16

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
bottle - has conditioned in cellar for 2 years. Lovely - balanced, excellent complexity and mild funk
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2025 at 13:39

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at Chuck’s Seward Park, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma reveals plenty of orange zest, light cocoa, and a touch of toasted malt underneath. Flavour is somewhat tart and citric upfront—courtesy of the orange zest, which dwarfs everything else. There’s little residual sugar or notice of much else. It’s alright.
Tried from Draft from Chuck's Hop Shop - Seward Park on 25 Jul 2025 at 06:39

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can, from Broadway Dive Bar, Manhattan NYC. Pours cloudy lemon yellow with a large foamy whitish head, citrus peel-pineapple aroma, adequate carbonation, mildly bitter citrus peel-mango taste with faint coriander flavor, smooth body, long finish. Smooth and delicious,
Tried from Can at Broadway Dive (Formerly: Dive Bar - 101st) on 11 Jul 2025 at 15:36